Chasm

by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Chasm cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Warner Music Japan
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 1:12:18
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Inspired heavily by his opposition to the Iraq War, the acclaimed composer delivers one of his most overtly political and musically abstract solo records. 'Chasm' integrates modern classical piano with intense, heavily processed glitch electronics and micromontage, creating a deeply melancholic, politically conscious atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, political, conscious, pacifism, piano, ambient, electronic, glitchy

Tracklist

  1. Undercooled (4:32)
  2. Coro (4:05)
  3. War & Peace (5:32)
  4. Chasm (3:30)
  5. World Citizen - I Won't Be Disappointed (Looped Piano) (6:04)
  6. Only Love Can Conquer Hate (9:47)
  7. Ngo (Bitmix) (5:11)
  8. Break With (4:35)
  9. +Pantonal (3:59)
  10. The Land Song - Music For Artelligent City (One Winter Day Mix) (5:09)
  11. 20 Msec. (5:32)
  12. Laménto (3:43)
  13. World Citizen (Re-cycled) (4:58)
  14. Seven Samurai - Ending Theme (5:41)

Credits

  • Hiroshi Saito - cgi artist [cg]
  • Shigeru Otake - contractor
  • Mitsunori Iijima - contractor [contractors]
  • Michiharu Sasaki - copyist
  • Mayumi Fujita - hair, make-up
  • Bruce Kivo - other [casting]
  • Akiko Kato - product manager
  • Evan Balmer - production manager, task misc

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