async - Remodels

A varied group of remixers tackles the Japanese composer’s 2017 album async, but despite a few standouts, the collection lacks the stark force of the original.

Ryuichi Sakamoto's async was among the most acclaimed experimental albums of 2017, as well as one of the veteran composer's most well-received solo works in decades.

When Ryuichi Sakamoto returned to record shelves last year with async, after a frightening bout of throat cancer, there was a sense of relie...

Ah, remix albums. Too often they feel like answers to a musical question that no one asked

Ryuichi Sakamoto is sort of a Paul McCartney or Stevie Wonder for experimental electronic music.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Async - Remodels review: Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well.