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  a ryuichi sakamoto discography 坂本 龍一 アルバム ...
Selecao Sakamoto De Bossa Nova: O Brilho Do Tempo
Contains previously unpublished tracks and a track for a scientific theme park but was previously not included in any of his albums.
More from Sakamoto & Jacques & Paula Morelenbaum, recorded at the end of a 2002 U.S. tour in support of the 'Casa' release.
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  Sakamoto family murder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On October 31, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto (坂本 堤 Sakamoto Tsutsumi, April 8, 1956 - November 4, 1989), a lawyer working against Aum Shinrikyo, successfully persuaded Aum leader Shoko Asahara to submit to a blood test to test for the "special power" that the leader claimed was present throughout his body.
By organizing a public relations campaign, Sakamoto apparently sought to demonstrate that Aum members, similar to members of the UC, did not join the group voluntarily but were lured by deception and are probably held against their will by threats.
Members involved in incidents such as the Sakamoto family murder are not permitted to join the new organization Aleph and are referred to as "ex-members" by the group.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sakamoto_family_murder   (618 words)

  
 Ryuichi Sakamoto
Never one to be satisfied with the status quo, Sakamoto continues to push the envelope of his artistry, marrying genres, styles and technologies for the first time to create new and exciting directions in musical expression.
Sakamoto's interest in different types of music – jazz, bossa nova, modern classical, dub and gamelan – was evident in his writing for YMO, his own solo albums and – starting in 1983, with Merry Christmas, Mr.
Sakamoto’s work as a composer for film was recently praised by Billboard, which wrote, “[his] pieces were composed mostly as aural accompaniment to visual events, but they exist on their own as pure music, evocative and compelling without any external program.
www.sonyclassical.com /artists/sakamoto/adbio.html   (1144 words)

  
 Ryuichi Sakamoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sakamoto has experimented with - and excelled in - many different musical styles throughout his career, making a name for himself in popular, orchestral, and film music.
Sakamoto closed 1999 with the opening of his first opera, Life, which boasted seven sold-out performances in September.
Sakamoto is currently on a world tour in support of his latest release, BTTB, a collection of new solo piano compositions.
www.ps1.org /cut/volume/sakamoto.html   (463 words)

  
 ArtandCulture Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In his well-laundered uniform, the stiff yet conflicted Sakamoto cut quite a figure himself as the Japanese concentration camp commandant: an icon was born.
At nearly 50, Sakamoto is a mature artist whose constant reaching across genres and cultures for inspiration is producing new music from old cadences.
Sakamoto does not want to be stuck into the mold of the modern Japanese artist wearing fl and carrying a bunch of electronic equipment.
www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=1030   (552 words)

  
 TIME Magazine: Asian Heroes - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Although still in its planning stages, Sakamoto hopes the collection of artists, writers and musicians he is assembling will soon become a powerful advocate for renewable-energy sources such as windmills and solar power.
Sakamoto's burgeoning activism is a new chapter in an already illustrious musical career.
In recent months Sakamoto has also become a vocal critic of the conflict in the Gulf, speaking against the military campaign in newspaper interviews and promoting (via mass e-mail) a widely acclaimed Japanese antiwar book called On a Small Bridge in Iraq.
www.time.com /time/asia/2003/heroes/ryuichi_sakamoto.html   (453 words)

  
 Kerri Sakamoto
Kerri Sakamoto is a Toronto-born writer of fiction as well as film and visual arts criticism.
Sakamoto's insights into the fragile state of the human mind and the remembrance of the human heart are staggering...
Sakamoto has a keen eye for recreating the unconnected thoughts of a girl coming of age.
www.randomhouse.ca /newface/sakamoto.php   (341 words)

