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  • Nagasaki: Memories of My Son [Original Soundtrack]
  • Plankton: Music for an Intallation By Christian Sardet and Shiro Takatani
  • Ikari (Rage) [Original Soundtrack]
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Music for Film
  • async
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  • Black Mirror: Smithereens [Original Series Soundtrack]
  • Live in London
  • Two: Live at the Sydney Opera House
  • The Staggering Girl [Original Soundtrack]

Release Date

1984

Duration

40:47

Genre

Styles

Recording Location

  • Onkie Haus Studios
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Professor Sakamoto gives a lesson on what is practically a different style of music with each track on Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia, beginning with a sure-fire hit: the extroverted, quintessentially Japanese synth workout "Field Work" (with Thomas Dolby). From there, Sakamoto hits riff-ready crossover jazz-fusion ("Etude"), electronic minimalism ("M.A.Y. in the Backyard"), and Oriental dub ("Paradise Lost"). There is a return to sampladelic Eastern synth-pop with "Steppin' Into Asia," but for the most part Sakamoto displays his impressive stylistic range on this solo album.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Thomas Dolby / Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto 04:05 Amazon
2
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto 05:14 Amazon
3
Peter Barakan / Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto 05:24 Amazon
4
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto 05:37 Amazon
5
Ryuichi Sakamoto / Akiko Yano
Ryuichi Sakamoto 05:18 Amazon
6
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto 05:02 Amazon
7
Ryuichi Sakamoto 04:27 Amazon
8
Ryuichi Sakamoto 05:40 Amazon
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