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Studio Master: FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) HighRes-Studio Master files are lossless at various sample rates from 44.1 kHz up to 384 kHz or 1-bit (2.8224 MHz) for DSD. He also modeled for "The Gap" among other products. Trivia - he acts as a director in Madonna's "Rain" video. Lawrence" co-starring David Bowie, for which Ryuichi also composed perhaps his most memorable film soundtrack. In addition to making music, he has also acted in movies, most notably in "Merry Christmas, Mr. He is maybe the most influential Japanese musician in electronica. His exploits include an Academy Award for his score to the 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci film The Last Emperor, the soundscape for the opening ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and was even hired by the Finnish mobile phone company Nokia to compose ring tones for the Nokia 8800.
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By then he started writing music alone, or contributing with artists, most notably David Sylvian. He achieved western fame as a member of electronic pioneer trio Yellow Magic Orchestra from 1978 until the mid 80s. (Jason Verlinde)īorn in 1952 in Nakano (Tokyo), Ryuichi Sakamoto has been active in the entertainment industry since his graduation from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. This release features one new track ("Reversing") and plenty of other soothing, melodic works. BTTB was a hit in Japan in 1999, especially because of the single "Energy Flow" (a piece that Sakamoto admits was originally written as a commercial jingle). But that's OK, as long as you consider this as relaxing background music and not the shape of classical music's future.
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Of course, "the basics" here involve simple impressionist-inspired piano ditties that often sound more like diluted Vangelis than compositions from the cutting edge. Lawrence) and a founding member of avant-rockers Yellow Magic Orchestra, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto gets "back to the basics" with this album. He also published a playlist he made for his favourite restaurant in Japan via The New York Times, featuring tracks from Aphex Twin, Oneohtrix Point Never and more.īest known for his work as a soundtrack composer (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas, Mr. Recently, Sakamoto’s documentary Coda was released online via MUBI. Comprised of 18 tracks, the LP was partly inspired by Claude Debussy and Erik Satie. We need it as much as we need hot black coffee at the break of dawn and a cat napping next to us in the afternoon.”Īn acronym for Back to the Basics, the piano solo record was first issued in 1998 but has been difficult to find outside of Japan since. Once in a while, we need music like this and this way of being…no, perhaps all the time.
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“But music that leaves gaps where necessary. Music that gradually fills a space with high ceilings that contains the wafting presence of rain.” For the album’s reissue, Murakami writes: “Personal and intimate music – somebody (an anonymous somebody) sitting alone in front of the school piano early in the morning, weaving a melody, exploring harmonies. The remastered edition will feature liner notes from famed author Haruki Murakami. Info for BTTB (Back to the Basics) Remastered