  
 forma: artists > Ryuichi Sakamoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sakamoto has experimented with, and excelled in, many different musical styles, making a name for himself in popular, orchestral and film music.
Sakamoto was awarded both the Academy Award and Grammy for The Last Emperor score.
Sakamoto recently released his latest solo project, Chasm.
www.forma.org.uk /artists/ryuichi_sakamoto.html   (233 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Sakamoto, James (1903-1955)
On the one hand, Sakamoto promoted the philosophy of good citizenship and opportunity and the desirability for Nisei (second generation Japanese Americans) to become "one hundred percent Americans." On the other hand, the Courier was known for promoting understanding and better ties with Japan, and initially supported Japanese imperialist forays into China and Asia.
Sakamoto headed the JACL Emergency Defense Council, which translated government regulations for distraught immigrants, conducted first aid classes, and gathered and distributed food.
Seattle Nisei attorneys Shinao Masuda and Kenji Ito openly challenged the JACL’s and Sakamoto’s authority, contending that the JACL administration was undemocratic because its leaders were not elected, and that the JACL was a tool of the U.S. government.
www.historylink.org /_output.CFM?file_ID=2050   (791 words)

  
 Sakamoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Although this might not be the best idea, because Sakamoto has never been able to stay in a relationship for more than a few weeks at a time.
Sakamoto takes care of Godai through thick and thin, and Godai always reciprocates to the best of his meager abilities.
Sakamoto translates as the "base of a hill".
www.furinkan.com /maison/characters/sakamoto.html   (317 words)

  
 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Sakamoto's catholic musical tastes exposed him to everyone from the Beatles to Beethoven and John Cage, and he was also heavily influenced by avant-garde filmmaking; he went on to study electronic music at Tokyo's University of Art, and after graduating formed the techno-pop trio Yellow Magic Orchestra.
While still in the Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sakamoto also issued his first solo effort, 1978's Thousand Knives Of; two years later he returned with B-2 Unit, and the vast differences between the two discs gave a clear indication of the mercurial eclecticism that would define the remainder of his work.
Sakamoto remained a prolific force in the next decade as well, issuing Intimate in early 1999.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,488545,00.html   (412 words)

  
 David Sylvian Megastore: Ryuichi Sakamoto Biography
Sakamoto studied composition and electronic music at Tokyo College of Arts and took a Master of Arts degree in 1976 before forming the Yellow Magic Orchestra with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi two years later.
Sakamoto's first solo album One Thousand Knives, was recorded in 1978, but not released until 1982 and only then in Holland.
Sakamoto also released Cinemage, which featured reworkings of themes from his film soundtracks.
www.leninimports.com /sakamoto_biog.html   (474 words)

  
 Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto is an Oscar®, Golden Globe and Grammy winning film music composer (for his scores for The Last Emperor and Sheltering Sky); a pioneer of "electronica" with his band Yellow Magic Orchestra (with the technopop classic "1000 Knives"); and collaborator with musicians like Brian Wilson, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Brian Eno and David Byrne.
Sakamoto, it is our honor to have you as our guest tonight.
Sakamoto, I went to your concert in London in January and it was wonderful!
www.ryuichi-sakamoto.com /ad031500chat.html   (1637 words)

  
 Ridgeback Press - Heroes of the Meiji Restoration - Sakamoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sakamoto Ryoma was born in 1835, the youngest son of a wealthy merchant-samurai family in Kochi castle town, the center of the Tosa domain.
During the turbulent years of the late 1850’s, Ryoma emerged, with his friend and mentor Takechi Hanpeita, as a leader of the xenophobic and radical Imperial Loyalists in Tosa, who advocated sonno-joi (Imperial Reverence and Expelling the Barbarians) and kinno-tobaku (Imperial Loyalism and Toppling the Bakufu).
The historical importance of Ryoma upon modern Japan, and indeed the rest of Asia, cannot be overlooked.
www.ridgebackpress.com /heroes/sakamoto.htm   (596 words)

  
 Sakamoto Properties - Our Team
Established in 1986 by Roy and Betty Sakamoto, Sakamoto Properties specializes in oceanfront and resort properties in Kapalua, Kaanapali and Wailea.
Roy Sakamoto, CRS, CRB is co-founder and President of Sakamoto Properties.
Kuwana received a BA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University and is a native speaker of Japanese.
www.sakamotoproperties.com /ourteam.htm   (919 words)

