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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto (1978) Remastered 2016

Posted By: Designol

Date: 21 Jan 2023 02:44:06

Thousand Knives (also known as Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto) is Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album. The album is named after Henri Michaux's description of the feel of using mescaline in Misérable Miracle. It was recorded in about 500 hours, and Sakamoto would spend whole days without sleeping working on it. The album's title track is one of Sakamoto's most famous compositions.

Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album appeared before he formed Yellow Magic Orchestra in late 1978, after the young keyboardist had earned his M.A. in music from Tokyo University. Six long instrumentals make up this CD, but apart from a taste for Asian-sounding synth lines, they hint at very little of what was to come in YMO. "Thousand Knives" is a long disco-lite jazzy workout with a very un-synthesized guitar solo by Kazumi Watanabe (who would later join YMO on tour and have his solo album produced by Sakamoto). Side two's "Da Neue Japanische Electronische Volkslied" and "The End of Asia" (later revamped in YMO) are closest to the new wave of Japanese electronic music that he would spawn. "Island of Woods" and "Grasshoppers" trade in rhythm for sound landscapes, and the sort of cheeriness that would pop up later in Sakamoto's childrens movie scores. Harry Hosono turns up on one track, and generally the album is a pleasant, if unadventurous, listen.

Review by Ted Mills, Allmusic.com

Ryuichi Sakamoto at Allmusic
Ryuichi Sakamoto at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. Thousand Knives (9:36)
02. Island of Woods (9:50)
03. Grasshoppers (5:16)
04. Das Neue Japanische Elektronische Volkslied (8:05)
05. Plastic Bamboo (6:32)
06. The End of Asia (6:28)

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Ryuichi Sakamoto / Thousand Knives (2016 Hybrid SACD)

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DR log

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