Ryuichi Sakamoto – A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto – To the Moon and Back (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ryuichi Sakamoto – A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto – To the Moon and Back (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:13 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Jazz, Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Milan

“A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto – To The Moon And Back” is a collection of reworks of some of the best-known tracks from the legendary composer’s extensive catalog. The Cinematic Orchestra, Thundercat, Devonté Hynes, Hildur Guonadottir, David Sylvian, Electric Youth, Alva Noto and more artists take a fresh look at Ryuichi Sakamoto’s oeuvre on the occasion of his 70th birthday, each crafting their own versions of such well-known pieces as “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” or “The Sheltering Sky.”

The seemingly familiar pieces on “A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto: To The Moon And Back” sound as different as the musical roots of the musicians and producers involved. Synthpop elements, R&B vocals, technoid beats or funk-soul riffs let Sakamoto’s compositions shine in a completely new light.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto – Exception (Soundtrack from the Netflix Anime Series) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ryuichi Sakamoto – Exception (Soundtrack from the Netflix Anime Series) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:03:29 minutes | 2,02 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Milan

Exception (stylized as exception) is a science fiction horror anime series based on an original story by Hirotaka Adachi with character designs by Yoshitaka Amano and directed by Yūzō Satō.Close listening is a habit that has carried Sakamoto through nearly 70 years of musical exploration, each decade leading him in new directions.Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres.

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Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ensemble Modern – Utp_ (Remaster) (2009/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ensemble Modern - Utp_ (Remaster) (2009/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ensemble Modern – Utp_ (Remaster) (2009/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:05 minutes | 834 MB | Genre: Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © NOTON

The multi-media work Utp_ by the Japanese composer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto and the installation artist Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto was created in 2007 on the occasion of the 400-year anniversary of the city of Mannheim. Its world premiere was given by the Ensemble Modern at the National Theatre in Mannheim and combined images, acoustic sounds, electronics and improvisation. For the performance the music was accompanied by a visual score projecting computer-generated amorphous structures resulting from complex mathematical colour progressions. The work, whose title is deducted from the word “utopia,” consists in slow-paced tableaux of stretched out octaves and skeletal motives.
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Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto – Summvs (Remastered & Expanded) (2011/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto - Summvs (Remastered & Expanded) (2011/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz] Download

Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto – Summvs (Remastered & Expanded) (2011/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:07:41 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Electronic, Modern Classical, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © NOTON

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 refers to the Latin word ‘summa’ (eng. sum) and ‘versus’ (eng. towards); it serves as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative result. The album features Microon compositions containing recordings of a 16th tone interval tuning piano – Piano Metamorfoseador Carrillo en Dieciseisavos de Tono. The album also features two covers of the track By This River, composed by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius in 1977.
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Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto – Revep (Remastered) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto - Revep (Remastered) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto – Revep (Remastered) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:03 minutes | 406 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Noton

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 albums series. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album’s recordings are accompanied by three new compositions titled ‘City Radieuse’, ‘Veru 1’, and ‘Veru 2’.

‘City Radieuse’ was composed for the 2012 short cinematic essay titled ‘Cité Radieuse’ and part of Carsten Nicolai’s ‘future past perfect’ series.
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