{"product_id":"ryuichi-sakamoto-thousand-knives-of-ryuichi-sakamoto-vinyl-lp","title":"Ryuichi Sakamoto: Thousand Knives Of Ryuichi Sakamoto Vinyl LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyuichi Sakamoto’s landmark debut album, recorded in 1977-78\u003c\/i\u003e shortly after co-founding \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Yellow+Magic+Orchestra\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYellow Magic Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Haruomi+Hosono\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaruomi Hosono\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Yukihiro+Takahashi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYukihiro Takahashi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThousand Knives\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded in the weird hours of the night, as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Sakamoto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSakamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was preoccupied with his work as an in-demand session musician during the day, and you can hear that weirdness, that relentless search for new sonic worlds straight away. To truly appreciate the brilliance of this record, you gotta understand how old it is - \u003cem\u003eSaturday Night Fever\u003c\/em\u003e had only come out one year prior, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Unknown+Pleasures\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnknown Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was still one year away… OLD, man! \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor a Japanese man to think he could pop in America in 1978 with a vocoder-fied exotica romp like this, he may as well have just put on an Armani suit and climbed into the bath with an electric lamp\u003c\/span\u003e. After a chilling recital of a poem (written by Chairman Mao) through a vocoder, Ryuichi switches on the full power grid for “\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?\u0026amp;q=Thousand%20Knives\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Ryuichi%20Sakamoto%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThousand Knives\u003c\/a\u003e,” breaking completely unchartered but deliriously funky new ground. The bubblebath syndrums, brooding synth swells, prodiguous guitar solos and burpy reggae bassline all glue together like a robot band that’s been playing together for 1000 years - you are now listening to *\u003ci\u003edas neue Japanische elektronische ish*\u003c\/i\u003e. I could go on and on about the title track, but each of the album’s six tunes are a revelation, from textural sound design flex “Island Of Woods” to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Kraftwerk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKraftwerk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e-acknowledgement “Japanische elektronische Volkslied” and vivid synth funk earworm “\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?\u0026amp;q=Thousand%20Knives\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Ryuichi%20Sakamoto%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlastic Bamboo\u003c\/a\u003e.” The ultra jazzy “Grasshoppers” intertwines a soulful piano performance with bluesy synth bass and a light sprinkling of Arp licks, gently foreshadowing his obsession with the piano a little later in his career. Although we’ve been blessed with stacks of reissues from \u003cstrong\u003eYellow Magic Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?\u0026amp;q=Hosono\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Haruomi%20Hosono%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Haruomi%20Hosono%2C%20Shigeru%20Suzuki%2C%20Tatsuro%20Yamashita%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Haruomi%20Hosono%2C%20Takahiko%20Ishikawa%2C%20Masataka%20Matsutoya%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Mac%20Demarco%20%2F%20Haruomi%20Hosono%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHarry’s catalog\u003c\/a\u003e as well as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Sakamoto+BTTB\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emid-career \u003cstrong\u003eSakamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e oddities\u003c\/a\u003e, not to mention \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Sakamoto+async\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNUFF mindblowing ish\u003c\/a\u003e from Sakamoto-san \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Sakamoto+plankton\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ein the last few years\u003c\/a\u003e alone, \u003cem\u003eThousand Knives\u003c\/em\u003e is STILL our most wanted record in the \u003cstrong\u003eYMO\u003c\/strong\u003e canon. Remastered from the original master tapes by renowned producer \u003cstrong\u003eSeigen Ono\u003c\/strong\u003e, this 2019 reissue marks the first time the album has been available on vinyl outside of Japan in almost 40 years. Full color repro jacket with obi strip and 4 page insert, highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack vinyl pressing\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes custom obi strip + foldout insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efirst vinyl reissue outside of Japan in over 30 years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Wewantsounds 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by sunrise mart 09\/2019\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Ryuichi Sakamoto","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":57431623074123,"sku":"lp-11391","price":5.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/ryuichisakamoto-thousandknives-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1779697378","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/ryuichi-sakamoto-thousand-knives-of-ryuichi-sakamoto-vinyl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}