Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ongaku Zukan Caribou and they've tempered their old

and they've tempered their old snottiness with lyrical compassion: Check out 'Bodhisattva Vow'

cements her as one of the most irresistibly clever and tenderly prolific songwriters of our era

Within the hour the band had a name

and John Cage/David Tudor-esque prepared piano

It's difficult in this world obsessed with productivity and results

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ongaku Zukan Caribou and they've tempered their oldTranslating as Musical Encyclopedia, 1984s Ongaku Zukan is the fourth solo album from the great composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Coming off the back of his tremendous boost in reputation that his score for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence afforded him, this smorgasbord of ambient influenced space age pop is a delight, recorded with his erstwhile Yellow Magic Orchestra bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi.