TOSHIYUKI TSUCHITORI and RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - Disappointment–Hateruma LP

Includes OBI strip.

1976 ALM Records release by percussionist Toshi Tsuchitori and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

The album is notable as Sakamoto’s first recording issued under his own name and represents one of the few occasions he explored fully improvised music during the 1970s. It provides a vital document for understanding Sakamoto’s early development as a composer and performer, capturing a period when he was experimenting with ambient soundscapes and textured improvisation. This edition features original artwork, audio remastered by Heba Kadry and new liner notes by Andy Beta.

This is the most experimental and dissonant Sakamoto you'll hear. Very Cage/Conlon Nancarrow influenced, wild piano and percussion. Challenging, but Sakamoto seems incapable of making an unpleasant album, so still fun to listen to.