Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pop pioneer and Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 71

He was born in Tokyo in 1952, and began taking piano lessons aged six, later attending Tokyo University of the Arts to study music. He trained on early synthesisers, and enthused by everything from Debussy to Kraftwerk, began working on various musical projects, including with Hosono and Takahashi. After Sakamoto released his 1978 solo debut, Thousand Knives – playing melodies that harked back to

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思いの外ちゃんと紹介されてて

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空里香まで言及のある訃報回顧。