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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Active

1970s - 2010s

Born

January 17, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan

Genre

Electronic Stage & Screen Avant-Garde Classical International Pop/Rock

Styles

Experimental Progressive Electronic Original Score International Fusion Synth Pop Experimental Ambient Experimental Electro Experimental Electronic Glitch

Also Known As

Marc Panther

Member Of

Yellow Magic Orchestra Morelenbaum²/Sakamoto
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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Biography by Jason Ankeny

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Inventive and prolific Japanese electronic musician, composer, and arranger; co-founder of the vastly influential Yellow Magic Orchestra.
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Album Highlights

  • Beauty
    Ryuichi Sakamoto
    Beauty
  • The Sheltering Sky [Original Soundtrack]
    Ryuichi Sakamoto
    The Sheltering Sky [Ori …
  • The Last Emperor [Original Soundtrack]
    David Byrne / Ryuichi S … / Cong S …
    The Last Emperor [Origi …
  • Cendre
    Fennesz + Sakamoto /
    Cendre
  • Left Handed Dream
    Ryuichi Sakamoto
    Left Handed Dream
  • Bricolages
    Ryuichi Sakamoto
    Bricolages
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Artists Moods

  • Ambitious
  • Atmospheric
  • Austere
  • Bittersweet
  • Brooding
  • Calm/Peaceful
  • Complex
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Delicate
  • Dramatic
  • Dreamy
  • Earthy
  • Elegant
  • Elegiac
  • Exotic
  • Flowing
  • Hypnotic
  • Intense
  • Intimate
  • Meandering
  • Meditative
  • Melancholy
  • Mysterious
  • Poignant
  • Precious
  • Restrained
  • Shimmering
  • Sophisticated
  • Spacey
  • Tense/Anxious
  • Cerebral
  • Literate
  • Theatrical

Artists Themes

  • Background Music
  • Dreaming
  • Late Night
  • Meditation
  • Nighttime
  • World View
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