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• “async” is the penultimate studio album by Ryichi Sakamoto. It was released in 2017 and was already significantly influenced by Sakamoto’s long battle with cancer, which he seemed to have beaten at the time. On “async,” the Grammy-, Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning composer for the first time deals intensely with the end of life and different perspectives of humanity on this experience. The album is richly orchestrated, opening up unique acoustic and electronic soundscapes that are occasionally combined with recordings from readings by David Sylvian and Paul Bowles, as well as everyday street scenes.

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  “Async is certainly not one of Sakamoto’s most accessible albums, but if the listener is willing to devote several listens until it all makes sense, it ends up being quite powerful.” Allmusic

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  AllMusic rating: AllMusic users: (153 votes) Read the AllMusic.com review

• Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto Label: Milan Format: LP Units: 2 Country: Europe Genre: Electronic Style: Abstract, Ambient, Experimental, Modern Classical

• A1 Andata
  A2 Disintegration
  A3 Solari
  A4 Zure
  B5 Walker
  B6 Stakra
  B7 Ubi
  B8 Fullmoon
  C9 Async
  C10 Tri
  C11 Life, Life
  C12 Honj
  D13 Ff
  D14 Garden
  D15 Water State 2