  
 Hitoshi Sakamoto's main page
Sakamoto, H. and J. Kim (in preparation) "Physics of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer under Micro and Earth Gravity." The 6th International Conference on Boiling Heat Transfer, Spoleto, Italy, May 7-12, 2006.
Sakamoto, H. and F.A. Kulacki (2005) "Near-wall stagnant conductivity of porous media." ASME Congress, Orlando, FL, November 5-11.
Sakamoto, H. (2004) "Statistical Assessment of Operating Experiences of Power Reactors in France, Japan and the United States." The 12th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Arlington, VA, April 25-29.
www.menet.umn.edu /~hsakamot/main.htm   (616 words)

  
 Nippop | Kyu Sakamoto | Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Kyu Sakamoto was born November 10, 1941 in Kawasaki, the son of a restaurant owner.
The original Kyu Sakamoto version of the song was also later released in the UK, and like the cover, went into the top 10.
Tragically Kyu Sakamoto was killed along with 519 others on August 12, 1985 at the age of 43, in Japan’s worst ever airplane accident.
nippop.com /artist/artist_id-117/artist_name-kyu_sakamoto   (845 words)

  
 Hawaii's Mike Sakamoto Presents 101 Fishing Tips
That title is confirmed in a short forward by a veteran of the sport, Stan Wright, who wrote, "Mike Sakamoto is probably the most knowledgeable all-round fisherman I have ever met." All around fits him perfectly as an author as well, since all the text, illustrations and illustrations are his too.
Mike Sakamoto's TV program, "Fishing Tales," has made his cheerful grin and self-deprecating sense of humor familiar to fishing fans all over the Islands.
Sakamoto, who was raised in Honolulu, has lived on the Big Island since 1967.
www.besspress.com /productdetails.cfm?PC=198   (1188 words)

  
 Ryuichi Sakamoto Collaborations & Best Ofs
Sakamoto worked on many of Akiko Yano's albums and a number of earlier Yukihiro Takahashi albums.
Sakamoto plays the piano and the voice is from Tokiko Kato (I don't know anything about her).
Sakamoto produced, classy with the kind of pop music RS is currently interested in (like Smoochy) Y. Konishi (P5), Toshiko Mori and Arto Lindsay each produce a track.
artcontext.org /music/artskool/jem/rs2.html   (3884 words)

  
 Anime Expo - Maaya Sakamoto - 2005
Maaya Sakamoto didn't plan to be a singer and recording artist.
I was very nervous, but once I got on stage the audience was very welcoming and I was able to enjoy the concert." Sakamoto enjoys performing most when she can have a two-way flow of emotions with her fans.
The role that convinced Sakamoto that she could be a successful anime voce actor was her initial role in the Vision of Escaflowne, the 1990's adventure series for which she also sang the opening theme song.
www.fansview.com /2005/animeexpo/070405a.htm   (366 words)

  
 Ambience for the Masses: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sakamoto is a man who's always been at the forefront of the Japanese electronic scene.
Sakamoto has forgotten where he is, or what he was doing just a moment ago.
Sakamoto has been spending a lot of time creating soundtrack music.
www.sleepbot.com /ambience/page/sakamoto.html   (253 words)

  
 MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Sakamoto Ryoma
When the fifteenth and last shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa, abdicated his rule and restored the emperor to his ancient seat of power in November 1867, Japan was well on its way to becoming an industrialized nation, rapidly modernizing and Westernizing in a unique Japanese sense.
Sakamoto Ryoma was assassinated one month later, on November 15, his thirty-second birthday, in the second-story room in the house of a wealthy soy dealer in Kyoto which he used as a hideout.
Samurai Sketches is a collection of historical sketches, never before presented in English, depicting men and events during the revolutionary years of mid-19th century Japan.
www.militaryhistoryonline.com /horsemusket/japan/sakamoto.aspx   (1862 words)

