For legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, the value in creative engagement is bending and transitional, derived from different inspirations at each new point of departure. Sometimes it comes from a ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto (born January 17, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer and actor. Sakamoto studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he graduated with a ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Zure," off his incredible Async album from earlier this year, is a portrait of patience — a slow breath in and out, toward a certain, silent future. Today, as part of the Aysnc ...

The Oscar-winning Japanese composer performs his latest album live in Stephen Nomura Schible's intimate concert film 'async Live at the Park Avenue Armory.' By Stephen Dalton In April 2017, Ryuichi ...

Opening track “andata”, a delicate, melancholy ballad, sets the tone as it migrates from piano to organ, and a threatening dissonance develops. The way in which darkness emerges from harmonious ...

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'That he still chooses to make strange and bothersome music like this is downright inspiring' No, it's a very personal statement by a musician still clearly in love with timbre and the multifarious ...

In this intimate concert film, Ryuichi Sakamoto gives a solo performance of his album async to a rapt audience sitting in the round. Using a grand piano, a vintage synthesizer, and electronics, along ...

Oneohtrix Point Never has shared a rework of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Andata” from the album async. The new version of the track is part of an upcoming companion record to async that will ...

Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory (2019)' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights. Dive into the ...

Sakamoto is an accomplished composer of soundtracks so he knows how to create ambience and narrative through music, but his role model on async is not the straightforward storytelling of the classic ...