Ryuichi Sakamoto | Pop review

Cadogan Hall, LondonSynth-pop pioneer, Oscar-winning soundtrack king, bossa nova obsessive, opera composer and pioneer of a futuristic take on world music dubbed "neo geo", Ryuichi Sakamoto has also found time in the last three decades to record several albums of piano music, which provide the basis for this tour.The shows are billed as piano "solos", but most of these tracks are virtual duets, with Sakamoto playing along to his own backing tracks (an unused concert grand sits opposite him, symb...

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