The track features a mid-tempo metronomic beat skillfully intertwined with a Japanese folk sounding melody. Side two opens with "Das Neue Japanische Elektronische Volkslied", acknowledging the influence of the German sound spearheaded by Kraftwerk. Side one ends with "Grasshoppers", a beautiful acoustic piano melody underlined by a subtle synthesizer soundscape. It is followed by "Island Of Woods", a ten-minute track buzzing with insect-like synth sounds. The first side conceived as a long suite opens with the title track and a recitation of the Mao Zedong poem "Jinggang Mountain" filtered through a vocoder, before morphing into a mid-tempo synthpop instrumental. Named after Belgian-born poet Henri Michaux's description of a mescaline experience, the album is a reflection on how synthesizer technology might come to change the face of music. Thousand Knives took several months to record as Sakamoto would be busy during the day with his session work and would only record at night.
A penchant for avant-garde and improvisation had gotten Sakamoto interested in electronic music early on, and with Thousand Knives he decided to get Hideki Matsutake on board as he had mastered the art of synth programming following a stint with Electronic Music pioneer Isao Tomita.
This led to an invitation by Hosono to feature on Paraiso. Sakamoto had become an in-demand session musician after studying composition at the Tokyo University of Art and had played on many key albums of the time, such as Taeko Ohnuki's Sunshower (1977) and Tatsuro Yamashita Spacy (1977). Hosono quickly invited both musicians to form YMO but before the group could release their first album, Sakamoto entered the Nippon Columbia studios in April 1978 with a plan. The album, recorded between December '77 and January '78, featured both Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi. Haruomi Hosono, one of the country's most innovative musicians had just formed Yellow Magic Orchestra pursuing the sonic experimentation he had started with his solo album Paraiso. Save for a small-scale release in 1982, this is the first time the album is being released on vinyl outside of Japan. The End of AsiaWewantsounds present a reissue of Ryuichi Sakamoto's first solo album Thousand Knives Of, originally released in 1978 on the sought-after Better Days label. Das Neue Japanische Elektronische Volkslied5. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives Of Ryuichi Sakamoto Artist: Ryuichi SakamotoTitle: Thousand Knives Of Ryuichi SakamotoCondition: Format: CDRelease Date: 2019Label: WewantsoundsUPC: 3700604722281Genre: DanceAlbum Tracks1.
Item: 133224324860 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives Of Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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