Ryuichi Sakamoto Async (Vinyl)

Async was primarily recorded and conceived in NYC, with some elements drawn from field or location recordings and museums around the world.

During the production process Sakamoto came upon the concept of creating a soundtrack for an Andrei Tarkovsky film that does not exist. Needless to add, Tarkovsky was one of his most favorite film directors.

Taking inspiration from everyday objects, sculpture, and nature, Sakamoto composed and arranged the sounds/music that he most wanted to listen to. Paying close attention to the essence of each track and carefully balancing the sounds with a less-is-more perspective, what remains are singular expressions of Sakamoto’s mindset, and one of his most personal albums.

The pallet includes conventional instrumentation such as piano and orchestra, but also a deep selection of unique acoustic and electric sounds both programmed and organic. The album plays with ideas of a-synchronism, prime numbers, chaos, quantum physics and the blurred lines of life and artificiality/noise and music.

2023 double vinyl reissue.

Tracklist:
A1 Andata 4:39
A2 Disintegration 5:46
A3 Solari 3:52
A4 Zure 5:12
B5 Walker 4:20
B6 Stakra 3:41
B7 Ubi 4:03
B8 Fullmoon 5:13
C9 Async 2:45
C10 Tri 3:29
C11 Life, Life 4:24
C12 Honj 3:42
D13 FF 5:13
D14 Garden 7:14