Ryuichi Sakamoto [Archive]

Etherspin

11-07-2006, 04:06 AM

any fans here???

someone on Coz's forum recommended Sakamotos group "Yellow Magic Orchestra" to me when I was raving about synthy/electro music and I got their stuff and was very impressed but I only recently discovered Ryuichi has crossed into a bunch of Genres and cross pollinated but has also stripped his stuff down and made some minimalist experimental stuff like "Insen"

I saw his concert with Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) a fortnight ago and it was like nothing I've seen before think Aphex Twin meets Mozart but more subtle and sublime ... with Noto providing beats,warm crackles and the light show to extend the themes of each piece

im getting everything of his I can as fast as I can ..:rock: :clap:

Chief

11-07-2006, 11:22 AM

hehehe....yellow magic....hehehe......what did they do...piss all over the instruments? :)

syxxpm

11-07-2006, 01:58 PM

that or possibly they throw corn at the instruments to ward off evil flat notes....

Etherspin

11-07-2006, 03:39 PM

hehehe....yellow magic....hehehe......what did they do...piss all over the instruments? :)
if thats their secret , you'd better start drinking it ya talentless hack :fingas:

Wheeljak

11-07-2006, 11:02 PM

I remember hearing a Ryuichi Sakamoto song on a sampler compilation many moons ago; a song called "Heartbeat". I didn't like it, so I didn't bother to look him up.

Etherspin

11-08-2006, 02:03 AM

he tries so many styles man... I can't stand the ladies vocal on heartbeat but its one song out of hundreds.

Im still shocked Chief hasnt made a racist joke around that group name yet ... wait for it :D

Etherspin

11-08-2006, 02:40 AM

http://download.yousendit.com/8245D400259A32FD

try this to wipe your memory of heartbeat :)

Wheeljak

11-10-2006, 01:48 AM

try this to wipe your memory of heartbeat :)
Thanks... I can dig that.

I wish there was some kind of lounge in my town that would play music like that.
Let me be more specific: I wish there was some kind of lounge in my town that would play music like that, where the men are not sipping Cosmopolitans!:haha:

Etherspin

11-10-2006, 02:02 AM

hahaa!! I agree, it would be nice

atma

11-10-2006, 01:40 PM

ChrisLDog

11-10-2006, 01:55 PM

Holy Crap, It's Atma!!!

Cozmo D

11-10-2006, 06:02 PM

:faint:

Etherspin

11-10-2006, 07:09 PM

i've been a huge fan of YMO for years, mainly "solid state survivor". sakamoto's stuff varies wildly, but he's certainly a great composer. my favorite album of his recently is "comica", but it's strictly ambient.

the main vocalist in Heartbeat is david sylvian (who happens to be my favorite artist), the woman's spoken word in the track was his wife at the time.. never cared for that collaboration personally, but sakamoto worked extensively with sylvian on a lot of great material.

there's some newer albums by the ymo members as "sketch show" which are good.

AHA!! ATMA!! yeah the sketch show stuff sounds good, world cit and forbidden colours with sylvian are much nicer than heartbeat

im buying what i can find (which isnt much where i live!!!!) and trying to download the gaps but thats hard to find too..

got YMO stuff, heartbeat,neo geo,smoochy,moto.tronic,insen,discord and chasm

:)

atma can you recommend any other japanese artists ?

Hero1

11-11-2006, 05:52 AM

atma! reccomed me some new music dude!:clap:

Etherspin

11-11-2006, 06:19 AM

second that!!

ohh and another piece of japanese goodness/ weirdness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq7N5sQN-hI

Cozmo D

11-11-2006, 05:10 PM

Nice!

Wheeljak

11-12-2006, 03:31 AM

second that!!
ohh and another piece of japanese goodness/ weirdness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq7N5sQN-hI

Sweet! That's one of my favorite tracks from Viva la Woman.
I didn't know that they had any videos, and I've seen two today!

Etherspin

11-12-2006, 06:29 AM

with Youssou N'dour !!!! Wow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmpLDawaX2s&mode=related&search=

(live version in side column too)

Hero1

11-12-2006, 06:46 PM

I love youssou n'dour.. that was awesome :rock::rock::rock:

