坂本龍一 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Silk (2LP Edition) Artist_Birds Of Passage 1998’s Aluminum Tunes [Switched On

1998’s Aluminum Tunes [Switched On Volume 3]

Everything on the album has come through the DEEWEE Studios in Ghent

to feel childish

though the divers’ sorrowful music – sung and clapped in a polyrhythmic style known as fijiri – lives on

坂本龍一 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Silk (2LP Edition) Artist_Birds Of Passage 1998’s Aluminum Tunes [Switched OnThis period drama from director Franois Girard follows a silkworm merchant turned smuggler across the landscapes of Europe, Egypt, Russia, and Japan, unfolding like a travelogue set to a sweeping orchestral score by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Depicting the journey from the snow covered Siberian steppe to Japan, the track First Trip to Japan begins with a melancholic string melody that expands to a majestic soundscape led by horns and cymbals, ultimately