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Composer, pianist and record producer
Japan · 1952–2023
Arts and letters
Japanese composer and a founding member of Yellow Magic Orchestra. He wrote the scores for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, The Last Emperor and The Revenant, and released solo albums including async. He was also an environmental and anti-nuclear campaigner.
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Listening to the sound of rain. Almost every time it rains, I start recording it. Almost each day. What else? Sensing the movements of the wind. Those very subtle things give me so much pleasure.
It’s wasting time to listen to music when you go outside because there are so many interesting noises. For example, every time it rains, I open the window and put the recorder outside. I should always be ready to be surprised, like by the siren of a patrol car in Barcelona and other cities. I hit things, on the street or anywhere, to check the sound—until I find the perfect idea of sound. I haven’t found it yet and am always searching.
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