Year, a three CD set released in 2015. BookThe second installment in the "Year" series.
The series has become a series, and once again坂本龍一This series brings together the first 10 years of the music career of the
It begins with a violin sonata from his days at Tokyo University of the Arts and ends with a previously unreleased live track from YMO's "The End of Asia" in London in 1979.
The first half of the concert was a turbulent one, with classical and contemporary music, a middle section of masterpieces from the arranger's era, and a second half of experimental music and techno-pop.坂本龍一The book is a sound-based retrospective of the tumultuous 1970s.
Many of his works have never been released on CD or commercially, but the highlight of the book is a performance of "Nazca Memories (Music as a Non-Dream Device or Anti-Community Function)" at his solo exhibition in 1978.
坂本龍一In addition to a commentary on the work, the period of坂本龍一Also included is a booklet with an interview with Haruomi Hosono, who talks about the

The booklet also includes an interview with Haruomi Hosono, who talks about the "Year Book 1971-1979』
In the 1970s, there was a man called Abu.
------ 坂本龍一Before he was a professor.

The 1970s,坂本龍一A period of obscurity.
Young contemporary music composer belonging to the composition department of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Underground folk performer. A standard-bearer of improvised music. An up-and-coming arranger who freely takes rock, soul, and reggae music and makes it his own. A creator of avant-garde electronic music, armed with an arp odyssey. A keyboardist who supports the fusion scene. Actor and seated musician for small theaters. Occasional classical pianist.

A man called Abu, a mysterious musician who used his anonymity and anonymity as a weapon, flying through the Japanese music scene in the 1970s with no regard for genre. He was a young man before he was given the nickname "Professor.坂本龍一Before he was given the nickname "Professor," he was a young man.

Year", a compilation CD released on his birthday in 2015 in the style of a yearbook, featuring unreleased songs. Book2005-2014" is the sequel to,坂本龍一Year 2005-2014, a compilation of activities from the 1970s, the period of the band's amateur to professional debut. Book 1971-1979", a collection of the band's activities during the 1970s, from their amateur to their professional debut. The three-CD set is even more voluminous than the previous one, and includes previously unreleased and unreleased坂本龍一The three-CD set is packed with songs from the 1970s that were previously unreleased and unreleased.

In addition to contemporary and classical works such as "Piano Sonata" (1971), a composition from his Geidai period, and the legendary piano piece "Dispersion, Boundary, Sand" (1976), which was premiered by Aki Takahashi, the album also includes his first recordings in the folk, pop and rock music fields, his first arrangements and his first overseas recordings. and the Japanese pop scene.坂本龍一The album includes memorial pieces from both sides of the Japanese pop scene.
And坂本龍一The compilation also includes a group of fantastic works created, performed, and arranged almost anonymously by the two artists at the time. Each of these songs, in a variety of genres from soul and reggae to avant-garde songs and fusion, caused a stir in the Japanese music scene at that time.
In addition, "Year book 1970-1979" is the inclusion of "Memories of Nazca (Non-dream device: Music as an anti-communal function)," an epic piece of electronic music performed at a solo concert at the "Solo Exhibition," a contemporary music event, in 1978. This masterpiece of radical and radical electronic music, a major foreshadowing and prelude to his solo debut "A Thousand Knives" and participation in the Yellow Magic Orchestra that same year, is finally being released to the public after a lapse of nearly 40 years.
It contains many previously unreleased, unreleased, or rare sound recordings, and is a great opportunity for young坂本龍一Year," concentrating on the adventurous times of the Book 1971-1979" is a collection of many previously unreleased, unreleased, or rare recordings,坂本龍一It is not only a first-rate document of the history of the Japanese music scene in the 1970s, but also a first-rate work of entertainment, ranging from avant-garde to ultra-pop, that will keep you listening.
The accompanying booklet includes坂本龍一The accompanying booklet includes a commentary on the songs by the artist himself, detailed data, and a wealth of visual materials including rare photos and documents from the period! (Art Direction by Shiro Takatani)