Ryuichi Sakamoto’s uncommon Thousand Knives Of lastly being launched outdoors of Japan
Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the hard-to-find first album from Ryuichi Sakamoto, can be reissued outdoors of Japan for the primary time. The entire remastering can be obtainable from Wewantsounds on November eighth.
Sakamoto is among the founding members of the experimental pioneers Yellow Magic Orchestra. He created Thousand Knives Of in 1978, simply earlier than YMO’s self-titled debut was launched. The runaway success of Yellow Magic Orchestra meant that Thousand Knives Of obtained misplaced within the shuffle. A couple of cuts have grow to be staples of YMO reveals over time, particularly “Plastic Bamboo” and “The Finish of Asia”, however the remainder of the songs have stayed uncommon. Excluding a small 1982 reissue, Thousand Knives Of has by no means been obtainable on vinyl outdoors of Japan. That’s lastly altering.
Engineer Seigen Ono did the remastering for Thousand Knives Of from the unique tapes. The deluxe reissue comes with a standard Japanese obi strip, and contains a 4 web page introduction from Japanese music knowledgeable Paul Bowler. A CD model can be obtainable along with the vinyl urgent.
In recent times, Sakamoto has grow to be greatest identified for his movie compositions. He gained the Academy Award for Finest Unique Rating for 1987’s The Final Emperor, and labored with Alejandro G. Iñárritu on each Babel and The Revenant. As Sakamoto’s profile has grow to be extra worldwide, it’s thrilling that his first solo album will now not be as elusive for worldwide audiences.
Pre-orders for Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto are stay now. Take a hearken to the remastered “Plastic Bamboo” under, adopted by the album artwork and tracklist.
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