The sources for artist quotes in this article are listed below:
40 Years On, Ryuichi Sakamoto is Still Searching for Parts Unknown, Josh Baines, vice.com, 2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto Survived Cancer and an Earthquake to Make the Most Personal Album of His Career, Corinne Przybyslawski, vice.com, 2017
On How Your Work Changes as You Get Older, a conversation with Brandon Stosuy, thecreativeindependent.com, 2017
Sonic Memories: A Conversation with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hillary Weston, criterion.com, 2017
Liner notes for async, Ryuichi Sakamoto, 2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Music for a Divided World, NHK, 2017
The Sheltering Sky, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990
Ryuichi Sakamoto is Listening Closer Than Ever, Ruth Saxelby, thefader.com, 2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Everyday Objects, Aaron Coultate, Resident Advisor, 2017
Sculpting in Time, Andrei Tarkovsky, University of Texas Press, 1986
Life, Life, Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky, translated by Virginia Rounding, Crescent Moon, 2000
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Ideally I’m recording all the time, 24 hours a day, interview by Joe Muggs, theartsdesk.com, 2018
Luca Delphi, facebook, 2017
With Cancer in the Past, Ryuichi Sakamoto Returns to His Calling, Andy Beta, New York Times, 2017
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