Ryuichi Sakamoto to release new solo album 12

It’ll be Sakamoto’s first solo album since 2017’s async.

Ryuichi Sakamoto has announced plans for his first non-soundtrack solo album in six years.

12 will be released on January 17, his 71st birthday, via Milan Records. The album is a collection of songs selected from “musical sketches” recorded during Sakamoto’s 2-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.

“After I finally ‘came home’ to my new temporary housing after a big operation, I found myself reaching for the synthesizer,” explains Sakamoto. “I had no intention of composing something; I just wanted to be showered in sound. I’ll probably continue to keep this kind of ‘diary.’”

Check out an album teaser below.

12 is available for pre-order on vinyl now.

Tracklist:

2. 20211130

3. 20211201

4. 20220123

5. 20220202

6. 20220207

7. 20220214

8. 20220302 – sarabande

9. 20220302

10. 20220307

11. 20220404

12. 20220304