Ryuichi Sakamoto Best Music Collection Music Vol. 1

Subscribe Now: Music Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一, Sakamoto Ryuichi, born January 17, 1952) is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, songwriter, record producer, activist, and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres. Sakamoto began his career while at university in the 1970s as a session musician, producer, and arranger. His first major success came in 1978 as cofounder of YMO. He concurrently pursued a solo career, releasing the experimental electronic fusion album Thousand Knives in 1978. Two years later, he released the album B2 Unit. It included the track Riot in Lagos, which was significant in the development of electro and hip hop music. He went on to pr