RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto

[Canard]

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/02/959184720/ryuichi-sakamoto-a-godfather-of-electronic-pop-has-died

Ryuichi Sakamoto: the avant gardist who became a groundbreaking pop star

With Yellow Magic Orchestra, he paved the way for electropop and hip-hop but was far happier as a backroom boffin than an electronic pinup

www.theguardian.com

 

[Uke]

His music sounded like a mix of Jobim, Debussy, and Ravel. Nice sound.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/02/959184720/ryuichi-sakamoto-a-godfather-of-electronic-pop-has-died

Ryuichi Sakamoto: the avant gardist who became a groundbreaking pop star

With Yellow Magic Orchestra, he paved the way for electropop and hip-hop but was far happier as a backroom boffin than an electronic pinup

www.theguardian.com

 

[GGJaguar]

One of my favorite artists. I knew he was very sick and kind of dreaded hearing this news (same with Bowie, really). RIP maestro.

 

[Canard]

日本語を話せますか? (Do you speak Japanese?)

A playlist for the album Utau which a friend in Japan has sent me.




My Japanese is no longer good enough to understand a lot of what Onuki Taeko San is singing and maybe it never was--haven't really spoken a word in almost 40 years. So I just think of her voice as a lovely expressive instrument which offers up the occasional word or phrase I sometimes understand.

No Japanese? Think of her voice as flute.

Live