Anybody interested in electronica and ambient music would do well to book tickets next time their in town. SIMPLY BAROQUE RYUICHI SAKAMOTO SONY CLASSICAL 89079 (16.98 EQ CD) BTTB ARVO PART. The music veered slowly between digital starkness and impressionist warmth, but always in an extremely focussed and graceful way. TOP CLASSICAL ALBUMS COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE. But nothing quite topped watching the concentration, poise, and restraint with which Ryuichi Sakamoto played the piano at that peaceful, delicate dynamic for the length of the set. This early foray into the genre that would come to be called electropop is key to understanding the aesthetic that Sakamoto would develop throughout his. The music on this album was influenced by composers including Ryuichi Sakamoto. Far from the intellectual purism of orchestral circles, Sakamoto soon strayed into jazz, rock, and finally electronic music in the late 1970‘s with his seminal trio, Yellow Magic Orchestra. The treat about seeing them live at Sónar was partly the visuals, which though appropriately discreet, added something to the already quite magical atmosphere the two musicians created on stage. While the compositions on this album reflect the flexibility and diverse. There’s perhaps more ‘melody’, things aren’t quite so stripped down anymore, although some chasms of space still open now and then. Feico had an early introduction to music through his father, a jazz musician. 10 years on, their music has changed a bit - not so much the sounds, which still essentially consist of piano and electronics, but the interaction. There was something really absorbing about this disc, it seemed to create its own ambient minimal sound world, comprised of sparse single piano notes or clusters drenched in long, sustained reverb, and small clicks, whirrs, and glitch sounds. The Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has released 19 solo studio albums, six live albums, several compilation albums, two EPs, and various singles and soundtracks. Casa is a 2001 studio album by the trio Morelenbaum/Sakamoto, consisting of cellist Jaques Morelenbaum, vocalist Paula Morelenbaum, and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto.It is a tribute to Brazilian musician and composer Antnio Carlos Jobim, with most of the songs recorded in his house in Rio de Janeiro, using his grand piano. He got his start in the 1970s with renowned electronic band Yellow Magic Orchestra, who are often credited with being a major influence on modern electronic and techno music.
Many years ago a friend introduced me to ‘Vrioon’, which was to be the first of 6 studio collaborations between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Carsten Nicolai (under the moniker ‘alva noto’). Taking up the piano as a child, he soon started learning music in the classical method, and went on to earn a degree in Composition from the Tokyo National. Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Minimal Electronics Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto may play a lot of piano, but he never leaves his electronic roots too far behind.
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