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Futurista (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)

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Futurista
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1986 (1986-04)
Recorded1985–1986
StudioVictor Studio, Onkio Haus
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Esperanto
(1985)
Futurista
(1986)
Media Bahn Live
(1986)

Futurista (未来派野郎, translates literally as "Futurist Bastard") is a 1986 album by Ryuichi Sakamoto with themed references to the Futurist Movement.[1] "Parolibre" and "Variety Show" include voice recordings of Futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti[2] "G.T. II" contains samples from the song "Legs" by Art of Noise.

Track listing

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  1. "Broadway Boogie Woogie", lyrics by Peter Barakan
  2. "Kodo Kogen", lyrics by Akiko Yano, Peter Barakan
  3. "Ballet Mécanique"
  4. "G.T. II°"
  5. "Milan 1909"
  6. "Variety Show"
  7. "Daikokai - Verso Lo Schermo"
  8. "Water Is Life"
  9. "Parolibre"
  10. "G.T."

Personnel

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  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – composer, performer, producer, programming, mixing, backing vocals (Ballet Mécanique)
  • Bernard Fowler - vocals (Broadway Boogie Woogie, Ballet Mécanique, G.T. II, G.T.)
  • Minako Yoshida - vocals (Broadway Boogie Woogie), backing vocals (Daikoukai, Ballet Mécanique)
  • Caoli Cano - vocals (Verso Lo Schermo, Parolibre)
  • Maceo Parker - alto saxophone (Broadway Boogie Woogie)
  • Haruo Kubota - electric guitar (Broadway Boogie Woogie, Ballet Mécanique, G.T. II, G.T.)
  • Kenji Suzuki - electric guitar (Broadway Boogie Woogie, Ballet Mécanique)
  • Arto Lindsay - electric guitar (Parolibre)
  • Shigeki Miyata - co-producer
  • Takeshi Fujii - co-producer
  • Shigeru Takise - engineering, mixing
  • Hiroshi Okura - executive producer
  • Tohru Kotetsu - mastering
  • Hiromitsu Yoshiya - art direction

References

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  1. ^ Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Maria Cristina Rodeschini Galati, The Future of Futurism Galleria d'Arte Moderna et Contemporanea - 2007 -"M: if you take out the avant-garde, it takes longer for these experiments to reach the popular consciousness. l think you hear them in the 1986 album Futurista by Ryuichi Sakamoto. There's a track called Milan 1909 which is in fact a description of the Futurist movement. ."
  2. ^ Claudia Salaris Pentagramma elettrico: suoni, rumori e parole in libertà 2009 p 34 "Ma in qualche caso l'omaggio è esplicito e motivato, come nel lavoro di Ryuichi Sakamoto. il cui album Futurista include brani intitolati Parolibre e Milan 1909, dov è inserita una vecchia registrazione della voce di Marinettì."