RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: async AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY
ByStephen Nomura Schible
A live performance film captured during an intimate concert by Ryuichi Sakamoto in New York City. Filmed during the production of Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, a recent documentary about the same artist’s life journeys and creative process, the performance marked the first public unveiling of Sakamoto’s new opus “async”, hailed as one of the best albums of 2017 by esteemed publications such as Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.