Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto -

Micro Ambient Music

Various Artists

Digital

RELEASE DATE: July 14, 2023

TRACK LIST:

1/5 – 5/5 Track List

1/5 NNNNI (1:01:29)
01．Tetuzi Akiyama / Transparent Encephalon (07:07)
02．Otomo Yoshihide / Moonless Night (05:50)
03．Sachiko M / to the sunny man (05:40)
04．Toshimaru Nakamura / nimb#75 (04:52)
05．David Toop / Hearing Cries From the Lake (07:06)
06．Rie Nakajima and David Cunningham / Slow Out (06:02)
07．Lawrence English / It Is Night, Outside (04:35)
08．Kazuya Matsumoto / ice (06:54)
09．Shuta Hasunuma / FL (05:02)
10．Takashi Kokubo / Rainforest soloist (08:16)

2/5 NNNII (43:00)
11．Miki Yui / Hotaru (06:50)
12．Tomoko Sauvage / Weld (05:36)
13．Christophe Charles / microguitar (09:36)
14.　Alva Noto / für ryuichi (03:49)
15．Yui Onodera / Untitled #1 (04:37)
16．Marihiko Hara / extr/action (07:00)
17．ASUNA / Elephant Eye (05:30)

3/5 NNIII (39:28)
18．SUGAI KEN / Swallow & Electronic Swallow(2023 Rainy Season) (01:41)
19．Hideki Umezawa / Sculpting in Time (05:37)
20．AOKI takamasa / UKIYO 浮世 (08:56)
21．Stephen Vitiello / Motionless Wings(06:33)
22．Sawako / Tokyo Rain Forest 35°40’25”N 139°45’21”E (03:44)
23．Tujiko Noriko / I’ll Name It Tomorrow (05:13)
24．ILLUHA / Gratitude (07:42)

4/5 NIIII (39:50)
25．Christopher Willits / Study for Sakamoto (March 2023) (03:56)
26．Tomotsugu Nakamura / backword to blue (03:37)
27．Kane Ikin / Pulsari (05:49
28．Bill Seaman / Tears Namida 涙 (06:01)
29．Tomoyoshi Date / Placement Of The Drops (06:02)
30．Federico Durand / Alguien escribió su nombre en el vidrio empañado (04:23)
31．Marcus Fischer / Overlapse (05:51)
32．Taylor Deupree / A Small Morning Garden (04:09)

5/5 IIIII (50:54)
33．Ken Ikeda / Circulation (05:25)
34．Chihei Hatakeyama / Mexican Restaurant (08:18)
35．Stijn Hüwels / Shinsetsu (08:08)
36．hakobune / hotarubune (05:19)
37．Ian Hawgood / Morning / Evening Context (08:34)
38．Nobuto Suda / A memorial piece for Ryuichi Sakamoto (05:47)
39．The Factors / 0601am Rain Forest (09:21)

”When I first heard the news of Ryuichi’s passing it felt like a double punch to my heart/gut. I was still freshly grieving the loss of my wife and partner of 22 years who had only passed 3 months prior, and the loss of Ryuichi pulled those wounds wide open again. In many ways, their journeys were linked from the start as they were both diagnosed with cancer around the same time, and later as their diseases were found to have metastasized. Ryuichi and I had kept in touch after our performance together with Taylor Deupree and Tomoyoshi Date at YCAM, periodically checking in on each other, exchanging New Year’s greetings of hope, light and inspiration for the coming year, but mostly we spoke of music and sound. Ryuichi loved sound; as a phenomenon, as an elemental force, as a vehicle for emotion, beauty and truth. What left a lasting impression on me when I first met him was his childlike curiosity. After our soundcheck at YCAM, I remember him enthusiastically checking out and playing with each of our setups and gear as if he were a kid in a candy store. His music is infused with this childlike curiosity and wondrous exploration of sound, and he had the rare ability as an artist of being able to coax such shimmering beauty from it with integrity, grace and style.”  – Corey Fuller

This compilation is a memorial album for Ryuichi Sakamoto by musicians and collaborators who were close to him from 2000 to his later years. This is realized with the support of 41 musicians from Japan and abroad. We called the music “Micro Ambient Music,” which uses non-instrumental sounds to bring silence and serenity to the listener. This memorial disc was created by Ryuichi Sakamoto’s label mates at New York’s “12K” label, which also released Sakamoto’s music.
  This is a memorial work by musicians who are not on any label, but are self-released. Although Ryuichi Sakamoto’s reputation has focused on YMO and the Academy Awards, the true value of his life and music can be also seen in his later works. This memorial disc focuses on musicians who were close to Ryuichi Sakamoto, especially in his later years. This memorial disc is a transition from music centered on non-instrumental sounds to music centered on instrumental sounds. The memorial sounds were arranged in a natural, peaceful, and inevitable harmony, as a single work.
  Like one’s own breathing, which takes place constantly, if one is aware of it, there is a discovery of beauty, and if played in the background of one’s life, it brings tranquility and calm.
The more you listen to this 5-disc set, 3 hours and 56 minutes long, the more it sinks in. The sound that Ryuichi Sakamoto left behind will continue to spread from here.

credits

Alva Noto, AOKI takamasa, ASUNA, Bill Seaman, Chihei Hatakeyama, Christophe Charles, Christopher Willits, David Toop, Federico Durand, hakobune, Hideki Umezawa, Ian Hawgood, ILLUHA, Kane Ikin, Kazuya Matsumoto, Ken Ikeda, Lawrence English, Marcus Fischer, Marihiko Hara, Miki Yui, Nobuto Suda, Otomo Yoshihide, Rie Nakajima and David Cunningham, Sachiko M, Sawako, Shuta Hasunuma, Stephen Vitiello, Stijn Hüwels, SUGAI KEN, Takashi Kokubo, Taylor Deupree, Tetuzi Akiyama, The Factors, Tomoko Sauvage, Tomotsugu Nakamura, Tomoyoshi Date, Toshimaru Nakamura, Tujiko Noriko, Yui Onodera

Art work : Rikako Nagashima (village®)
Web design : Yukico Shinoda
Planning and production : Tomoyoshi Date
Cooperation : KAB inc., Commmons

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