Releases by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Recent releases
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Async
Taking inspiration from everyday objects, sculpture, and nature,Sakamoto composed and arranged the sounds/music that he most wanted to listen to. Paying close... more
2LP | Milan | Milan19658821711
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - B-2 UNIT
Released in 1980 while Yellow Magic Orchestra was enjoying its first wave of mega-success, B-2 Unit was Ryuichi Sakmoto's second full length solo effort.... more
LP | Great Tracks | MHJL101
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ongaku Zukan
The first ever international release of Ryuichi Sakamoto's landmark album from 1984, ''Ongaku Zukan'' in it's Japanese edition. Featuring 2 bonus tracks on an... more
LP + 7inch | Wewantsounds | WWSLP071
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ongaku Zukan
The first ever international release of Ryuichi Sakamoto's landmark album from 1984, ''Ongaku Zukan'' in it's Japanese edition. This highly limited version... more
LP + 12inch | Wewantsounds | WWSLP072
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Travesia
This compilation album features twenty tracks handpicked by five-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who famously collaborated... more
2LP | Milan | Milan196587670917
- 01 Thousand Knives
- 02 The Revenant Main Theme (Alva Noto Remodel)
- 03 Before Long
- 04 Nuages
- 05 Life, Life
- 06 Ma Mere L'oye
- 07 Rose
- 08 Tokyo Story
- 09 Break With
- 10 Blu
- 11 Asadoya Yunta
- 12 Rio
- 13 Reversing
- 14 Thatness & Thereness
- 15 Ngo:Bitmix
- 16 Pantonal
- 17 Lamento
- 18 Diabaram
- 19 Same Dream, Same Destination
- 20 Composition 0919
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Exception (OST)
Soundtrack for the Netflix anime series ''Exception'' by Academy Award and Grammy-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Ranging from stunning, otherworldly... more
2LP | Milan | MILAN19658765651
- 01 Opening For Exception
- 02 Beginning
- 03 Atmospheric Transformer
- 04 The Monster
- 05 Monster Cry
- 06 A Message To Self-Funeral
- 07 A Painful Memory
- 08 Butterfly
- 09 Atmosphere Transformer Plant
- 10 X10 Land Drones
- 11 Memory Accident
- 12 Suicidal
- 13 Detaching
- 14 Hostage
- 15 Justification
- 16 Operating The Drone
- 17 Hanger - Hole
- 18 Reunion
- 19 Falling
- 20 Pod Landing
- 21 Alone On X10
- 22 Ship Launches
- 23 Fight
- 24 Re-printing
- 25 Oxygen
- 26 Rebirth
- 27 Ending For Exception
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Design Slipcase (for Vinyl) / V.I.R.U.S series
Limited Edition Vinyl slipcase celebrating Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto's VIRUS series. The slipcase can accommodate the 5 LPs Vrioon, Insen, Revep, Utp_, and... more
Slipcase | Noton | N-050-2
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Minamata (OST)
Beautiful soundtrack by the great Ryuichi Sakamoto. Housed in a gatefold jacket including a 12” photo insert, credits and liner notes from director Andrew... more
2LP | Milan | Milan19439840891
- 01 Minamata Piano Theme
- 02 Into Japan
- 03 Landscape
- 04 The Boy
- 05 Chisso Co
- 06 Boy & Camera
- 07 Hidden Data
- 08 Blow Up
- 09 Rally & Persuasion
- 10 Meeting
- 11 Offer
- 12 Commitment
- 13 Fire
- 14 Sharing
- 15 Rising
- 16 Chisso Gate
- 17 Arson Man
- 18 Suicide
- 19 Mother & Child
- 20 Coda
- 21 Icon
- 22 One Single Voice (Katherine Jenkins)
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
''12'' marks the 15th solo studio album from Sakamoto and the first of new solo material since 2017's ''async''. The album features 12 songs selected from a... more
2LP | Milan | Milan19658
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Summvs (Re-master)
Released for the first time in 2011, 'Summvs' is the fifth and final installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's V.I.R.U.S. series. The title 'Summvs'... more
2LP | Noton | N-055-2
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Utp_ (Re-master)
Released for the first time in 2009, ‘utp_’ is the third installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s V.I.R.U.S.'s series. It was commissioned for the... more
2LP | Noton | N-054-2
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Revep (Re-master)
Initially released in 2006, ‘Revep’ is the third collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the third installment of V.I.R.U.S.’s five... more
2LP | Noton | N-053-2
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen (Re-master)