Etherspin

11-12-2006, 07:18 PM

sakamoto pack coming your way soon :D

atma

11-22-2006, 07:14 PM

considering how forward-thinking and technologically savvy japan tends to be, the conspicuous lack of a sizable electronic music scene is a little baffling.. but nevertheless i really don't have much to offer in the way of recommendations. most of the japanese stuff i dig is older (like ymo) and fairly bizarre, though there's a few exceptions. i enjoy Yukihiro Takahashi's last few albums, most notably "The Dearest Fool" and "A Ray of Hope". his most recent one is more along the lines of the sketch show stuff, with perhaps a bit more of his pop sensibility. his mini-album with Steve Jansen (david sylvian's brother) is pretty solid, simply called "pulse". as far as older stuff, i love Ippu-Do's "Night Mirage", which is kind of similar to Sylvian's early 80s band's output (the band was actually called "Japan"), i.e., "Tin Drum". ippu-do's leader went on to do some interesting stuff, i like his "mod'fish" album and "forest people" is pretty good (though i actually prefer his 80s albums). Sugizo's "Truth?" album is worth checking out, though it's pretty dated sounding at this point (as is most of this stuff), but at the time it was a pretty inventive hybrid of electronica, drum & bass, jazz, and rock (he's a rock guitarist by trade). other names that come to mind are Yoshihiro Hanno (check out "liquid glass") aka multiphonic ensemble.. nobukazu takemura (who i dont personally care much for..), and Sakamoto's daughter Miu released a fairly decent electronic/pop effort in the late 90s called "dawn pink".. but really i'm probably not the best person to ask.. it's possible there's a burgeoning electronic scene there with great artists, but perhaps it's just too insular to have any exposure overseas, i really don't know at this point.

re: hiero.. man i'm at even more a loss to recommend anything new—i've pretty much been listening to older recordings and a lot of ambient artists for the last year or so. the best bet is to find a few online review-based magazines (there's a lot of them) that specialize in whatever your taste is, and just try a bunch of it until you find something. that being said, the new Junior Boys album is worth checking out "so this is goodbye". i've also played mark van hoen's latest record a lot, "the warmth inside you".. if you like singer/songwriter stuff i recommend Lori Carson's "The Finest Thing", which is a great melding of folky guitar and depressing vocals with some subtle electronic atmospheres (that description probably sounds awful, but its good!). Also Tim Bowness's "my hotel year" is good electronic pop stuff, though a lot of people dislike his vocal style. and Nine Horses - Snowbourne Sorrow is a really interesting experimental pop record that's worth checking out.

Etherspin

11-24-2006, 08:32 AM

im looking around for takahashis stuff, also sketch show stuff... harold budd is sublime too, you were correct in connecting him with sakamoto i just got a most of his albums (bar one i think..) :D

Etherspin

01-05-2007, 12:14 AM

errr.. atma.. the boards of canada forums are teeming with tools

so far up their own asses!!!!

just thought id say that

atma

01-05-2007, 07:36 AM

pretension and sanctimony: two hallmarks of the IDM fan-base.

Etherspin

01-28-2007, 08:43 AM

man.. Darkest Dreaming by Sylvian!!!!!

got dead bees on a cake, please recommend your fave album of his atma???

Etherspin

01-30-2007, 07:03 AM

O MY... Gone to Earth ... Sylvian.. wow

atma

01-31-2007, 05:12 PM

his 3 80s solo albums are by far my favorite, though dead bees is good. "brilliant trees", "gone to earth" and "secrets of the beehive". his ambient record with holger czukay is great too, "plight and premonition".

Etherspin

01-31-2007, 05:28 PM

cool , will get .. got bout 10 harold budd, 8 sakamoto,6 sylvian thus far..

finding the actual albums for sakamoto here is a bitch.. no where has him in the right section if there at all.. i've had to download most of his..

found mototronic in a classical section... Thats all!!!!

Brian221

01-31-2007, 05:52 PM

This, my friends, may be the only useful purpose of MySpace. I've found numerous artists that I like, simply by browsing around profiles linked together by a similar friend/artist that I know I like...

atma

01-31-2007, 06:01 PM

last.fm is good for that purpose.

Hero1

02-01-2007, 06:28 PM

Etherspin

03-14-2007, 04:00 AM

speaking of new and good music .... NEW ulrich schnauss in 3 months, third album completed !! :D

atma

03-15-2007, 09:41 PM

new harold budd album is out as mp3 only on sylvian's site (samadhisound). it's worth checking out

Etherspin

03-16-2007, 04:58 AM

you are kidding!! still sifting through all the budd stuff i've got.. im liking glyph this week !
thanks for the heads up atma

Etherspin

03-28-2007, 05:16 PM

secret of mana AND sakamoto??

ryuichi u bastard, dont make me buy a ps2

http://www.gamezblog.com/dawn-of-mana-%e2%80%93-coming-soon (http://www.gamezblog.com/dawn-of-mana-%e2%80%93-coming-soon)

Etherspin

05-10-2007, 05:36 PM

harold budd and cocteau twins, the moon and the melodies,what a perfect combo, it wakes me up each morning and get my brain doing strange things!

Etherspin

02-07-2008, 04:17 PM

Atma or anyone who follows Sakamoto and Yellow Magic Orchestra... Im looking for a recording of the more mellow version of "Cue" - i dont know if it exists .. I have the original song but i like this version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWtVE3Ib5k&feature=related

and think it would be great at my wedding .... :D anyone ?