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The Independent wrote that Lindsay "has taken the sand-between-the-toes sound of bossa nova, enrolled colleagues such as Brian Eno, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Bill Frisell to distress it into post-modern form, and set the tunes to his own very effective lyrics and delicate voice."
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 龍一, Hepburn: Sakamoto Ryūichi, January 17, 1952 – March 28, 2023) was a Japanese composer, pianist, record producer, and actor who pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).
Mar 5, 2019 · BTTB isn’t proof of Sakamoto’s genius – he has an entire body of work to vouch for that. But what it does do is gives us a fuller portrait of where that genius stems. Another 20 years out from BTTB and Sakamoto is still actively bewildering our aural senses with new, innovative works.
Oct 21, 2023 · In late March, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who was hailed as “arguably the best-known and most successful Japanese musician in the world,” died at the age of seventy-one. The cause was complications from...
Apr 4, 2023 · Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese composer, producer, and actor who died last Tuesday, was a musician of sophisticated talent. For many, the way he intermingled cacophony with dense synth, and his...
Apr 2, 2023 · The composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in Manhattan in 2018. His music was catchy, emotive and deeply attuned to the sounds around him, and he won an Oscar, a Grammy and two Golden Globes. Credit...
Apr 24, 2024 · A deeply intimate, minimalistic and moving piece of filmmaking, Opus depicts the final piano concert by Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of Japan’s most famous and celebrated composers, who passed away in March 2023.
