Ryuichi Sakamoto is sitting quietly in the back of his studio. Nestled on the garden floor of a West Village townhouse, the small space is filled with musical equipment — at least a dozen keyboards ...

A Conversation with Misako Koshi of 'Unai Gumi' Ryuichi Sakamoto is back. His first release since his return is a collaboration single with the Okinawan folk group 'Unai Gumi,' titled '“Miruku Yugafu.

The second piano is the pristine Steinway in Sakamoto's West Village apartment, where he composes most of his music. He ponders the existence of the instrument, a thing made possible by the industrial ...

The legendary Japanese composer wanted to record his final concert. So he asked his son, Neo Sora, to direct it. The legendary Japanese composer wanted to record his final concert. So he asked his son ...

Japanese composer, pianist, and producer Ryuichi Sakamoto has always resisted an easy definition or description. Taken into account his illustrious and vast output which has spanned over different ...

Japanese composer and New York resident Ryuichi Sakamoto has had a career unlike anyone else. For more than 40 restless years, since the days of Yellow Magic Orchestra, he has been a musician that ...

Even throughout the final years of his cancer battle, Ryuichi Sakamoto was resolute in his will to keep creating. Hyper-aware of his own mortality, the Oscar-winning composer and titan of electronic ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto has been an enormously respected artist for decades, starting with his work in the '70s and '80s as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra in his native Japan to his deeply affective, ...

The Oscar-winning composer, who died after a lengthy battle with cancer, continued to work until his death. Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese composer who helped introduce electronic music to the world ...