- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- ReleaseProduct
- async
- Label
- Milan
- Release Date
- 5 May 2017
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async is the incredibly absorbing (but would you expect anything less?) new album from the legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, fourteen tracks of perfectly formed electro-acoustic composition that sounds quite unlike anything or anyone else out there in the world right now.
Having consistently astounded us with his countless soundtracks and collaborations, async finds Ryuichi Sakamoto operating on a purely solo tip. Composed in the aftermath of a health scare, async carries a ghosted melancholy feel that floats in the background of each piece, always just out of reach yet its presence strongly felt.
This is no more evidence than in the slowly uncoiling piano notes that drift through in Disintegration yet quietly rears its head in the quiet moments between the keys. This is true also of the grandiose Solari, which carries the spirit of classic Popol Vuh and Laraaji within its skyward gaze.
The key to Sakamoto's genius lies in his ability to transform the sounds of his instruments into objects that sound like they are being transmitted from some far off land, from the Monolake rebreather style heart beat of Zure through the haunted rainfall that cloaks the late night wonderings of Walker, the sounds within async are further testament if any were needed of the acute musical genius of Sakamoto.
We could go on about how good this album is for days, no matter who you are we urge you to spend some time with async. One of the year's best? Most likely the decade.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
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- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- ReleaseProduct
- Ongaku Zukan
- Label
- WEWANTSOUNDS
- Catalogue Number
- WWSLP71
- Release Date
- 29 September 2023
- Bundle
- CD
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- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- ReleaseProduct
- 12
- Label
- Milan
- Catalogue Number
- 19658789822
- Release Date
- 20 January 2023
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- ReleaseProduct
- Esperanto
- Label
- WEWANTSOUNDS
- Catalogue Number
- WWSLP43
- Release Date
- 19 November 2021
- LP
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- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- ReleaseProduct
- The Staggering Girl OST
- Label
- Milan
- Catalogue Number
- 19439728161
- Release Date
- 28 February 2020
- LP
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- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
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- Thousand Knives Of Ryuichi Sakamoto
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- WEWANTSOUNDS
- Catalogue Number
- WWSLP24
- Release Date
- 8 November 2019
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
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- Thousand Knives Of / Plastic Bamboo
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- Rush Hour
- Catalogue Number
- RH-STORE JPN 6
- Release Date
- 21 April 2017
- 7″
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- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- ReleaseProduct
- Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST
- Label
- Milan
- Catalogue Number
- 3299039984826
- Release Date
- 28 October 2016
- LP
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- Artist
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- ReleaseProduct
- Music For Film
- Label
- Silva Screen Records
- Catalogue Number
- SILED1524
- Release Date
- 28 October 2016
- LP (special)
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Milan
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- Artist
- Bobby Krlic
- ReleaseProduct
- Returnal (Original Soundtrack)
- Label
- Milan
- Catalogue Number
- 19439885291
- Release Date
- 15 July 2022
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fatima Al Qadiri
- ReleaseProduct
- Atlantics (Soundtrack)
- Label
- Milan
- Catalogue Number
- 3299039826720
- Release Date
- 15 November 2019
- LP
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- Artist
- Geinoh Yamashirogumi
- ReleaseProduct
- Akira Symphonic Suite (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Label
- Milan
- Release Date
- 15 September 2017
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Mica Levi
- ReleaseProduct
- Jackie (Original Soundtrack)
- Label
- Milan
- Catalogue Number
- 3299039987926
- Release Date
- 13 January 2017
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- Mica Levi
- ReleaseProduct
- Under The Skin OST
- Label
- Milan
- Catalogue Number
- 3138366780
- Release Date
- 2 May 2014
- LP
Ambient and Modern Classical
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- Artist
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Merch
- Again (Special Edition Blu-ray)
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- Warp Records
- Release Date
- 5 April 2024
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- claire rousay
- ReleaseProduct
- sentiment
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- Thrill Jockey
- Catalogue Number
- THRILL610
- Release Date
- 19 April 2024
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Artist
- CELER
- ReleaseProduct
- It Would Be Giving Up
- Label
- Two Acorns
- Catalogue Number
- 2A35
- Release Date
- 15 April 2024
- Download
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- Shards
- ReleaseProduct
- Byrd Song
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP163DL
- Release Date
- 19 April 2024
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- Artist
- Clarissa Connelly
- ReleaseProduct
- World of Work
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPDD370
- Release Date
- 12 April 2024
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- Gaussian Curve
- ReleaseProduct
- Winter Sun / Fever Dream
- Label
- Music From Memory
- Catalogue Number
- MFM067
- Release Date
- 2 August 2024
- 12”
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- Artist
- Carlos Niño & Friends
- ReleaseProduct
- Love to all Doulas!
- Label
- International Anthem
- Catalogue Number
- IARCS180
- Release Date
- 11 April 2024
- Download
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- Artist
- Koichi Shimizu
- ReleaseProduct
- Imprint
- Label
- Smalltown Supersound
- Catalogue Number
- STSLJN401DIGITAL
- Release Date
- 12 April 2024
- Download