'async' is the nineteenth solo studio album of Ryuichi Sakamoto and his first one in eight years since 'Out of Noise' (2009). Consisting of a combination of bizarre interpretations of familiar musical instruments, unusual textures both acoustic and electronically made, samples of recordings of people such as David Sylvian and Paul Bowles doing readings, and everyday sounds borrowed from field recordings of city streets, 'async' has underlying themes of the worries of the end of life and the interaction of differing viewpoints in humanity.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

Length

1.Andata

Ryuichi Sakamoto

4.38

2.Disintegration

Ryuichi Sakamoto

5.46

3.Solari

Ryuichi Sakamoto

3.52

4.ZURE

Ryuichi Sakamoto

5.11

5.Walker

Ryuichi Sakamoto

4.2

6.Stakra

Ryuichi Sakamoto

3.41

7.Ubi

Ryuichi Sakamoto

4.03

8.Fullmoon

Ryuichi Sakamoto

5.13

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

Length

1.Async

Ryuichi Sakamoto

2.44

2.Tri

Ryuichi Sakamoto

3.28

3.LIFE, LIFE

Ryuichi Sakamoto

4.23

4.Honj

Ryuichi Sakamoto

3.41

5.Ff

Ryuichi Sakamoto

5.12

6.Garden

Ryuichi Sakamoto

4.16

7.Water State 2

Ryuichi Sakamoto

7.13

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