Futurista (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)

Futurista
Futurista
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	April 1986
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology

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[edit]

"Broadway Boogie Woogie", lyrics by Peter Barakan
"Kodo Kogen", lyrics by Akiko Yano, Peter Barakan
"Ballet Mécanique"
"G.T. II°"
"Milan 1909"
"Variety Show"
"Daikokai - Verso Lo Schermo"
"Water Is Life"
"Parolibre"
"G.T."

Personnel[edit]

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[edit]

^ 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. ."
^ 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."

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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."

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