In 1984, Hosono, Sakamoto and Takahashi decided stop working together as '''[http://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac5af671-1df0-4312-8b7b-e61992ecc883.html?short=0|Yellow Magic Orchestra]''', deciding to return to their solo careers, though they each would occasionally join one of the other two in concert as a guest performer. Though they stopped playing together, however, they were careful to not officially 'break up' the group, instead using a Japanese term meaning "spreading out". In 1993, the trio briefly reunited for [http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/0f41dd55-6579-3c4d-9c28-9a0fc3e420bf.html|Technodon]. However, to avoid lawsuits and to avoid ending the "Yellow Magic Orchestra is spreading out" status of the group, that album was credited it to '''[http://musicbrainz.org/artist/e2270fc0-e570-4728-bf71-129056548ff9.html?short=0|Y̶M̶O̶]''', rather than to Yellow Magic Orchestra. In the early 2000's, Hosono and Takahashi reunited in a project called '''[http://musicbrainz.org/artist/48dc5b7e-f4d2-47ab-911a-e39ba892074a.html?short=0|Sketch Show]'''. Sakamoto occasionally also joins them for performances; when Sakamoto performs with Sketch Show, the trio took on a new, different name - '''Human Audio Sponge'''. Human Audio Sponge was always a one-off type of group, however, whereas Sketch Show was a formal group. In mid-2007, Human Audio Sponge performed as Yellow Magic Orchestra for the first time since the original breakup, as part of the [http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/93821576-a283-3cbc-8bc9-7e27d2869529.html|2007-07-07 Live Earth] concerts. In August of 2007, Hosono, Sakamoto and Takahashi decided to make the reformed Yellow Magic Orchestra official again, but using a new name, combining both of the previous names the trio had used - "Human Audio Sponge and Yellow Magic Orchestra", aka: '''[http://musicbrainz.org/show/artist/?artistid=645596|HASYMO]'''.