Ryuichi Sakamoto

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https://youtu.be/pWI5aVKvkCg

opposite ends of the Sakamoto brilliance spectrum on display over just 2 tracks

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I always has a soft spot for You Do Me

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So much amazing music :heart:

A few favourites:

Mother Terra

https://youtu.be/DffMaNOlrs4

In a Forest of Feathers

El Cucu #1

https://youtu.be/bLw3AHUr8gQ

A Telephone’s mix (think for TP) featured this thumper.

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https://youtu.be/SsKlf_x9zRE

I loved his score for The Revenant. So sparse and minimal yet moving and emotive. RIP

https://youtu.be/UscKpqBetm4

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This is quite beautiful.
https://spotify.link/fmThUSQIHyb

One of my favourite pieces - proper sunset at the cafe Del mar music.

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haunting…

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So many lovely performances

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I always considered this one as ‘balearic’ Sakamoto

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There’s a great long version of this one that comes with a version of the album…

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I have a dub version, but never heard of a long version, got to find it :wink:
edit:
could be this?

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I was at that show too!!!

It was such a wonderful surprise and I remember everyone in the audience staring at each other feeling like we were all watching a really special moment! Even more so now Takahashi and Sakamoto have left us.

Thankfully the performance was captured and is on YouTube. I never got to see YMO in concert but I felt incredibly lucky to witness them all together for just a fleeting moment. :sparkling_heart:

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Not seen this clip before. It definitely felt a really important event.

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“Time Doesn’t Matter Though” how lovely

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Sad news indeed but what a body of work he has left us.
A few favourites I don’t think have been mentioned yet:

https://youtu.be/5_jBhxXPNGY

https://youtu.be/TshYY4tzu8I
https://youtu.be/02IvYUAJbtY
https://youtu.be/gO100owtpGI

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https://youtu.be/RzRAfjmoLOg

I was listening to this earlier. What a tune. Satoshi Tomiie on percussion too.

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Just finished writing/laying out a tribute article on Ryuichi for the magazine I design each month. You’ll need to right click and open the images in a new tab to read the print.

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