  
 Cinemage -- Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cinemage is Ryuichi Sakamoto's "greatest hits" of his best-known music for film and television.
Sakamoto on piano is accompanied by a large orchestra conducted by Fuminori-Maro Shinozaki in these new arrangements of well-known themes that convey the rich chromaticism of his music better than ever before.
Sakamoto is an Oscar®, Golden Globe and Grammy winning film music composer (for his scores for The Last Emperor and Sheltering Sky); a pioneer of "electronica" with his band Yellow Magic Orchestra (with the technopop classic "1000 Knives"); and collaborator with musicians like Brian Wilson, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Brian Eno and David Byrne.
www.sonyclassical.com /music/60780   (236 words)

  
 DaVinci: Bookmarks> S> sakamoto
Sakamoto S, Ishii K, Hosaka K, Mori T, Sasaki M, Mori E. Detectability of hypometabolic regions in mild Alzheimer disease: function of time after the injection...
Norman Sakamoto, D-15th (Waimalu, Moanalua, Salt Lake), asked Young at a hearing whether...
A bewitching tale of childhood joy and wonder, pain, loss, and cultural estrangement." - Kerri Sakamoto, author of...
www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Bookmarks/S/sakamoto   (320 words)

  
 Michael Sakamoto - Interdisiplinary Artist
Sakamoto's spellbinding Glorious Day for an Unknown Woman tells the story of a benshi (a Japanese silent-film narrator) who pursues and merges with the film images of the three women he adores.
Using the life story of a real benshi, a Japanese-born artist who went under the name of Musei, Sakamoto fluently slid in and out of Japanese, French, and American female characters, transitioning back into Musei between them.
Sakamoto had to create a shadowy self who came to life when merging with the fleeting images of matinee idols, shedding and assuming identities like skins.
www.michaelsakamoto.com /062603review.html   (178 words)

  
 Japanorama: Kyu Sakamoto (Kyu-chan) Profile & Sukiyaki Lyrics
Kyu Sakamoto (Sakamoto Kyu in Japanese) was born Hisashi Oshima (Oshima Hisashi in Japanese) on 10 November 1941 in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Sadly and prematurely, 43-year-old Kyu Sakamoto was killed on 12 August 1985, when JAL Flight 123, a 747 bound from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Osaka, lost pieces of its tail sections and spiraled downward nightmarishly for 30 minutes (long enough for some passengers to scribble shaky farewells to their families).
Although Kyu Sakamoto's golden voice was stilled, his songs remain popular in Japan and overseas.
www.japanorama.com /kyuchan.html   (348 words)

  
 Maaya Sakamoto Pics - Maaya Sakamoto News - Maaya Sakamoto Information
Maaya Sakamoto's started her voice acting career at the age of 15, when she got the role of Hitomi Kanzaki in the TV anime series Vision of Escaflowne.
Maaya Sakamoto was born on the 31th of March 1980.
Maaya Sakamoto will voice Aerith Gainsborough in Final Fantasy VII : Advent Child which will be released in Japan on the 14th of September 2005.
www.tv.com /maaya-sakamoto/person/82288/summary.html   (181 words)

  
 Carole M. Sakamoto - Publication List
Sakamoto, C. M., Friederich, G. E., and Codispoti, L. MBARI Procedures for Automated Nutrient Analyses Using a Modified Alpkem Series 300 Rapid Flow Analyzer.
Codispoti, L. A., Friederich, G. E., Murray, J. W., and Sakamoto, C. Chemical Variability in the Black Sea: Implications of Continuous Vertical Profiles that Penetrated the Oxic/Anoxic Interface.
Sakamoto, C. M., Millero, F. J., Yao, W., Friederich, G.
www.mbari.org /staff/saca/PUBS.htm   (733 words)

  
 maayasakamoto.net - All Maaya, All the Time!
Even when just indoors, you do a lot of things.
They will all be combined with all kinds of CG so the Maaya Sakamoto moves around in the world of imagination while receiving this-and-that instructions from the director.
Lying on her stomach on top of a platform, spreading her arms as though she's flying.
www.maayasakamoto.net   (1461 words)

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