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…
…Sakamoto Remix) 02. Kubanuha-Bushi (Ras G Remix) 03. Kurudando-Bushi (Chihei Hatakeyama Remix) 04. Nagakumo-Bushi (Tim Hecker Remix) 05. Hounen-Bushi (Dorian Concept Remix) 06. Watasya (Remodelled by Ryuichi Sakamoto) (via RA)…
…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…
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…
The first preview of Sakamoto’s next score is here. Last week, Ryuichi Sakamoto announced that he’s composed the score for Luca Guadagnino’s short film The Staggering Girl. Now, a teaser…
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, real name Carsten Nicolai, have announced a new collaborative album, entitled Glass. A recording of a live improvisation inspired by Philip Johnson’s Glass House, the…
The film will be released on MUBI on 15 February. Ryuichi Sakamoto has composed the score for Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria director Luca Gaudagnino’s new short film…
…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…
London’s Barbican Centre has announced a programme of exciting collaborations, including a special performance between pioneering composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and German artist Alva Noto. The pair will reprise their collaboration…
…its kind, with the tracks being made available outside of Japan for the first time. Curated by Visible Cloaks’ Spencer Doran, those featured on the tracklist include Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi…
…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…
The score will be released on 7 June via Milan Records. Ryuichi Sakamoto has scored the first episode of the new Black Mirror series, entitled Smithereens. The opening episode will…
The composer features alongside leading Asian and Asian-American cultural figures, including playwright David Henry Hwang and author Jenny Han. Ryuichi Sakamoto has been cast in Opening Ceremony’s AW19 ready-to-wear lookbook….
A rare album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, entitled BTTB, will be reissued in November to mark its 20th anniversary. Milan Records – which also released Sakamoto’s 2017 LP async and its…
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 as-yet untitled album is due to drop on 28 April. The pioneering composer, writer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto has released details of a new album, the first to be…
The name of the album has finally been announced and there’ll be a world premiere listening event too Earlier this year, it was announced that Ryuichi Sakamoto would be releasing…
Ryuichi Sakamoto made his NTS Radio debut last week, playing from 2-3pm (BST) on Friday (22 September). The legendary composer played for one hour and aired a diverse mixture of…
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…
…a hour-long mix comprised of his favourite atmospheric records. The mix features two tracks by Ryuichi Sakamoto, entitled fullmoon and andata, taken from the 2017 LP Async. Furthermore, the tracklist…
…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…
…for each day of Sónar by Day. Also joining the expansive programme are long-time collaborators Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto. Two hugely respected artists in their own rights, they released…
Yesterday (7 March), London venue The Barbican revealed their upcoming spring programme, featuring a live, improvised show with pioneering Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and German audiovisual artist Alva Noto. Now,…
…instrumentation with striking visuals to create one of the most precise, beautiful and challengingly magnetic pieces we have ever had the privilege of staging.” “That Sakamoto and Noto are pleased…
…by Nagisa Oshima in 1983. In it, Sakamoto played the conflicted Captain Yonoi alongside David Bowie, who played Jack Celliers. The use of the music was timely – Sakamoto recently…
…Japanese artist’s musical trajectory and activism, followed up by a Q+A with Sakamoto. Furthermore, Haruomi Hosono – a former member of Yellow Magic Orchestra with Sakamoto – is set to…
