![]() ![]() The first minute-and-a-half are a heavily vocoded recitation of a poem by Mao Zedong. ![]() The title track "Thousand Knives" is my favorite. The most notable tracks for me are the bookends, both of which seem a fusion of electronic dance music, traditional Japanese melodies, and blues-style guitar, provided by guitar virtuoso Kazumi Watanabe. ![]() It shows all of the hallmarks of a young, bright-eyed composer-it never stays in one place for too long, it jumps across styles and instruments, and overall there is a definite sense of eagerness that endears the music to the listener. In mid-1978, before Yellow Magic Orchestra debuted with their self-titled, Sakamoto dropped Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the first of many solo adventures. That Ursula Bogner post got me in the mood for some pre-'80s synth brilliance, and one of my favorite examples of such happens to come from Japanese electronic pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto. ![]()
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