MUSIC FROM THE WORLD 04-21-2023
Join host Mike for a tribute to recently deceased Japanese Legend Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Ryuichi Sakamoto, a founding member of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and one of the first musicians to popularize electronic music, died on March 28 of rectal cancer. He was 71 years old.
He is my favorite foreign artist of all time. He was a brilliant composer, record producer, bilingual singer, conductor, collaborator, and the man I consider the father of modern electronica. He was heavily influenced by Claude Debussy. He collaborated with the likes of Iggy Pop, the soulful Bernard Fowler, famed Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Thomas Dolby, David Sylvian, Adrian Belew of King Crimson; and founded the Yellow Magic Orchestra with two other musical geniuses, Yukohiro Takahashi and Haruomi Hosono.
In addition, he starred in the movie “Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Furyo in Japanese)” with David Bowie. He also composed numerous Film scores to include: The Last Emperor, Femme Fatale, The Revenant, The Sheltering Sky, Forbidden Colors (For Furyo) and numerous others; and “El Mar Mediterrani” for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics opening ceremony.
- 5:00pm RYUICHI RIP by MUSIC FROM THE WORLD on Single
- 5:02pm BEHIND THE MASK by YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA on SOLID STATE SURVIVOR (ALPHA)
- 5:08pm FEMME FATALE by HARUOMI HOSANO (JAPAN) on PARAISO (LIGHT IN THE ATTIC RECORDS)
- 5:12pm SUNSET by YUKAHIRO TAKAHASHI (JAPAN) on SARAVAH (KING RECORDS)
- 5:16pm Denigowa by Ryuichi Sakamoto on Smoochy (Milan Records)
- 5:22pm PLASTIC BAMBOO by RYUICHI SAKAMOTO on 1000 KNIVES (BETTER DAYS)
- 5:29pm THE SHELTERING SKY by TOKYO ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (RYUICHI SAKAMOTO CONDUCTING) on THE SHELTERING SKY SOUNDTRACK (VIRGIN RECORDS)
- 5:34pm NEO GEO by RYUICHI SAKAMOTO on NEO GEO (CBS)
- 5:39pm HEARTBEAT by DAVID SYLVIAN (FEAT RYUICHI SAKAMOTO) on HEARTBEAT (VIRGIN)
- 5:44pm CALLING FROM TOKYO by RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (JAPAN) WITH YOUSSOU N'DOUR (SENEGAL) AND BRIAN WILSON (USA) on BEAUTY (VIRGIN)
- 5:48pm FIELD WORK by RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (JAPAN) AND THOMAS DOLBY (ENGLAND) on RELEASED AS A SINGLE (VIRGIN)
- 5:55pm RISKY by RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (JAPAN) WITH IGGY POPP on NEO GEO (EPIC)