Rhune

12

Ryuichi Sakamoto named each piece after the day he recorded it.

In 2021 his cancer returned. Home after surgery, he started recording short sketches, like a diary. “There are no adornments,” he said. He released twelve of them on his 71st birthday, 17 January 2023, and died ten weeks later.

Tracks 12 · 61 minutes

  1. 20210310

    Track 1

    The earliest, recorded on 10 March 2021.

  2. 2

    20211130

  3. 3

    20211201

  4. 4

    20220123

  5. 5

    20220202

  6. 6

    20220207

  7. 7

    20220214

  8. 20220302 - sarabande

    Track 8

    A sarabande is a slow dance in triple time.

  9. 9

    20220302

  10. 10

    20220307

  11. 11

    20220404

  12. 20220304

    Track 12

    The shortest, at just over a minute.

Written by Rhune

Updated October 2026.