Asynchrone

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Asynchrone plays Sakamoto.

French Jazz sextet Asynchrone reimagine legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto's repertoire

As fans of the maestro’s work, French free jazz/electro collective Asynchrone began to interrogate his oeuvre in 2020, aiming to get inside his music, taking it to unexplored new dimensions. On their debut album 'Plastic Bamboo', they achieve that and more. With a wildly eclectic approach in mind, there will be songs that most will be familiar with: ‘Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence’ and Yellow Magic Orchestra’s ‘Behind The Mask’, in particular. And then there are the deeper cuts from Sakamoto’s solo albums from the early eighties that are less famous but that nevertheless helped to expand and augment the genre. They take a varied selection of his music in a direction where free jazz meets electronics, with a sense of liberty and freedom.
Asynchrone’s personnel is a link-up between founders cellist Clément Petit, producer and musician Frédéric Soulard (behind Jeanne Added’s Victoires De La Musique-winning album), alongside clarinet/saxophone player Hugues Mayot, flautist Delphine Joussein, pianist Manuel Peskine, and Vincent Taeger (Oumou Sangaré, Tony Allen) on drums.
Plastic Bamboo teems with vivacity and possibility, and it’s a record that is future-facing rather than any kind of sombre eulogy. It seeks to continue the musical conversation now that the architect is no longer with us. Asynchrone plays Sakamoto.
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Expecting Rivers
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
04:28
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Plastic Bamboo
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
03:41
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Thatness and Thereness
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
03:29
Writer: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Yoshitaka Goto / Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Differencia
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Plastic Bamboo
02:56
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Neue Tanz
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Plastic Bamboo
04:22
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Plastic Bamboo (Shinichiro Yokota Remix)
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NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
04:35
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Albums
Nø Førmat!
29-09-2023
Plastic Bamboo
01
Plastic Bamboo
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
03:41
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
02
Expecting Rivers
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
04:28
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
03
Neue Tanz
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
04:22
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
04
Thatness and Thereness
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
03:29
Writer: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Yoshitaka Goto / Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
05
Differencia
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
02:56
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
06
Behind the Mask
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
04:08
Writer: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Christopher Mosdell / Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Christopher Mosdell
07
Boku No Kakera
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
03:19
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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EPs
℗ 2024 NØ FØRMAT!
29-03-2024
Fire Cracker
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Fire Cracker
Asynchrone
Fire Cracker
03:21
Composers: Martin Denny
02
Neue Tanz (Hugo LX Rework)
Asynchrone
Fire Cracker
04:55
Writer: Yukihiro Takahashi - Ryuichi Sakamoto - Haruomi Hosono / Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
03
Boku No Kakera (Vega Voga Remix)
Asynchrone
Fire Cracker
05:04
Writer: Shigesato Itoi / Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
04
The Last Emperor
Asynchrone
Fire Cracker
04:37
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Nø Førmat!
02-09-2022
Kling Klang
01
Expecting Rivers
Asynchrone
Kling Klang
04:28
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Yukihiro Takahashi
02
Riot in Lagos
Asynchrone
Kling Klang
05:36
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
03
Boku No Kakera
Asynchrone
Kling Klang
03:19
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
04
Riot in Lagos (Remix)
Asynchrone
Kling Klang
04:10
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Singles
NØ FØRMAT!
31-01-2024
Fire Cracker
01
Fire Cracker
Asynchrone
Fire Cracker
03:21
Composers: Martin Denny
Nø Førmat!
27-06-2023
Plastic Bamboo
01
Plastic Bamboo
Asynchrone
Plastic Bamboo
03:41
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Nø Førmat!
20-07-2022
Expecting Rivers
01
Expecting Rivers
Asynchrone
Expecting Rivers
04:28
Composers: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Yukihiro Takahashi
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℗ 2024 NØ FØRMAT!
21-06-2024
NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
01
Kouzen (Melanie Charles Remix)
Melissa Laveaux
NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
02:51
Writer: Traditionnel / Composers: Traditionnel
02
Zibonakalise (Vigro Deep Remix)
Msaki
NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
05:43
Writer: Tubatsi Mpho Moloi - Msaki / Composers: Tubatsi Mpho Moloi
03
Nenibali (Catu Diosis Remix)
Mamani Keïta
NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
03:32
Writer: Mamani Keïta / Composers: Mamani Keïta - Nicolas Repac
04
Youwilé (Hagan Remix)
Gerald Toto
NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
06:21
Writer: Gerald Toto - Richard Bona - Lokua Kanza / Composers: Gerald Toto - Lokua Kanza - Richard Bona
05
Iyesa (KEENE Remix)
Que Vola ?
NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
05:06
Composers: Fidel Fourneyron
06
Ninguém Solta A Mão de Ninguém (Luana Flores Remix)
Lucas Santtana
NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
03:41
Writer: Lucas Santtanna / Composers: Lucas Santtana
07
Mue (Sofie Birch Remix)
Koki Nakano
NØ FØRMAT! Remixed (2004-2024)
04:07
Composers: Koki Nakano - Sofie Birch
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