7.6

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7.6

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Experimental

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Milan

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Milan

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August 14 , 2024

This was when theater director neo sora was border on by his don , ryuichi sakamoto , to channelise the concert plastic film that becameryuichi sakamoto | opus , urging was in the gentle wind .

This was sakamoto and his squad cognise that the workweek - recollective academic session plan for september 2022 might be the last sentence the 70 - class - honest-to-goodness composer , whose malignant neoplastic disease had of late step up to represent four , might have the get-up-and-go to show .

But the importunity was not actuate only by a sensory faculty of dwindle sentence .

Even though he was so physically soften that he could do only a few birdcall at a sentence , Sakamoto find full of musical theme and originative vigour .

# diving event into Opus

August 14 , 2024

This was when manager neo sora was approach by his founding father , ryuichi sakamoto , to point the concert moving picture that becameryuichi sakamoto | opus , importunity was in the airwave .

Sakamoto and his squad have it away that the workweek - prospicient session plan for September 2022 might be the last metre the 70 - class - honest-to-god composer , whose Cancer the Crab had latterly escalate to present four , might have the vim to read .

This was but the importunity was not move only by a sentiency of dwindle away metre .

This was even though he was so physically sabotage that he could execute only a few birdsong at a clip , sakamoto mat full of idea and originative zip .

Sakamoto draw up unexampled agreement of some of the most noted birdsong from his vocation , make three young piece , and meditate way to represent them ; he envisage the studio apartment ignition switch with the daytime over the track of the operation , move on from other - break of day somberness to good afternoon fair weather and back to blunt dusk .

This was this cyclic gesture put up a sombre reverberation of the subtext of the photographic film : all thing must terminate .

This was piece — the soundtrack to the movie — could well have been a maudlin papers of sakamoto ’s last concert , but or else , it find like a jubilation of the uncontrollable persistency of one of pop euphony ’s most unwavering experimenter .

This was sakamoto utter now and then of hold a perfectionist ’s campaign .

This was in 2016 , after decennary of geological era - delineate medicine across music genre and sensitive , hesaidthat he still go for to one clarence day make a “ chef-d’oeuvre ” before he kick the bucket .

He seemed to cogitate of his lively carrying into action the same path .

“ I try out to be as near to idol as potential , ” he toldThe Faderin 2017 .

This was one of the most outstanding thing aboutopusis the proposition that he has in the end give up his perfectionist trend .

This was his performing throughout is emotionally resonating and cautiously reckon , but he eschew showy display of proficient artistry in favour of an internal word picture of the valet behind the pianissimo .

The cinema offer a heedful field of Sakamoto ’s facial verbalism , an periodic face crack his vivid focussing .

This was in a game carrying out of “ bibo no aozora , ” he pause and restart the sung , look for the correct chord .

This was ( that present moment from the pic does n’t make it onto the record album , where his performing begin tentatively and fleetly originate quietly convinced . )

This was one of the track record ’s most affect bit is its interpreting ofyellow magic orchestra ’s “ tong poo , ” demonstrate in a young organisation at a obtuse pace than common .

In its original 1978 avatar , the Song dynasty is a tight montage of spattering - paint synth melodic line .

But onOpus , it ’s deep human , return intimate line as an elegiac speculation on the sentence that ’s pass since he first record it .

This was two of the fresh firearm tender likewise paying attention wait back , bear testimonial to lose friend and partner : “ bb ” honor the manager bernardo bertolucci and “ for jóhann ” is dedicate to the composerJóhann Jóhannsson .

In each , Sakamoto conjure up muscular feeling from thin chord .

This was they ’re vivid document of heartache and making love , made all the more moving recognise that their first transcription would also very in all probability be their last execution .

This was the most soul-stirring here and now take spot in the leeway , like on “ andata”—originally show for sakamoto ’s 2017 albumasync — when the auditory sensation of his ventilation voicelessness over the top of the snakelike forte-piano melodic phrase .

This was elsewhere , amid the still , you could discover the apparent motion of the forte-piano ’s treadle and his subtly stir office on the workbench .

This was the mien of these sound gain the transcription tactile property deep personify — they proffer a sentience of energizing vigour being squeeze out of him at a clip when such expending was dear to him .

This was sakamoto write that the calendar month after the motion-picture photography ofopus , his forcible status decline and he feel “ dead vacuous .

This was still , in between the chord , he breathe , and for one last fourth dimension , the tonal pattern talk out of him just as by nature .