Product Description
This book is a compilation of 68 interviews with Ryuichi Sakamoto that were published in the magazines Keyboard Magazine and Sound & Recording Magazine.
The oldest article is from the February 1980 issue of Keyboard Magazine, and talks about YMO's tour of America and Europe. 388 pages, A4 size. Japanese language. After that. Sakamoto's interviews on solo works and soundtracks include 'Hidarude no Yume'. "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," "Ongaku Zukan," "Future Guy," "The Wings of Honneamise," "Neo Geo," "The Last Emperor Original Soundtrack," "Beauty," "Heartbeat," "Sweet Revenge," "Smoochy," "1996," "Discode," "Decode 20," "BTTB," "US," "UF," "CM/TV," "Chasm," "/04," "/05," "koko," "Out of Noise," "Three," "Original Soundtrack: Living with Mother," and "async," but also YMO works such as "BGM" and "Uwaki na Bokura," and collaborations with Paula & Jaques Morelenbaum such as "CASA" and "A Day in New York." It also touches on his collaborative works such as "York," "insen" and "utp." with Carsten Nicolai, "Cendre" with Christian Fennesz, and "Utau" with Onuki Taeko, as well as his installation works such as "Life -fluid, invisible, inaudible..." with Takatani Shiro, and remix albums such as "Bricolages."
In terms of concerts, it includes interviews on "Ryuichi Sakamoto tour in 1990, Beauty,"Heartbeat Japan Tour '92," the 1993 "Technodon" live at the Tokyo Dome, "Playing the Piano /05," "Playing The Piano 2009 Japan Self Selected," and a duo live with Hosono Haruomi in 2013.
It also includes an articlel by Ryuichi, "skmt 2013 to 2014." The final article is from the October 2017 issue of Keyboard Magazine, a feature on "Film Music Techniques."
Contents
1980s
01 YMO "USA/Europe Tour" with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi (First published in KM February 1980)
02 Yellow Magic Orchestra with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi (First published in KM May 1980)
03 Ryuichi Sakamoto & Hideki Matsutake talk about "BGM" (First published in KM May 1981)
04 "Dream of the Left Arm" (First published in SR inaugural issue 1981)
05 B-2 UNITS (First published in KM June 1982)
06 "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" / "Fuwaki na Bokura" (First published in SR May 1983)
07 Yellow Magic Orchestra "Fuwaki na Bokura" (First published in KM June 1983 issue)
08 "Ongaku Zukan" (First published in KM November 1984 issue)
09 "Miraiha Yaro" (First published in SR May 1986 issue)
10 "Miraiha Yaro" (First published in KM May 1986 issue)
11 "Honeamise no Tsubasa" (First published in KM January 1987 issue)
12 "NEO GEO" (First published in KM July 1987 issue)
13 "The Last Emperor Original Soundtrack" (First published in KM February 1988 issue)
14 "Beauty" (First published in KM November 1989 issue)
1990s
15 Ryuichi Sakamoto TOUR IN '90 BEAUTY (First published in KM April 1990 issue)
16 "HEARTBEAT" (First published in KM November 1991 issue)
17 HEARTBEAT JAPAN TOUR '92 (First published in KM April 1992 issue)
18 "Technodon's Revenge" (First published in KM August 1993 issue)
19 "Sweet Revenge" (First published in KM July 1994 issue)
20 "Sweet Revenge" with Towa Tei (First published in SR July 1994 issue)
21 "Smoochy" (First published in KM November 1995 issue)
22 "Smoochy" (First published in SR November 1995 issue)
23 Recording Report: "1996" (First published in SR June 1996 issue)
24 "1996" (First published in KM July 1996 issue)
25 "discode" (first published in KM July 1997)
26 "DECODE 20" (first published in SR January 1998)
27 "BTTB" (first published in KM December 1998)
2000s
28 "CASA" (first published in KM September 2001)
29 "US", "UF", "CM/TV" (first published in KM December 2002)
30 "A DAY in New York" (first published in KM October 2003)
31 "CHASM" (first published in KM April 2004)
32 "/04" (first published in SR January 2005)
33 "/04" (first published in KM February 2005)
34 /05 (First published in KM November 2005)
35 Bricolages (First published in KM August 2006)
36 insen with Carsten Nicolai (First published in SR December 2006)
37 LIFE —fluid, invisible, inaudible... with Takatani Shiro/cendre/commmons (First published in SR May 2007)
38 PLAYING THE PIANO/05 and koko (First published in KM May 2008)
39 utp. with Carsten Nicolai (First published in SR July 2008)
40 schola (First published in SR February 2009)
41 out of noise (First published in SR April 2009)
42 out of noise (First published in KM April 2009) SPRING)
43 Playing The Piano 2009 Japan Self Selected (First published in SR October 2009)
2010s
44 UTAU with Onuki Taeko (First published in SR December 2010)
45 UTAU with Onuki Taeko (First published in KM January 2011 WINTER)
46 Sakamoto Ryuichi and the Keyboard (First published in KM April 2012 SPRING)
47 Sakamoto Ryuichi x Nakata Yasutaka / THREE (First published in SR November 2012)
48 THREE (First published in KM January 2013 WINTER)
49 skmt 2013 to 2014 #1 The Future of Art and the Environment: Yamaguchi YCAM 10th Anniversary Festival (First published in SR September 2013)
50 skmt 2013 to 2014 #2 Forest Symphony - Playing music with the bioelectric potential of trees (First published in SR October 2013)
51 skmt 2013 to 2014 #3 Serving as a judge at the Venice International Film Festival (First published in SR November 2013)
52 skmt 2013 to 2014 #4 "LIFE-WELL" Mansai Nomura + Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani (First published in SR December 2013)
53 skmt 2013 to 2014 #5 "Water state 1" Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani (First published in SR January 2014)
54 skmt 2013 to 2014 #6 "Plating the Orchestra 2013” ??(First published in SR February 2014)
55 skmt 2013 to 2014 #7 “Sound Competition in Urban Spaces” (First published in SR March 2014)
56 skmt 2013 to 2014 #8 Iceland - Sónar Reykjavik & Draumalandið (First published in SR April 2014)
57 skmt 2013 to 2014 #9 “Sapporo International Art Festival 2014” Participating Artists (First published in SR May 2014)
58 skmt 2013 to 2014 #10 Plating the Orchestra 2014 (First published in SR June 2014)
59 skmt 2013 to 2014 #11 “Aoyama Clothing” New Creation, New Suits. (First published in SR July 2014)
60 skmt 2013 to 2014 #12 2014 to 2015 (First published in SR August 2014)
61 skmt 2013 to 2014 #special 2014 to 2015 (reprise) (First published in SR February 2015)
62 Hosono Haruomi x Sakamoto Ryuichi (First published in SR February 2014)
63-1 Music Encyclopedia Complete Analysis Part 1 (First published in KM April 2015 SPRING)
63-2 Music Encyclopedia Complete Analysis Part 3 (First published in KM April 2015 SPRING)
64 "Original Soundtrack "Living with Mother"" (First published in SR January 2016)
65 Ryuichi Sakamoto and the Ideal Keyboard (First published in KM January 2017 issue WINTER)
66 "async" - Part 1 - (First published in SR May 2017 issue)
67 "async" - Part 2 - (First published in SR June 2017 issue)
68 Film Music Techniques (First published in KM October 2017 issue AUTUMN)
KM = "Keyboard Magazine"
SR = "Sound & Recording Magazine"
