Ryuichi Sakamoto's album Mototronic is so varied in
musical styles and forms it could be given as sample of just about all that is good in world music, and by far the farthest thing from boring or status quo. 

The musicality of this grand portion of composition
and orchestral talent is made even that more relavent
by the varied efforts and sounds brought to life by 
the gifted mind of Ryuichi Sakamoto. 

This one album may very well make you a new
fan of Maestro Sakamoto.

Ed Vincent- Oak Park Journal

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - MOTOTRONIC 
IN STORES NOW!

For the first time on one disc, Sony Classical's
Mototronic brings together the top tracks from more
than a decade's worth of  recordings by composer/pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto. Along
with new remixes, the collection includes Sakamoto's
most celebrated compositions - including selections from his award-winning film scores (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence) - as 
well as highlights from his recent, acclaimed discs
of Brazilian bossa nova with Jaques and Paula
Morelenbaum. Mototronic comes with a special bonus - a five-track DVD that includes the first U.S. release of previously unavailable Sakamoto videos.

Track Listing 
Track #   Title
Disc 1

1   Forbidden Colours
2   Energy Flow
3   O Grande Amor
4   The Last Emperor
5   Railroad Man
6   Risky
7   Before Long
8   Desafinado
9   Lost Child (String Quartet Remix)
10   Little Buddha
11   Neo Geo
12   Opus
13   Anger Remix (Rare Force 2 Mega Mix)
14   Insensatez Remix

 Disc 2
 

1   Neo Geo
2   Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
3   Bim Bom
4   Tibetan Dance
5   Insensatez

THE BEST OF RYUICHI SAKAMOTO'S TOP RECORDINGS OF THE LAST DECADE COME TOGETHER ON SONY CLASSICAL'S
MOTOTRONIC, CONTAINING A BONUS FIVE-TRACK DVD CD RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2003

With New Remixes, Mototronic Features Hit Tracks From Sakamoto's Albums Neo Geo, Discord, BTTB, Cinemage, Casa, A Day In New York

Bonus DVD Includes First Release Of Five Videos
Previously Unavailable In The U.S.

For the first time on one disc, Sony Classical's
Mototronic brings together the top tracks from more
than a decade's worth of recordings by composer/pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto. Along
with new remixes, the collection includes Sakamoto's
most celebrated compositions - including selections from his award-winning film scores (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence) - as 
well as highlights from his recent, acclaimed discs of
Brazilian bossa nova with Jaques and Paula
Morelenbaum. Mototronic comes with a special bonus - a five-track DVD that includes the first U.S. release of previously unavailable Sakamoto videos. 

The album will be released on Tuesday, November 11,
2003.

Mototronic reflects the breadth of Sakamoto's
artistry. One of the world's most popular and enduring instrumentalists, the 

classically trained Sakamoto first caught the public's
attention as one of the godfathers of techno-pop in
the late 1970s, 

and went on to become a universally admired composer and performer of popular, orchestral 
and film music.  He not only shared the Oscar for Best Original Score for The Last Emperor
in 1987, he also acted in the film - a dual role he
took on in the 1983 cult favorite Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.

Mototronic includes 14 tracks from Sakamoto's 1987
album Neo Geo as well as five albums that have been
released by Sony Classical - 1999's Discord; BTTB and Cinemage, both released the following year; and Sakamoto's two internationally acclaimed recordings with the Morelenbaums (as Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto) - Casa and A Day in New York -devoted to the music of Brazil's Antonio Carlos Jobim and other bossa nova composers.

The recording features three remixes of classic
Sakamoto tracks - a string quartet remix of "Lost Child" from Neo Geo, a Rare Force 2 meg remix of "Anger" from Discord and a new mix of 
"Insensatez" from A Day in New York.

Mototronic also includes three tracks from Cinemage
("Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Forbidden Colours," "The Last Emperor" and "Little Buddha") and three from BTTB ("Energy Flow," "Opus" and "Railroad Man"), as well as "O Grande Amor" from Casa and "Desafinado" from A Day in New York, the latter two featuring Jaques and Paula Morelenbaum. From Neo Geo come the title track, "Risky" and "Before Long."