Neo Geo

by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Overview

Sakamoto's all-star blend of Western and Eastern music styles is a triumphant success for the composer, and a consistently good listen. On the title track he takes a traditional Japanese folk song and blends it into a funk groove provided by Bootsy Collins, Bill Laswell, and Sly Dunbar. Unlike Byrne and Eno's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, this blend of cultures is coming from the opposing angle and stays truer to the source material. But that track is only one of Sakamoto's approaches, and on several other tracks he joins with Laswell to create a crisp, techno-cultural hybrid that sounds like nothing except like pure Sakamoto. On "Risky," a subdued Iggy Pop lends vocals and lyrics, and doesn't come across as an interloper. And on "Okinawa Song," Sakamoto seamlessly integrates the southern island culture into his grand scheme. ~ Ted Mills

Product Details

Release Date:	08/02/2024
Label:	Sony Japan
UPC:	4547366655421
Rank:	125118

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ryuichi Sakamoto   Primary Artist,Bass,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Computers,Keyboards
Chiro Nuku Juushii   Primary Artist
Bill Laswell   Guest Artist,Bass
Eddie Martinez   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (12 String)
Iggy Pop   Guest Artist,Vocals
Bootsy Collins   Guest Artist,Bass
Sly Dunbar   Guest Artist,Drums
David Van Tieghem   Guest Artist,Percussion
Tony William   Guest Artist
Harry Kubota   Guitar
Masa Sekijima   Synthesizer
Lucia Hwong   Pipa,Pipe Organ
Jeff Bova   Synthesizer
Clive Smith   Fairlight,Synthesizer
Yukio Tsuji   Kayagum,Shakuhachi
Emmett Chapman   Stick
Hiro Sugawara   Synthesizer
Kazumi Tamaki   Vocals
Junemei Wu   Vocals,Voices
Misako Koja   Vocals
Yoriko Ganeko   Vocals
Masami Sugawara   Fairlight,Synthesizer
Tony Williams   Drums

Technical Credits

Nasako Koiso   Clothing/Wardrobe
Pete Sturge   Assistant Engineer
Aki Blackbat-Ikuta   Associate Producer
Fred Kinny   Assistant Engineer
Hiroshi Asa   Composer
Yu Hagiwara   Composer
Greg Calbi   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Dave O'Donnell   Assistant Engineer
David Van Tieghem   Mixing Engineer
Iggy Pop   Composer,Lyricist
Jack Matsumura   Executive Producer
Hiro Sugawara   Programming
Tsuguya Inoue   Art Direction
Ryuzo Shirakawa   Executive Producer
Shinichi Mita   Composer
Yuji Nomi   Composer
Sachiko Kuru   Photography
Hidemi Nakatani   Assistant Engineer
Tetsuya Morioka   Assistant Engineer
Yoshikazu Sasahara   Assistant Engineer
Ambrose Kamehameha   Assistant Engineer
Kinji Yoshino   Engineer
Lucia Hwong   Mixing Engineer
Robert Musso   Engineer
Ryuichi Sakamoto   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
James Osterberg   Composer
Tamotsu Yoshida   Engineer
Jason Corsaro   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Jeff Bova   Programming
Traditional   Composer
Steve Boyer   Mastering,Assistant Engineer
Bill Laswell   Arranger,Composer,Producer