…artist and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto”. In 2021 Sakamoto was diagnosed with cancer for a second time. “While undergoing treatment for cancer discovered in June 2020, Sakamoto continued to create works…

…music seems to speak to, and the variety of genres he’s worked in, that gives Sakamoto such a loyal fanbase. A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto: To the Moon and Back…

Out on January 17, 12 is Ryuichi Sakamoto’s first solo full-length in six years. Ryuichi Sakamoto has today (21 November) announced his next album. The forthcoming record, entitled 12, will…

…sakamoto (@ryuichisakamoto) May 15, 2023 Sakamoto died aged 71, having been diagnosed with cancer for a second time in 2021. Following his second diagnosis, Sakamoto wrote in a statement, “from…

…of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sakamoto created many of the signature mobile phone ringtones and alerts for the Nokia 8800 back in 2005. “In honour of Ryuichi Sakamoto,” Tech Product Bangers…

…Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away on 28 March 2023. Following his death, the musician’s management team shared a final playlist from Sakamoto which he “had been privately compiling to be played…

…23 December – Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian, 11am (GMT) 28 December – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruki Murakami, 12pm (GMT) 1 January – Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Bowie, 2pm (GMT)…

…trilogy of releases as Agust D following on from previous mixtapes Agust D and D-2. The 10-track release features a collaboration with the late Ryuichi Sakamoto and Woosung – who…

…Cendre follows the release of Sakamoto’s Minamata score in July. Pre-order Cendre here ahead of its 15 October release, and revisit our guide to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Cinematic Storytelling Through Sound….

The 22-track score is slated for release this week. Ryuichi Sakamoto is releasing his score for the 2020 Andrew Levitas-directed film Minamata this month. The Japanese composer’s 22-track score is…

This is Sakamoto’s second battle with cancer. Ryuichi Sakamoto has revealed today (21 January) that he’s been diagnosed with rectal cancer. In a new post published on his website, Sakamoto…

…Ryuichi Sakamoto (@skmtgram) The musician celebrated his 70th birthday earlier this week, on 17 January. In December, Crack Magazine premiered the Diana Kunst-directed video for Sakamoto’s 2021 track silence. Watch…

Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new video for his 2021 track silence. We’re thrilled to be premiering it here today (21 December) on Crack Magazine. The song and visual form…

…Sakamoto will premiere Ryuichi Sakamoto – Playing the Orchestra 2014, a performance recorded with the Tokyo philharmonic orchestra with Sakamoto on piano and serving as conductor. Meanwhile, on 1 May,…

…track below and buy Zero Landmine 2022 here. In January 2021, Ryuichi Sakamoto shared a statement revealing that he’d been diagnosed with rectal cancer. Read: A Guide to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s…

Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new arrangement of Yellow Magic Orchestra’s 1978 track Tong Poo. The rearrangement came at the request of Japanese fashion design Junya Watanabe for their Spring/Summer…

It’s the final instalment in the former Crack Magazine cover star’s Kick album series. Arca has released another new album, and it features a collaboration with famed Japanese composer Ryuichi…

…compilation @0. Entitled EP3, the new offering was released today (25 October) and features Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto alongside James Heather. Sakamoto contributes a new live recording of his 1999…

…Adachi – aka Otsuichi – directed by Yuzo Sato and soundtracked by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The programme, which describes itself as a “terrifying space horror”, is set in the distant future…

…music consumption. A global cast of electronic artists, such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Visible Cloaks, Lafawndah, Lyra Pramuk, Laurie Spiegel, Kelman Duran and more, feature on the approximately six-and-a-half-minute-long compilation. Each…

Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new concert film, Playing the Piano for the Isolated. The legendary composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder shared the film on YouTube yesterday (17 May)….

Announced today (17 December), the reissue project leads with a studio version of track Monomom. Listen to it below. Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto’s V.I.R.U.S. album series is set to…

The new piece will be broadcast tomorrow evening. Ryuichi Sakamoto and Laurie Anderson have collaborated on the latest instalment of the Japanese composer’s incomplete series. The two electronic music pioneers…

…new recordings by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Skee Mask, Helena Hauff, Juliana Barwick, Sigur Rós, Laraaji, Suzanne Ciani and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, among others. The release, which drops next month, also features…

…was best known for co-founding the Yellow Magic Orchestra with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono. An exact time and cause of death has not been confirmed but the Japanese news…

…series. Bookended by tracks from Sweden’s Andreas Tilliander under his Mokira alias and experimental duo Autechre, and featuring artists such as Miles Davis, Alto Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, the hour-long…

The second episode of Telekom Electronic Beats’ new podcast series features a discussion on the influence of AI technology on music production, a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto and Richie Hawtin’s…

…likes of Kavari, Ship Sket and Blood of Aza and culminating in the haunting beauty of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Still Life, press play and enshroud yourself in an uncanny, foreboding realm….