R.I.P. Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Very sad news :cry:

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Sad indeed.
It seems that a lot of very talented composers and musicians have died in the last year or so.
R.I.P.

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Great loss. :heart::heart::heart:

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Oh no…i loved his work with David Sylvian. Bad news indeed.

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This is my favourite album of Ryuichi:


I once had a live version of it, called 031809, Live in Tokyo. That one was my absolute favourite.
It was a mix of the above, with:

But it is gone, my NAS reports a crash of the entire folder…

So both are gone now.

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Oh no, very sad indeed :cry:

If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend getting a hold of and watching “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017)” - a documentary about his life, post his initial Cancer diagnosis/treatment.

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Seconded - such a shame to lose someone that talented - Sylvian & Sakamoto were very much on my early listening list when I first got into HiFi. :smiling_face_with_tear:

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Thanks Anup. It will be broadcast here on TV tomorrow night.

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@Anupc thanks again. I have just watched it, and greatly enjoyed it!

We have lost a great musician, but I hope his music will not be lost.

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This is the music he chose for his own funeral!:

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