As a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto on the first anniversary of his passing, Caro C talks to Richard Barbieri, Natalie Beridze and Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto, three musicians who were fortunate enough to collaborate with him. Here, they share some insights into his mindset and methodologies.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:44 - Richard Barbieri
09:04 - Natalie Beridze
19:45 - Carsten Nicolai / Alva Noto
Ryuichi Sakamoto Biog
Ryuichi Sakamoto was a multi award-winning keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer who along with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, became pioneers of the electronic music genre in Honsono's band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Prior to his success with the band, Sakamoto earned a B.A. in music composition and worked as a session musician and producer. Alongside his success with the band, he continued his solo work, releasing solo albums and collaborations, experimenting with various genres and fusing traditional with electronic. This work led to him scoring more than 30 films throughout his career, his most famous being Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence and The Last Emperor. In his later career he composed a multimedia opera, sampled a glass building for use in one of his works and traveled to the Arctic to record the sound of melting snow.
Richard Barbieri Biog
Richard was a member of the hugely successful the British band Japan from 1975 to 1982. He continued to work with David Sylvian and Steve Jansen on separate projects and reunited with them and bass player Mick Karn for the Rain Tree Crow project and as part of ‘JBK’.
Full biog at https://www.soundonsound.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto-tribute-sos-podcast
http://www.richardbarbieri.co.uk/
Natalie Beridze Biog
Natalie is a Georgian music composer and songwriter who since 2003 has been performing live concerts worldwide, and has been known as the first female electronic music artist from Georgia.
Full biog at https://www.soundonsound.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto-tribute-sos-podcast
https://natalieberidzetba.bandcamp.com/
Carsten Nicolai / Alva Noto Biog
Under the pseudonym Alva Noto, Carsten Nicolai is one of the best-known representatives of contemporary electronic music. Concerts have taken him to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Tate Modern in London.
Full biog at https://www.soundonsound.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto-tribute-sos-podcast
https://alvanoto.com/
Caro C Biog
Caro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album 'Electric Mountain' is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This 'sonic enchantress' (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.
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