I admit I ordered it immediately. Waiting for it.
RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023), aged 71
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"KAGAMI, which translates to “mirror” in Japanese, features Sakamoto playing 10 original compositions including well-known works “Energy Flow” and “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence,” along with rarely played pieces, such as “The Seed and the Sower.” Presented in surround sound"
https://theshed.org/program/299-kagami-by-ryuichi-sakamoto-and-tin-drum
There is, in reality, a virtual me.
This virtual me will not age, and will continue to play the piano for years, decades, centuries.
Will there be humans then?
Will the squids that will conquer the earth after humanity listen to me?
What will pianos be to them?
What about music?
Will there be empathy there?
Empathy that spans hundreds of thousands of years.
Ah, but the batteries won’t last that long.
—Ryuichi Sakamoto, 2023
https://theshed.org/program/299-kagami-by-ryuichi-sakamoto-and-tin-drum
There is, in reality, a virtual me.
This virtual me will not age, and will continue to play the piano for years, decades, centuries.
Will there be humans then?
Will the squids that will conquer the earth after humanity listen to me?
What will pianos be to them?
What about music?
Will there be empathy there?
Empathy that spans hundreds of thousands of years.
Ah, but the batteries won’t last that long.
—Ryuichi Sakamoto, 2023
Sasha Frere-Jones in The New Yorker:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-beautiful-unpredictable-life-of-ryuichi-sakamoto
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-beautiful-unpredictable-life-of-ryuichi-sakamoto
Tribute concert at Roulette as part of last weekend's Winter Jazz Fest in Brooklyn--with violinist Meg Okura directing the Sakamoto Tribute Ensemble, plus special guests Yuka Honda and DJ Spooky.
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Janus Films will be distributing the concert film Opus, trailer out now. This means that either Criterion or the new sub-label Janus Contemporaries will be putting it out on disc.
According to yesterday's Times, Opus is now available to rent on Amazon, AppleTV, Google Play, YouTube, and other streaming platforms.
Began streaming on Criterion Channel yesterday.
My Amazon Firestick is delivering Dolby Digital+ 5.1 to the AVR.
A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS is the swan song of one of the world’s greatest musicians. As a parting gift, in late 2022, Ryuichi Sakamoto mustered all of his energy to leave us with one final performance: a concert film featuring just him and his piano.
Curated and sequenced by Sakamoto himself, the twenty pieces of his played in the film wordlessly tell the story of his life and his wide-ranging oeuvre. The selection spans his entire career, from his pop-star period with Yellow Magic Orchestra and his magnificent scores for filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Nagisa Oshima to his meditative final album, “12.”
Intimately filmed in black and white, and surrounded by trusted collaborators—including director Neo Sora, his son—Sakamoto bares his soul through his exquisitely haunting melodies, knowing this was the last time he would be able to present his art.
“A gift from a master . . . An intensely moving experience.”
—Alissa Wilkinson, “The New York Times” (Critic’s Pick)
“To call RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS a concert film would be correct and also drastically inadequate . . . A testament to the artistic spirit and, above all, an act of love.”
—Sheri Linden, “The Hollywood Reporter”
“A spare, lovely work . . . The culmination of a lifelong journey.”
—Bilge Ebiri, “New York Magazine”
