12

by Ryuichi Sakamoto

12 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 January 2023
  • Label: Milan
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 1:01:11
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded intimately during his extended battle with cancer, '12' serves as an austere, deeply meditative musical diary. The sparse piano and synthesizer compositions are occasionally punctuated by the sound of Sakamoto's own labored breathing, creating a fragile, haunting documentation of his final artistic expressions.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, piano, ambient, minimal, synthesizers, gentle, melodic, virtuosic, delicate, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. 20210310 (6:53)
  2. 20211130 (5:22)
  3. 20211201 (5:32)
  4. 20220123 (8:40)
  5. 20220202 (6:22)
  6. 20220207 (7:01)
  7. 20220214 (9:09)
  8. 20220302 - sarabande (3:10)
  9. 20220302 (2:52)
  10. 20220307 (2:31)
  11. 20220404 (2:26)
  12. 20220304 (1:08)

Credits

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - primary artist, composed by, producer, mixed by, performer
  • Lee Ufan - artwork
  • Shigeru Buzawa - lacquer cut by
  • Robin Schmidt - mastered by
  • ZAK - mixed by

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