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Ryuichi Sakamoto

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ElectronicTechno

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Electronic and Techno act. Their sound grew out of m-flo, Ed Motta, David Toop, We Love You and Talvin Singh. Those roots explain a lot about how Ryuichi Sakamoto arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hiroshi Yoshimura, Akira Kosemura, Susumu Yokota, Harold Budd and Jóhann Jóhannsson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into As the Love Continues, Bel Canto, m-flo, DJ Quicksilver and Satoshi Tomiie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Ryuichi Sakamoto, reaching back through m-flo and forward to As the Love Continues. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ryuichi Sakamotom-floEd MottaDavid ToopWe Love YouTalvin SinghHolly JohnsonYoussou N’DourJohann Sebastian BachAs the Love ContinuesBel Cantom-floDJ QuicksilverSatoshi TomiieRhythim Is RhythimAspidistraflyShinichiro YokotaHiroshi YoshimuraAkira KosemuraSusumu YokotaHarold BuddJóhann JóhannssonToshifumi HinataTim HeckerLaraaji

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Ryuichi Sakamoto connections

Ryuichi Sakamoto grew out of m-flo, Ed Motta, David Toop and We Love You, shares an orbit with Hiroshi Yoshimura, Akira Kosemura, Susumu Yokota and Harold Budd, went on to shape As the Love Continues, Bel Canto, m-flo and DJ Quicksilver. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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