“Asynchrone” by Fredéric Soulard (Limousine, Vitalic, Maestro, Jeanne Added… artitic producer for Thomad de Pourquery, Tigre d’Eau Douce, Lucie Antunes…) and Clément Petit (Space Galvacher, Blick Bassy, Abd Al Malik, Coax…) celebrates creativity protean of composer, producer and performer Ryuichi Sakamoto, mainly known for his soundtracks to Hollywood films such as ‘The Last Emperor’ by Bernardo Bertolluci or ‘The Revenant’ by Alejandro González Iñárritu, less for his leading role in the great innovations of music electronics and ambient at the end of the 70s’ or for his colossal work which mixes acoustic instruments, synthesizers or ‘field recording’

“The whole world has crossed swords with Ryuichi Sakamoto at least once: David Bowie, David Byrne, Caetano Veloso, David Sylvian, DJ Spooky, Bill Frisell, Brian Wilson, Youssou N’Dour, Robert Wyatt, Iggy Pop, Arto Lindsay , Bill Laswell, Alva Noto, Hector Zazou, Thomas Dolby, Cesária Évora, Deee-Lite, Amon Tobin, Robbie Robertson, the list is endless. pop, rock, world, new-wave, classical or even cinematographic terrain (his scores for Furyo, The Last Emperor, High Heels and The Revenant, Black Mirror left their mark), Ryuichi Sakamoto has never lost his soul. His acute sense of melody and beauty can be found in all his works, a colossal discography, from the most commercial to the most experimental.

This chameleon career began under the spotlights of mad popularity, on his land, between 1978 and 1984, at the head of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, a synthetic pop trio assembled with bassist Haruomi Hosono and drummer Yukihiro Takahashi and which peaked at the top. Japanese charts.

Openly pop albums, more experimental or strongly influenced by Ravel and his idol Debussy, Ryuichi Sakamoto is a musical river in itself. © MD/Qobuz