![]() Please give them a warm welcome.īoth of you have been in the city quite a lot. Our week is coming to an end and we figured it’s probably time to slow the BPM’s a little bit down, and in order to do so it is our honor to welcome two experts in this, Mr. In their 2013 Red Bull Music Academy lecture, the unlikely duo discusses their respective musical backgrounds, their approach to collaboration, their absorbing live performances, and more. ![]() Consistently pushing boundaries in electronic music, these are two musicians who will always be ahead of the game. The pair met when Carsten was performing in Tokyo, and the introduction led to them working together and forming their own unique electronic sound, with Sakamoto’s minimal piano complementing Nicolai’s glowing digital tapestry. Sakamoto has collaborated with many others since then, including David Byrne, Thomas Dolby, Iggy Pop, and Berlin-based electronic music artist Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai). This also marked one of his finest musical unions with Japan frontman David Sylvian. ![]() Sakamoto also pursued his own solo work, achieving a commercial breakthrough as YMO split up with his score to the film Merry Christmas, Mr. ![]() Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers and recording technology, they pioneered a new electro-pop sound, with tracks like “Firecracker / Computer Game” becoming electro classics in the east and west. Ryuichi Sakamoto came to worldwide fame as a member of influential Japanese synth-pop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra.
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