The post Kraftwerk Pay Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto with Cover of “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” in Japan: Watch appeared first on Consequence. Before beginning the song, Kraftwerk’s Ralf Hütter ...

Kraftwerk played Japan’s Fuji Rock festival on Saturday, and in the midst of iconic electropop singles “The Man-Machine,” “Autobahn,” “Tour de France,” “Computer World,” “The Model,” “Trans-Europe ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the influential electronic music composer and member of the Yellow Magic Orchestra who won an Oscar for the score for “The Last Emperor” and composed the haunting score for “Merry ...

Ryuichi by Rensis, Rensis Ho shows a collection of previously unpublished photos of the ‘spiritual’ Japanese musician he took ...

Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away at the age of 71. Sakamoto’s management team confirmed his death in a statement published on social media. He died on Tuesday, 28th March. He’d been ...

Japanese musician and film composer Ryuichi Sakamoto died during a battle with cancer on March 28, according to recording company Avex. Sakamoto was initially diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, and ...

Last year, Ryuichi Sakamoto tragically passed away at age 71. Before his death, Fennesz, David Sylvian, Dev Hynes, Cornelius, and more contributed to a tribute album for the legendary Japanese ...