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The Independent wrote that Lindsay "has taken the sand-between-the-toes sound of bossa nova, enrolled colleagues such as Brian Eno, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Bill Frisell to distress it into post-modern form, and set the tunes to his own very effective lyrics and delicate voice."
Apr 24, 2024 · Its opening 20 minutes, featuring some of Sakamoto’s most melancholy compositions, feel shaped by an awareness of mortality, given that Sakamoto passed away not long after filming.
Jan 20, 2023 · Subtle variations catch the ear, such as the two types of breathing used as rhythmic counterpoints in “20220123”, one wheezier than the other. The use of respiration to keep time in slow-motion...
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Jan 25, 2023 · Sakamoto’s newest album, 12, was released on January 17th — his 71st birthday — marking the first original album he has released in six years. The 12 songs included are musical sketches recorded during his struggle with cancer between 2021 and 2022.
Mar 5, 2019 · These thoughtful experimentations against his meditative piano numbers paint an intimate look at Sakamoto as a musician. BTTB isn’t proof of Sakamoto’s genius – he has an entire body of work to vouch for that. But what it does do is gives us a fuller portrait of where that genius stems.
Mar 27, 2024 · He was credited with having opened a doorway to the coming digital age, but he would also engage in thoughtful explorations of subtle, organic sounds—raindrops filling an empty bucket, forest leaves underfoot, snow melting in the Arctic (“the purest sound I have ever heard”).
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Ryuichi Sakamoto ( Japanese: 坂本 龍一 [b], Hepburn: Sakamoto Ryūichi, January 17, 1952 – March 28, 2023) was a Japanese composer, pianist, record producer, and actor who pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).
