2007 Japanese pressing of this collaboration between Ryuichi Sakamoto, formerly of Yellow Magic Orchestra and worldwide laptop guru Fennesz. The impact and importance of this recording is difficult to overstate. Christian Fennesz is far and away the standard- bearer of laptop music, his thawed sound of fractured guitar chords and warm noise melts hearts around the world. Ryuichi Sakamoto, meanwhile, a contributing force in Electronic music for almost three decades in Yellow Magic Orchestra and his vast solo oeuvre, takes his place on laptop next to Fennesz for this historic meeting. Anyone concerned with the future of sound, or interested in modern music composition, or anyone who simply enjoys sweet ambient music should welcome this brilliant music from brilliant talents... towards a more brilliant world. Avex.

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坂本龍一が2020年12月12日、無観客のオンラインピアノソロコンサート＜Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 12122020＞を開催。ライブ演出をRhizomatiks、撮影監督をZakkubalanが担当し、都内のスタジオから世界同時配信を行った。このライブはアーカイブなしの一夜限りの配信だったため、二度と視聴することができない貴重な内容となった。そして遂にこの音源を、一年後の同日2021年12月12日にリリースすることが決定。 今夏8月にはこのライブ音源より「Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - version 2020」が、TBSテレビ『終戦76年プロジェクト つなぐ、つながる』キャンペーンのテーマ曲として使用された。また、今年3月末に発売した『2020S』BOXセットでのみ聴くことができた、無印良品のCM曲「MUJI2020」もライブの終盤に演奏し収録されている。坂本龍一のベスト選曲とも言えるセットリストであり、最新ライブ音源。 ●ライナーノーツ: 大貫妙子氏 (音楽家)・藤原帰一氏 (東京大学大学院法学政治学研究科教授)・ZAK氏 (サウンドエンジニア)

From small beginnings in 1974 as a local cinema and university event, Film Fest Gent has grown yearly in stature and is now recognised as one of the major destinations for the film industry. A vital component is the celebration of film music in the shape of the World Soundtrack Awards which honours the very best composers at work in the world of cinema. In 2016 the award goes to one of the most brilliant composers of his generation, Ryuichi Sakamoto. This is the first overview of his remarkable catalogue of film scores, fully approved by the composer and performed by the masterful Brussels Philharmonic under the baton of Dirk Bross ©. Sakamoto was already a celebrated pioneer in electronic music and composer/pianist/singer in Japan when director Nagisa Oshima asked him to write the score for Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence in 1983 and also to star alongside David Bowie. In a 30 year plus career since then he has worked with the cream of film directors including Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor), Brian De Palma (Snake Eyes), Pedro Almodovar (High Heels) and most recently Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant). This compilation is a fitting tribute to his status as one of the greatest living musicians and film composers.

Hand Numbered edition of 300 in a hand assembled gatefold sleeve Otto A Totland and Erik K Skodvin are perhaps best known for their beautiful Deaf Center records on Type. For the first time, 'Harmony From The Past' features them working solo on the same record. The title refers to their shared history, beginning as school friends in Langesund, southern Norway to discovering they had a mutual obsession with music and computers and eventually recording incredibly bleak, yet life affirming music together. Yet their lives have diverged over the same period, which is where we find them now, Otto presenting a suite of three piano pieces - his first ever solo material - and Erik working for the first time with percussion and feedbacked electro-acoustic guitar. The results are, almost predictably, dark and mysterious: Otto's keys sounding like icy water dropping in a great hall, and Erik's 'Blind' impressively revealing a dynamic new angle to his oeuvre, one we'd love to hear him explore further.

从10月3日开始，你将可以在“Living Room Songs”网站上，每天免费下载到Ólafur Arnalds当天在自己雷克雅未克公寓客厅中创作的一首歌曲，也可以及时观看演奏视频。Living Room Songs计划总共包含7首歌曲，除了网络免费下载以外，在今年也会发行实体的CD/LP和高质量数字音乐等多种格式。
事实上，Ólafur Arnalds早在09年4月就做过类似的事情。那时他推出了“Found Songs”计划，在一周的时间内，每天推出一首歌歌曲的即时创作，并在twitter上发布免费下载，还邀请网友给每首歌进行插画创作。最终全世界有超过10万网友下载了他的歌曲，也为后来的实体专辑《Found Songs》打下了很好的基础。
这次的“Living Room Songs”计划，则在“Found Songs”的基础上，加入了客厅创作的概念，并且引入了影像的记录。减少了和歌迷之前的隔阂感，少了一些神秘，多了几分互动。