Go-go Sakamoto
Thanks to a fellow blogtanker, the funny and charming Elke Sisco Zimmermann, I've just been reminded about Ryuichi Sakamoto.
I got well into Sakamoto's groove thang in the late 80's but then somehow managed to completely, utterly forget about him until about 40 minutes ago. Holy merde, this guy's got some hardass talent.
His own site gives a good flavour of the sort of things the bloke turns out. 21st century renaissance man, kind of a Japanese Laurie Anderson, at least in terms of the range of media in which they're both experimenting.
The Sony Classical site for Sakamoto has some good stuff going on too - including a trancelike, ambient screensaver with cuts from his recent BTTB ("Back To The Basics") CD of solo piano works. Erik Satie meets John Cage. (OT: "Back To Basics" also happens to be my favourite Billy Bragg rekkid too. Not that that signifies bugger all, but...well...you know...serendipity or sumfing).
Just scampered off and Amazoned for BTTB and his Cinemage CD too.
Beautiful, life-enhancing gear. Ta, Elke.
And thanks again, Gary T - without blogtank, I'd be lacking some tasty new tunes to tweak up me lugholes.
(hey - is this post linktastically overlinkified or what?)
Thanks to a fellow blogtanker, the funny and charming Elke Sisco Zimmermann, I've just been reminded about Ryuichi Sakamoto.
I got well into Sakamoto's groove thang in the late 80's but then somehow managed to completely, utterly forget about him until about 40 minutes ago. Holy merde, this guy's got some hardass talent.
His own site gives a good flavour of the sort of things the bloke turns out. 21st century renaissance man, kind of a Japanese Laurie Anderson, at least in terms of the range of media in which they're both experimenting.
The Sony Classical site for Sakamoto has some good stuff going on too - including a trancelike, ambient screensaver with cuts from his recent BTTB ("Back To The Basics") CD of solo piano works. Erik Satie meets John Cage. (OT: "Back To Basics" also happens to be my favourite Billy Bragg rekkid too. Not that that signifies bugger all, but...well...you know...serendipity or sumfing).
Just scampered off and Amazoned for BTTB and his Cinemage CD too.
Beautiful, life-enhancing gear. Ta, Elke.
And thanks again, Gary T - without blogtank, I'd be lacking some tasty new tunes to tweak up me lugholes.
(hey - is this post linktastically overlinkified or what?)
