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1 Lim Giong– Walker (Lim Giong Follow The Steps Remodel)
Producer – Lim Giong
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
2 David Sylvian– Grains (Sweet Paulownia Wood) (David Sylvian Remodel)
Producer – David Sylvian
Written-By – Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
3 Thundercat, Taylor Graves– Thousand Knives (Thundercat Remodel)
Engineer, Mixed By – Vic Wainstein*
Producer – Thundercat
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
4 Electric Youth– Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Electric Youth Remodel)
Producer – Electric Youth
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
5 Cornelius– Thatness And Thereness
Producer – Cornelius
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
6 Hildur Guðnadóttir– World Citizen - I Won't Be Disappointed (Hildur Guðnadóttir Remodel)
Bass, Guitar, Recorded By – Skúli Sverrisson
Producer, Mixed By – Sam Slater
Voice, Cello, Recorded By – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Written-By – David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto
7 Alva Noto– The Sheltering Sky (Alva Noto Remodel)
Producer – Alva Noto
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
8 Fennesz– Amore (Fennesz Remodel)
Producer – Fennesz
Written-By – Arto Lindsay, Ryuichi Sakamoto
9 Devonté Hynes*, Emily Schubert (2)– Choral No.1 (Devonté Hynes Remodel)
Producer – Devonté Hynes*
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
10 The Cinematic Orchestra– DNA (The Cinematic Orchestra Remodel)
Producer – The Cinematic Orchestra
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
11 Yoshihide Otomo*– With Snow And Moonlight - Snow, Silence, Partially Sunny (Yoshihide Otomo Remodel)
Producer – Yoshihide Otomo*
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sachiko M
12 Gabrial Wek– Forbidden Colours (Gabrial Wek Remodel)
Producer – Gabrial Wek
Written-By – David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto
13 404.Zero– The Revenant Main Theme (404.Zero Remodel)
Mixed By – Francisco Farris There is a reason why this tribute album to the revered Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is so titled. In 2014, he was diagnosed with throat cancer, which went into remission after six years. In 2021, however, he shared the news of his stage 4 rectal cancer diagnosis.
Earlier this year, in an essay that broached the issue, he wrote, “Since I have been granted life, I am praying that I will be able to make music until my last moments, just like my beloved Bach and Debussy. I have just turned 70, but how many more times will I be able to see the full moon?”
Sakamoto significantly influenced electro and techno – via much of his early work with Yellow Magic Orchestra, and his 1980 second solo album, B-2 Unit, notably with the track Riot in Lagos – but also film soundtrack music via Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990) and more recently The Revenant (2015).
All of his creative dimensions are addressed on this tribute album for which the artists, who include friends and past collaborators such as David Sylvian, Thundercat, Cinematic Orchestra, Devonté Hynes, Hildur Guðnadóttir, and Alva Noto, were allowed full access to his far-reaching catalogue of solo work and film scores. Some 13 pieces of music, ranging from his best-known to more obscure works – at least to casual admirers – have in the parlance of the production been “remodelled” to varying degrees of familiarity.
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