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On 16 Aug 98, Ali Lalani wrote re: (idm) FunkungQuestions:

quoted 1 line Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before

> Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before

Sakamoto was one of the founding members of the Yellow Magic Orchestra. If I'm not totally confused, he also scored the *excellent* soundtrack to the excellent movie "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" with himself acting opposite David Bowie. Quite harrowing. He's also turned out some sickly poppy stuff - so listen before you buy. I *

quoted 5 lines 1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this

> >1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this >has to be one of my favourite songs i've ever heard on Ninja Tune...ALWAYS >gets my blood pumping! >

RS is a seemingly omnipresent, that is to say, ubiquitous Japanese music guru. Releases orchestral, pop, and experimental works. Just about everyone seems to have worked with him - Bill Laswell, Adrian Belew, David Sylvian, all those Ninja cats on remixes, David Torn, Spooky, on and on. First claim to fame was via Yellow Magic Orchestra, Japanese answer to Kraftwerk. Sakamoto's output wanders over such diverse territory that I would expect just about anyone will find at least some of the music to their liking. 3

Ryuchi Sakamoto is one of the founding members of YMO. His style runs from neo-classical to techno to pop and several points in between. Geez...where do I start? This guy has a - what? - 20 + year career we're talking about here full of twists and turns. If you can find "Technodon" (is this a Japanese only release or did it simply never see US domesticity?) by YMO, consider yourself lucky. That may be the group's most this-listy thing. I'm kinda surprised this never gets mentioned as it's (imo) a lovely thing - prolly too poppy at points for the crowd here. "Technodelic" is also a good YMO staple, albeit a good 12 years older than "Technodon". You might be more familiar with Haruomi Hosono, who was also from YMO and whose output (sometimes, anyway) has more of a chance of being talked about in this neck-o-the-woods. As for what you heard on the Ninja thing, the remixers (Tobin and co.) have definitely left a vast impression on the outcome of Ryuchi's original product. jeff Ali Lalani wrote:

quoted 7 lines Hey there...have had this release for awhile, but i never asked these

> Hey there...have had this release for awhile, but i never asked these > burning question...so here they are: > > 1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this > has to be one of my favourite songs i've ever heard on Ninja Tune...ALWAYS > gets my blood pumping! >

-- dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008

interestingly enough, i saw snake eyes (nicolas cage) last week, and while the title credits were passing by, i saw that the score was done by sakamoto. unfortunately, i got too wrapped up in the movie to really pay attention to the score as anything other than a tension builder, so i can't give any sort of review/opinion. anyone else know about this? thanks, alan! On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, waving AND drowning wrote:

quoted 31 lines Ryuchi Sakamoto is one of the founding members of YMO. His style runs from

> Ryuchi Sakamoto is one of the founding members of YMO. His style runs from > neo-classical to techno to pop and several points in between. Geez...where do > I start? This guy has a - what? - 20 + year career we're talking about here > full of twists and turns. If you can find "Technodon" (is this a Japanese only > release or did it simply never see US domesticity?) by YMO, consider yourself > lucky. That may be the group's > most this-listy thing. I'm kinda surprised this never gets mentioned as it's > (imo) a lovely thing - prolly too poppy at points for the crowd here. > "Technodelic" is also a good YMO staple, albeit a good 12 years older than > "Technodon". You might be more familiar with Haruomi Hosono, who was also from > YMO and whose output (sometimes, anyway) has more of a chance of being talked > about in this neck-o-the-woods. As for what you heard on the Ninja thing, the > remixers (Tobin and co.) have definitely left a vast impression on the outcome > of Ryuchi's original product. > jeff > Ali Lalani wrote: > > > Hey there...have had this release for awhile, but i never asked these > > burning question...so here they are: > > > > 1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this > > has to be one of my favourite songs i've ever heard on Ninja Tune...ALWAYS > > gets my blood pumping! > > > > > > -- > dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008 > >

Ali Lalani wrote:

quoted 3 lines 1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this

> 1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this > has to be one of my favourite songs i've ever heard on Ninja Tune...ALWAYS > gets my blood pumping!

***Ali: Your spelling of his first and last names is close, but a bit off. Think it's Ryuichi Sakamoto, but I'm not organized enough right now to find the correct spelling. Anyway, he's been around for a long time. Started off in a Japanese band called Yellow Magic Orchestra (who started off around the same time Kraftwerk did). YMO went on to be influential for a lot of people, but never got to be "stars" like Kraftwerk. Robert Hood sampled one of their tracks on his first Mplant release, and a lot of others have done the same. Since YMO, he's done soundtrack work (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Last Emperor...), nu-classical music, and electronic stuff as well. His and YMO's material is well worth investigating. Hope this helps. Andrew-- Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS CAN B3H 2R9 TEL 902-422-7132 FAX 902-422-1262 http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition (Cognition Audioworks/In The Mix: listen : read) In The Mix show 570:Kevin Saunderson/Shapeshifter 571:Chris Brann/Vlada Janjic 572:Walt J/John Tejada *upcoming: Juan Atkins, Octave One, UR, Dylan Drazen, DJ Orion, Merrick Brown, D.JeRome

I know where you can find out if you're REALLY curious.... http://www.oceanofk.org/artskool/jem/ymo1.html Japanese (YMO site) and here is the YMO list....jwgrote@indiana.edu. email here for signing on to the YMO list jeff Chip wrote:

quoted 42 lines interestingly enough, i saw snake eyes (nicolas cage) last week, and

> interestingly enough, i saw snake eyes (nicolas cage) last week, and > while the title credits were passing by, i saw that the score was done by > sakamoto. unfortunately, i got too wrapped up in the movie to really pay > attention to the score as anything other than a tension builder, so i > can't give any sort of review/opinion. anyone else know about this? > > thanks, > alan! > > On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, waving AND drowning wrote: > > > Ryuchi Sakamoto is one of the founding members of YMO. His style runs from > > neo-classical to techno to pop and several points in between. Geez...where do > > I start? This guy has a - what? - 20 + year career we're talking about here > > full of twists and turns. If you can find "Technodon" (is this a Japanese only > > release or did it simply never see US domesticity?) by YMO, consider yourself > > lucky. That may be the group's > > most this-listy thing. I'm kinda surprised this never gets mentioned as it's > > (imo) a lovely thing - prolly too poppy at points for the crowd here. > > "Technodelic" is also a good YMO staple, albeit a good 12 years older than > > "Technodon". You might be more familiar with Haruomi Hosono, who was also from > > YMO and whose output (sometimes, anyway) has more of a chance of being talked > > about in this neck-o-the-woods. As for what you heard on the Ninja thing, the > > remixers (Tobin and co.) have definitely left a vast impression on the outcome > > of Ryuchi's original product. > > jeff > > Ali Lalani wrote: > > > > > Hey there...have had this release for awhile, but i never asked these > > > burning question...so here they are: > > > > > > 1. Riuichi Sakamota: who IS this guy? Never heard of him before, but this > > > has to be one of my favourite songs i've ever heard on Ninja Tune...ALWAYS > > > gets my blood pumping! > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008 > > > >

-- dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008