MUSIC MAGAZINE (Music Magazine) June 2023 extra issue

Died at the age of 71 after a long battle with illness坂本龍一He emerged as a musician in the 1970s, and was a member of YMO and a highly acclaimed composer of film music, etc. His passing has been mourned around the world. He appeared in Music Magazine from the 1970s, not only as an interviewer but also as a writer on occasion. This volume reprints those articles in their original form, and reissues and compiles all of the recent features, including Record Collector's. A Musician of the World坂本龍一This book traces the footsteps of the musician who has become a world-famous musician, mainly through his solo activities.

Main Articles

◆Memorials 坂本龍一(Written by Dai Onoshima)
◆Feature articles 坂本龍一--Interview, history, discography, etc. (March 2009 issue) / Interview, "Year Book 1971-1979" and more (February 2016 issue) / Interview, "async," "Year Book 1980-1984" and others (May 2017 issue) / Tribute album, "To the Moon and Back" and others (December 2022 issue)
◆Featured "Music Illustrated" (Record Collector's April 2020 issue)
◆坂本龍一 in MUSIC MAGAZINE--Interview with Keiichi Suzuki (December 1978 issue) / David Bowie interview (February 1979 issue) / Talking about Kraftwerk (November 1979 issue) / "What Dub Poses in Our Time" (May 1980 issue) (August 1982 issue) / Interview with Holger Szukai (August 1982 issue) / "The Dove in Our Time" (May 1980 issue) / "The Dove in Our Time" (May 1980 issue)坂本龍一Interview with Holger Schuckai (November 1989)



Introduction (Music Magazine Production Department)

In Memoriam 坂本龍一? Now we can only listen to his remaining music (Dai Onoshima)

Special Feature 坂本龍一［Music Magazine March 2009 issue]
Long Interview? Words, music, noise, sound... (Kentaro Takahashi)
History (1) The night before his big break as a session man and behind-the-scenes player (Akira Shinohara)
History (2) The Yellow Magic Orchestra era (Eiichi Yoshimura)
History (3) Active activities in the 1990s and beyond (Akimasa Munakata)
Discography 1976-2009 (Dai Onoshima, Yumiko Kakoi, Shinya Matsuyama)
Live Albums (Ryo Ito)
□ Film Music (Ryo Ito)
□ Collaboration works in the 00's（Mamoru Koyama)
□ Professor's "Sound Street" (Ryo Ito)
□ "Radical Democracy" and its friendly charm (Kenzo Saeki)
□ The face of an editor and activist who leaves his mark on the times (Akio Nakamata)

Special Feature 坂本龍一［Music Magazine February 2016 Issue]
Long Interview with Eiichi Yoshimura
□ "A Thousand Knives" Reissue and "Year Book 1971-1979" (Shinya Matsuyama)
After the return坂本龍一work, all of which have deep meaning (Akimasa Munakata)

Special Feature 坂本龍一[Music Magazine, May 2017 issue]
Long interview with Minoru Hatanaka on "async," his first original album in 8 years (Minoru Hatanaka)
Async" and "Year Book What we can see from "async" and "Year 1980-1984" (Masao Ishikawa)
□ "NO NUKES 2017" Report (Yuya Watanabe)

Special Feature 坂本龍一[Music Magazine December 2022 issue]
The management of NY talks about the secret story of the tribute album production (Akimasa Munakata)
□ David Sylvian talks about the tribute album.坂本龍一（Tetsuya Sakamoto)
Comments from Hidul Gudnadottir
□ Comments from Yoshihide Otomo坂本龍一(Tetsuya Sakamoto)
□ "A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto - To the Moon and Back" Complete Song Guide (Miki Tayama)
□ "Exception (Soundtrack from the Netflix Anime Series)" (Shun Fushimi)

Special Feature 坂本龍一Ongaku Zukan" [Record Collector's April 2020 issue]
The "calm" period before and after the dispersal of YMO (Miki Tayama)
□ A radical approach to multiculturalism (Yoshio Tachikawa)
□ "Ongaku Zukan" Complete Song Guide (Mamoru Koyama)
□ "Ongaku Zukan-2015 Edition" (Akihiko Takeda)
□ "Ongaku Zukan -2015 Edition-" (Akihiko Takeda)
□ Commentary on "Ongaku Zukan" overseas edition (Miki Tayama)
The time of坂本龍一Introduction of related books of the time (Miki Tayama)

Ryuichi Sakamoto in MUSIC MAGAZINE
□ 坂本龍一×Keiichi Suzuki? I wonder if it is possible to use a computer to weigh feelings [New Music Magazine, December 1978 issue].
David Bowie interview (December 1978)坂本龍一New Music Magazine, February 1979 issue] □ David Bowie interview (]
□ "It's not the sound that's interesting about Bowie.坂本龍一The fun of Bowie is not in the sound () [New Music Magazine, February 1979 issue].
□ Kraftwerk, which defies the common German image () [New Music Magazine, Feb. 1979坂本龍一Kraftwerk, which uses the image of a commonplace Germany against itself (interviewer: Masakazu Kitanaka) [New Music Magazine, November 1979 issue].
An in-depth study of the dub sound that spilled over from reggae to rock? What Dub Music Poses in Our Time (Interview with Masakazu Kitanaka)坂本龍一Music Magazine, May 1980 issue].
Interview with Holger Shukai () [Music Magazine, May 1980坂本龍一Music Magazine, August 1982] [Music Magazine, August 1982]
□ 坂本龍一Interview with Kenzo Saeki [Music Magazine, November 1989

Ryuichi Sakamoto Article Selection
□ 大貫妙子&坂本龍一（Interview with Masaru Kurimoto [Music Magazine, December 2010 issue].
Playing the piano tour (Ryo Ito) [Music Magazine, January 2012 issue] (in Japanese)
Year Book 2005-2014" (Mamoru Koyama) [Music Magazine, February 2015]
□ A rush of releases including a compilation live orchestra disc (Mamoru Koyama) [Music Magazine, April 2015 issue].
□ うないぐみ＋坂本龍一(Hiroshi Matsumura) [Music Magazine, November 2015 issue]

Postscript and Appendix