The legacy of legendary digital music producer and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto will stay on by advantage of an bold combined actuality live performance sequence.
Starting June tenth, an modern combined actuality expertise will carry the late artist’s iconic compositions to (augmented) life. All through the present, attendees will put on “optically clear gadgets” to observe Sakamoto acting on the piano in tandem with “dimensional artwork” that enhances his music, based on its producers.
Introduced by Tin Drum, The Shed and Manchester Worldwide Pageant, the expertise known as “KAGAMI,” which interprets to “mirror” in Japanese. Sakamoto’s efficiency will function his blissful orchestration in 10 authentic compositions, similar to “Power Stream” and “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.”
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Sakamoto passed away in March after a battle with most cancers. His administration went on to share his “final playlist,” which they mentioned he created for his funeral. The playlist consists of music from Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Ennio Morricone and extra.
As a member of the pioneering Japanese digital music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sakamoto’s prestigious works are prevalently thought of to have paved the way in which for early techno and synthpop, amongst different digital genres.
“There’s, in actuality, a digital me,” Sakamoto mentioned previous to his demise, per The Shed. “This digital me is not going to age, and can proceed to play the piano for years, a long time, centuries. Will there be people then? Will the squids that may conquer the earth after humanity hearken to me? What shall be pianos be to them? What about music? Will there be empathy there? Empathy that spans lots of of 1000’s of years. Ah, however the batteries will not final that lengthy.”
Yow will discover out extra about “KAGAMI” and buy tickets here.
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