Simon James French

Ryuichi Sakamoto's funeral playlist

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s final playlist that he was compiling to be played at his own funeral to accompany his own passing. This morning I was searching through this gorgeous collection of tracks for some inspiration for a couple of tracks I’m working on.

I’m deep in the writing stage for my new album Meditations and have a bunch of tracks that are all skeletons—works in progress, but I’m having trouble finding a good direction for some of them. Listening through these tracks will no doubt offer some inspiration and guide me down the right path.

Please enjoy and I hope it inspires you as it has me.


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