Ryuichi Sakamoto - BTTB [20th Anniversary Edition] (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 266 MB | Tracks: 18 | 74:08 min
Style: Instrumental, Piano, Modern Classical, Ambient | Label: Milan Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 266 MB | Tracks: 18 | 74:08 min
Style: Instrumental, Piano, Modern Classical, Ambient | Label: Milan Records
Originally released in 1998 and hard to get hold of outside of Japan, ‘BTTB’, or ‘Back To The Basics’ is now reissued on 2LP to mark its 20th anniversary. It’s effectively a definitive edition of ‘BTTB’, reshuffled from the original 2LP pressing to also include ‘Energy Flow’ from the BTTB’ maxi-single, (which peaked at No.4 in the Japanese singles charts), as well as the slippery elegance of ‘Reversing’, both on the vinyl album for the first time.
Tech specs aside, this new edition is a sumptuous testament to Sakamoto’s effortlessly natural, poetic evocations of emotion, by then channelling some 30 years work as an arranger of classic synthpop (YMO, collabs with David Sylvian), and seminal soundtracks (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence; The Last Emperor) into some of his most stripped down yet affective music, hovering on the line between precise, mindful composition and intuitively fluid improvisation.
While the majority of the material here features Sakamoto playing conventionally beautiful solo piano with magnificent highlights on the likes of ‘Opus’, he also extends into experimental, prepared piano on a handful of pieces, both serene and frantic, such as ‘Prelude’, ‘Sonata’ and ‘Uetax’, cannily resonating with Aphex Twin’s prepared piano pieces on ‘Drukqs’, which were released just two years later.
Tracklist:
1. Opus 4:26
2. Sonatine 3:38
3. Intermezzo 3:45
4. Lorenz And Watson 3:56
5. Choral No. 1 2:27
6. Choral No. 2 2:05
7. Do Bacteria Sleep? 4:17
8. Bachata 8:14
9. Chanson 2:23
10. Distant Echo 5:53
11. Prelude 4:09
12. Sonata 3:31
13. Uetax 1:21
14. Aqua 4:30
15. Energy Flow 4:33
16. Snake Eyes 6:08
17. Tong Poo 5:03
18. Reversing 3:57
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FILE: 02 - Sonatine.flac
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FILE: 05 - Choral No.1.flac
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FILE: 11 - Prelude.flac
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FILE: 12 - Sonata.flac
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FILE: 16 - Snake Eyes.flac
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FILE: 17 - Tong Poo.flac
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FILE: 18 - Reversing.flac
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