Ryuichi Sakamoto to release remix compilation album Async Remodels

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Ryuichi Sakamoto will release a compilation album based on his 2017 record Async - will feature remixes by experimental musicians

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Image credit: Getty)

Ryuichi Sakamoto has announced a new compilation album titled Async Remodels.

The record will launch on February 23 via Milan Music and will include remixes of tracks that originally featured on his 2017 record Async, reimagined by a range of experimental musicians.

Artists including Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, Arca and Canadian synthpop duo Electric Youth have contributed to the album.

Sakamoto says: “When I finished my job as a composer and all there was left to do on my new album was to mix and master, a thought occurred to me: I like it too much, and I don’t want to share it with anyone else.”

Async Remodels is now available for pre-order (opens in new tab). View the tracklist and cover art below.

Ryuichi Sakamoto Async Remodels tracklist

  1. andata – Oneohtrix Point Never Rework
  2. andata – Electric Youth Remix
  3. disintegration – Alva Novo Remodel
  4. async – Arca Remix
  5. fullmoon – Motion Graphics Remix
  6. solari – Fennesz Remix
  7. solari – Jóhann Jóhannsson Rework
  8. zure – Yves Tumour Obsession Edit
  9. fullmoon – Survive Version
  10. zure – Cornelius Remix
  11. Life, Life – Andy Stott Remodel

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
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Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.