Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of (Vinyl)
Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album appeared before he formed Yellow Magic Orchestra in late 1978, after the young keyboardist had earned his M.A. in music from Tokyo University. Six long instrumentals make up this album, but apart from a taste for Asian-sounding synth lines, they hint at very little of what was to come in YMO.
"Thousand Knives" is a long disco-lite jazzy workout with a guitar solo by Kazumi Watanabe (who would later join YMO on tour and have his solo album produced by Sakamoto). Side two's "Da Neue Japanische Electronische Volkslied" and "The End of Asia" are closest to the new wave of Japanese electronic music that he would spawn.
Tracklist:
Thousand Knives 9:35
Island Of Woods 9:45
Grasshoppers 5:15
Das Neue Japanische Elektronische Volkslied 8:03
Plastic Bamboo 6:28
The End Of Asia 6:17
Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album appeared before he formed Yellow Magic Orchestra in late 1978, after the young keyboardist had earned his M.A. in music from Tokyo University. Six long instrumentals make up this album, but apart from a taste for Asian-sounding synth lines, they hint at very little of what was to come in YMO.
"Thousand Knives" is a long disco-lite jazzy workout with a guitar solo by Kazumi Watanabe (who would later join YMO on tour and have his solo album produced by Sakamoto). Side two's "Da Neue Japanische Electronische Volkslied" and "The End of Asia" are closest to the new wave of Japanese electronic music that he would spawn.
Tracklist:
Thousand Knives 9:35
Island Of Woods 9:45
Grasshoppers 5:15
Das Neue Japanische Elektronische Volkslied 8:03
Plastic Bamboo 6:28
The End Of Asia 6:17
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