Butterfly

Speaking ahead of their latest release, frontman Seb revealed: “This song is about a dream I had, where my friend Ted told me he didn’t want to be my friend anymore because I was getting too drunk and making a fool of myself. When I told him about this dream he told me that maybe I shouldn’t drink so much because I do make a fool of myself. I’ve been in the shame cube ever since”.

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No Constraint - Public Body

NO MOON REMIXES

No Moon - Cornelius Remix

1	Lim Giong–	Walker (Lim Giong Follow The Steps Remodel)
Producer – Lim Giong
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
2	David Sylvian–	Grains (Sweet Paulownia Wood) (David Sylvian Remodel)
Producer – David Sylvian
Written-By – Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
3	Thundercat, Taylor Graves–	Thousand Knives (Thundercat Remodel)
Engineer, Mixed By – Vic Wainstein*
Producer – Thundercat
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
4	Electric Youth–	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Electric Youth Remodel)
Producer – Electric Youth
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
5	Cornelius–	Thatness And Thereness
Producer – Cornelius
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
6	Hildur Guðnadóttir–	World Citizen - I Won't Be Disappointed (Hildur Guðnadóttir Remodel)
Bass, Guitar, Recorded By – Skúli Sverrisson
Producer, Mixed By – Sam Slater
Voice, Cello, Recorded By – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Written-By – David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto
7	Alva Noto–	The Sheltering Sky (Alva Noto Remodel)
Producer – Alva Noto
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
8	Fennesz–	Amore (Fennesz Remodel)
Producer – Fennesz
Written-By – Arto Lindsay, Ryuichi Sakamoto
9	Devonté Hynes*, Emily Schubert (2)–	Choral No.1 (Devonté Hynes Remodel)
Producer – Devonté Hynes*
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
10	The Cinematic Orchestra–	DNA (The Cinematic Orchestra Remodel)
Producer – The Cinematic Orchestra
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
11	Yoshihide Otomo*–	With Snow And Moonlight - Snow, Silence, Partially Sunny (Yoshihide Otomo Remodel)
Producer – Yoshihide Otomo*
Written-By – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sachiko M
12	Gabrial Wek–	Forbidden Colours (Gabrial Wek Remodel)
Producer – Gabrial Wek
Written-By – David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto
13	404.Zero–	The Revenant Main Theme (404.Zero Remodel)
Mixed By – Francisco Farris                                                                                                                               There is a reason why this tribute album to the revered Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is so titled. In 2014, he was diagnosed with throat cancer, which went into remission after six years. In 2021, however, he shared the news of his stage 4 rectal cancer diagnosis.
Earlier this year, in an essay that broached the issue, he wrote, “Since I have been granted life, I am praying that I will be able to make music until my last moments, just like my beloved Bach and Debussy. I have just turned 70, but how many more times will I be able to see the full moon?”
Sakamoto significantly influenced electro and techno – via much of his early work with Yellow Magic Orchestra, and his 1980 second solo album, B-2 Unit, notably with the track Riot in Lagos – but also film soundtrack music via Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990) and more recently The Revenant (2015).
All of his creative dimensions are addressed on this tribute album for which the artists, who include friends and past collaborators such as David Sylvian, Thundercat, Cinematic Orchestra, Devonté Hynes, Hildur Guðnadóttir, and Alva Noto, were allowed full access to his far-reaching catalogue of solo work and film scores. Some 13 pieces of music, ranging from his best-known to more obscure works – at least to casual admirers – have in the parlance of the production been “remodelled” to varying degrees of familiarity.

Ryuichi Sakamoto 1952 - 2023.To The Moon And Back,A Tribute by V.A.

Hendersonia

Can You Take It (Tokyo, 1988)

Yeah, Man! (Columbus, 1985)

Christopher Columbus (Columbus, 1985)

Off-Piste

Apres Ski

On And Ever Onward

On and Ever Onward (Live from Housing Works 2009)

The Globeflower Masters Vol. 2 is the slightly edgier and more grown-up sequel to Mark and Glenn's 2021 debut album. For this excursion, the Brighton-based duo wanted to lean a little further into their European film soundtrack influences, with inspiration mined from the works of Stefano Torossi, David Shire, and Roger Webb. This expansion of their sound builds upon the rich tapestry of cinematic funk à la David Axelrod, Serge Gainsbourg and Morricone that fashioned Vol. 1.

The Deluxe Edition of the album features five new tracks, comprising two new original recordings, a piano solo version of the closing track from the original album, and two remixes from Project Gemini and Andres y Xavi.

‘Shaded By Your Side’ takes things right back to the moody, dark and Axelrod-inflected sound of their first album. Much of this track was played in single takes to try and retain as much of the urgency and spontaneity as possible. 

‘Return to Salvador’ is described by the duo as if “Shuggie Otis and Marcos Valle have one too many caipirinhas and decide to visit outer space”. It fuses together Mark's space sounds and floaty pianos with Spanish guitar and busy, melodic bass creating a musical trip from the grounded and earthy sounds of Vol.1’ to the more upwards-looking and musically diverse sound of Vol.2.

The remixes give a different flavour to the release, but both pay homage to the original recordings. Sharing a mutual admiration for each other’s work, it seemed like a natural choice to ask Project Gemini to contribute. Here is what he had to say about his rework, “I’m a big fan of both volumes of Mark and Glenn’s ‘Globeflower’ LP’s and it was a huge honour to get a chance to rework one of my favourite tunes from Vol.2. There are many great layers to ‘A Voyage North’ so it was a lot of fun to choose my favourite elements, then put some Project Gemini flavours and sounds into the mix and create something new whilst hopefully keeping some of the spirit of the original track. A darker, fuzzier take on the album version”.

When Glenn first passed the original album to Steve KIW, his collaborator in Balearic production outfit Andres y Xavi, this was one of two tracks which he picked out as having some particularly Balearic DNA. As such, pushing this concept to its logical conclusion seemed like the obvious thing to do. There’s a shaded sunset sound paired with a 4/4 beat of Latin-leaning.

Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel - Calico Suite

Pieces of Tape

Christopher Columbus (Columbus, 1985)

Sun Ra

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