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Riuichi Sakamoto* - B-2 Unit

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Catalog#:
ALR-28003
Format:
Vinyl, LP
Country:
Japan
Released:
1980
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Electro, Experimental

Tracklist

A1   Differencia 2:04
A2   Thatness And Thereness 3:27
A3   Participation Mystique 6:41
A4   E-3A 4:45
B1   Iconic Storage 4:43
B2   Riot In Lagos 5:40
B3   Not The 6 O'Clock News 5:02
B4   The End Of Europe 4:57

Credits

Co-producer - Yoshitaka Goto
Composed By, Arranged By - Riuichi Sakamoto*
Performer - Andy Partridge , Kenji Omura , Riuichi Sakamoto* , Tadashi Kumihara
Programmed By [Computer] - Hideki Matsutake

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Review by sonic-soul Sep 21, 2007
Masterpiece, from beginning to end. Produced like a pop album, the music is bursting with originality and sensuality. Sakamoto is in total control of composition, tone colour and mix, without sacrificing anything to spontaneity. Most early eighties electronic pop music will bore the shit out of anybody listening to it now, but that won't be the case with B-2 Unit soon. Lots of non-harmonic content and obscured time signatures still effortlessly in balance with harmony and structure.
The pieces range from an almost-poppy ballad to idm-ish to abstract poly-rhythmic breaks, adding up to a greater whole, that is this album.