• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Tibetan Dance
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – Etude
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – Paradise Lost
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – Self Portrait
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – 旅の極北 (Tabi No Kyokuhoku)
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – M.A.Y. In The Backyard
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – 羽の林で (Hane No Hayashi De)
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – 森の人 (Mori No Hito)
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – A Tribute TO N.J.P.
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – Replica [12" BONUS]
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – 11: マ・メール・ロワ (Ma Mère l'Oye) [12" BONUS]
    • Ryuichi Sakamoto – Replica [7" BONUS]
    • 1. Tibetan Dance
    • 2. Etude
    • 3. Paradise Lost
    • 4. Self Portrait
    • 5. 旅の極北 (Tabi No Kyokuhoku)
    • 6. M.A.Y. In The Backyard
    • 7. 羽の林で (Hane No Hayashi De)
    • 8. 森の人 (Mori No Hito)
    • 9. A Tribute TO N.J.P.
    • 10. Replica [12" BONUS]
    • 11. 11: マ・メール・ロワ (Ma Mère l'Oye) [12" BONUS]
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    The early '80s were a turning point for Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. As a solo artist, the smash hit soundtrack he had composed for 1983's "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" (a film in which he had also acted), had put him on the verge of becoming a global superstar. Meanwhile he had called a halt to his work with Yellow Magic Orchestra; the influential, globally successful pop trio calling it quits after the release of their 1983 album "Naughty Boys".

    Against this backdrop, Sakamoto descended on Tokyo's Onkyo Haus Studio to record his fourth solo album, "Ongaku Zukan" ("Musical Encyclopedia") accompanied by a handful of musicians including his ex-YMO partners Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, and the prolifically talented Yasuaki Shimizu, Tatsuro Yamashita and Toshinori Kondo. Sakamoto began with no particular plan in mind, recording 30 basic tracks over the best part of 1983. It was on his return to the studio the following year that the album truly began to take shape. Accompanied by a newly acquired Fairlight CMI sampler, the musician made extensive use of the revolutionary equipment to create a wide palette of sound textures which he added to the tracks, a creatively fertile process that was captured on film for the French documentary "Tokyo Melody, A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto".)

    Released in August 1984 the album "Ongaku Zukan" proved a huge success, providing Sakamoto with his first top 5 hit in Japan. Filled with inspired melodies that showcase his unique gift as a composer, it offers up a fascinating mix of styles. Asiatic electro pop nuggets ("Tibetan Dance") share space with futuristic ambient pieces ("Hane no Hayashi de"), and brilliantly creative fusions of jazz, funk, techno and reggae ("Etude" and "Tabi no Kyokuhoki.")


    This is the very first time that the two 1984 Japanese editions of Ryuichi Sakamoto's classic album have been released internationally

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