A true out and out genius for me and someone that deserves a thread all of his own to place your favourite tracks or ones we might not know or under the radar things… So much gold out there. What a don. x.
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Strange that it’s so quick after Yukihiro.
Definitely a legend.
Rest in peace.
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One that you can just put on and enjoy being in its space for a bit.
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I went to the Haroumi Hosono show at the Barbican a few years back. Sakamoto and Takahashi happened to be in the audience that night , they were beckoned onto the stage at the end to do , I think, Absolute Ego Dance . Haroumi Hosono had assembled a band of pretty young looking players , will never forget how the young lad playing keyboards visibly trembled with nerves and bowed so deferentially to Sakamoto .
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I think Rain was one of his favourite pieces. I could listen to it all day.
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An extremely sad day. Sakamoto-san’s generous legacy of beautiful, extraordinary, music will provide solace and soundtrack as many memories as they already have for us all. Eternally grateful 
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So so sad. My biggest musical regret was missing his free concert here in São Paulo a few years back. A couple of years later I saw him in the Subway in NYC, he was in the same car as I was, but I didn’t have the guts to go and talk to him. A master. Here’s my humble contribution, the house version of his most famous track, with a remix done by the man himself:
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this tune pretty much captures my feeling with his passing and my admiration, not only for his solo work, but also the extent of his collaborations. RIP maestro
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Oh man, i’m gutted. RIP.
So sad. My introduction was via his collaborations with David Sylvian, all of this is worth a watch, but I’ve linked to Heartbeat with Sylvian and Ingrid Chavez, just marvellous
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Just lovely… Musically, sonically and the sound palette.
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Among such a brilliant and varied oeuvre I’ve always loved the Casa project he did with Jacques & Paula Morelenbaum - gorgeous classical treatments of Brazilian classics recorded in Jobim’s house
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It’s funny, the first time I ever heard this song, as soon as the crazy synth horn solo came on I knew it was someone special. No surprise at all to learn later that it was Sakamoto. His work as a sideman in these 70’s recordings is phenomenal too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck11pWTc2g8
It’s also nuts to me that Haruomi Hosono is the last living member of YMO.
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Few stars had the luxury of a CMI, but there is arguably no one with the vision like his in using this kind of technology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV-l4hxWQGA&t=2s
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