Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (1978) [Reissue 2016]
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Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese musician, composer, arranger, record producer, writer, singer, pianist, actor, and activist, based in Tokyo and New York. He began his career in the 1970s, first gaining major success in 1978 as a member of electronic music group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). He concurrently pursued a solo career, releasing the experimental electronic fusion album Thousand Knives. The album is named after Henri Michaux’s description of the feel of using mescaline in Misérable Miracle. It was recorded in about 500 hours, and Sakamoto would spend whole days without sleeping working on it.
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s first solo album appeared before he formed Yellow Magic Orchestra in late 1978, after the young keyboardist had earned his M.A. in music from Tokyo University. Six long instrumentals make up this CD, but apart from a taste for Asian-sounding synth lines, they hint at very little of what was to come in YMO. “Thousand Knives” is a long disco-lite jazzy workout with a very un-synthesized guitar solo by Kazumi Watanabe (who would later join YMO on tour and have his solo album produced by Sakamoto). Side two’s “Da Neue Japanische Electronische Volkslied” and “The End of Asia” (later revamped in YMO) are closest to the new wave of Japanese electronic music that he would spawn. “Island of Woods” and “Grasshoppers” trade in rhythm for sound landscapes, and the sort of cheeriness that would pop up later in Sakamoto’s childrens movie scores. Harry Hosono turns up on one track, and generally the album is a pleasant, if unadventurous, listen.
Tracklist:
01. Thousand Knives
02. Island Of Woods
03. Grasshoppers
04. Das Neue Japanische Elektronische Volkslied
05. Plastic Bamboo
06. The End Of Asia
Producer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Recorded on April 10 - July 27, 1978 at Columbia Studios 1, 2 & 4, Tokyo.
Remastered by Seigen Ono at Saidera Mastering.
foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO / THOUSAND KNIVES
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -7.00 dB -21.64 dB 9:35 01-THOUSAND KNIVES
DR13 -6.36 dB -24.80 dB 9:50 02-ISLAND OF WOODS
DR13 -6.14 dB -24.31 dB 5:16 03-GRASSHOPPERS
DR13 -7.05 dB -22.56 dB 8:06 04-DAS NEUE JAPANISCHE ELEKTRONISCHE VOLKSLIED
DR15 -6.07 dB -23.22 dB 6:31 05-PLASTIC BAMBOO
DR12 -7.73 dB -22.55 dB 6:26 06-THE END OF ASIA
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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Analyzed: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO / THOUSAND KNIVES
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -7.00 dB -21.64 dB 9:35 01-THOUSAND KNIVES
DR13 -6.36 dB -24.80 dB 9:50 02-ISLAND OF WOODS
DR13 -6.14 dB -24.31 dB 5:16 03-GRASSHOPPERS
DR13 -7.05 dB -22.56 dB 8:06 04-DAS NEUE JAPANISCHE ELEKTRONISCHE VOLKSLIED
DR15 -6.07 dB -23.22 dB 6:31 05-PLASTIC BAMBOO
DR12 -7.73 dB -22.55 dB 6:26 06-THE END OF ASIA
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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