Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japan
Born: 17 January 1952
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Electronic, Pop/Rock, New Age, Stage & Screen, International, Avant-Garde
Styles: Experimental, Modern Composition, Film Music, Movie Themes, Original Score, Soundtracks, Experimental Electronic, Experimental Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental
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The driving force behind "Neo Geo" -- a cutting-edge fusion combining Asian and Western classical music with other global textures and rhythms -- pioneering electronic composer Ryuichi Sakamoto was among the most innovative artists to emerge during the 1980s. Born January 17, 1952, in Tokyo, he took up piano at the age of three, and regularly performed in jazz bands while in high school. Sakamoto's catholic musical tastes exposed him to everyone from the Beatles to Beethoven and John Cage, and he was also heavily influenced by avant-garde filmm...
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