Originally released in 2005, ''Insen'' is the second collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the second installment of V.I.R.U.S.'s five... more
2LP | Noton | N-052-2
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Syuko Sakai / Ryuichi Sakamoto - Computer Obaachan / Photo Musik
Announced in 1981, from NHK “Minna no Uta”, arranged, produced and performed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, drums by Yukihiro Takahashi. The 7-inch of the popular... more
7inch | Express (Japan) | PROT7157
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Vrioon (Re-master)
Vrioon is the debut collaboration album between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, released in 2002. It is the first album in the Virus Series followed by four... more
2LP | Noton | N-051-2
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su - The Last Emperor (OST)
The soundtrack is a theme-filled exploration of the sounds and musical traditions of Imperial China, filtered through some very contemporary sensibilities.... more
LP | Music On Vinyl | MOVATM305
- 01 Ryuichi Sakamoto - First Coronation
- 02 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Open The Door
- 03 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Where Is Armo
- 04 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Picking Up Brides
- 05 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Last Emperor (Theme Variation 1)
- 06 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Rain (I Want A Divorce)
- 07 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Baby (Was Born Dead)
- 08 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Last Emperor (Theme Variation 2)
- 09 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Last Emperor (Theme)
- 10 David Byrne - The Last Emperor (main Title Theme)
- 11 David Byrne - Picking A Bride
- 12 David Byrne - Bed
- 13 David Byrne - Wind Rain and Water
- 14 David Byrne - Paper Emperor
- 15 Cong Su - Lunch
- 16 The Red Guard Accordion Band - Red Guard
- 17 The Ball Orchestra Of Vienna - The Emperors Waltz
- 18 The Girls Red Guard Dancers - The Red Guard Dance
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Esperanto
Wewantsounds continues their Ryuichi Sakamoto reissue series with the release of the 1985 album ''Esperanto'', composed for a performance by New York avant... more
LP | Wewantsounds | WWSLP43
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Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Cendre
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Christian Fennesz blend the unstructured and imaginative qualities of improvisation with the satisfying sculpture of composition.... more
2x10inch | Touch | TONE32V
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Hidari Ude No Yume / Left Handed Dream
Wewantsounds is proud to announce the reissue of Ryuichi Sakamoto's third solo album ''Hidari Ude No Yume'' (Left Handed Dream), originally released in 1981 on... more
LP | Wewantsounds | WWSLP34
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Hidari Ude No Yume / Left Handed Dream (Deluxe 2LP)
Wewantsounds is proud to announce the reissue of Ryuichi Sakamoto's third solo album ''Hidari Ude No Yume'' (Left Handed Dream), originally released in 1981 on... more
2LP | Wewantsounds | WWSLP33
- 01 Boku No Kakera
- 02 Saru To Yuki To Gomi No Kodomo
- 03 Kacha Kucha Nee
- 04 The Garden Of Poppies
- 05 Relache
- 06 Tell 'Em To Me
- 07 Living In The Dark
- 08 Slat Dance
- 09 Venezia
- 10 Saru No Ie
- 11 Boku No Kakera (Instrumental)
- 12 Saru To Yuki To Gomi No Kodomo (Instrumental)
- 13 Kacha Kucha Nee (Instrumental)
- 14 The Garden Of Poppies (Instrumental)
- 15 Relache (Instrumental)
- 16 Tell 'Em To Me (Instrumental)
- 17 Living In The Dark (Instrumental)
- 18 Slat Dance (Instrumental)
- 19 Venezia (Instrumental)
- 20 Saru No Ie (Instrumental)
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives Of
Re-release of Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album originally released in 1978 on the sought-after Better Days label. Sakamoto was a member of Yellow Magic... more
LP | Wewantsounds | WWSLP24
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & Kukangendai - Zureru
New Ryuichi Sakamoto collaboration, with Tokyo experimental rockers Kukangendai.
12inch | Kukangendai | KKG1
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives / Plastic Bamboo
Thousand Knives & Plastic Bamboo by the legendary Ryuichi Sakamoto are ... more
7inch | Rush Hour | RH-STOREJPN6
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Vrioon
Deep piano parts over minimal click and cuts Raster-Noton electronics.. Nice!
LP | Raster noton | Raster050
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