Ryuichi Sakamoto Announces New Artist Album, Unprecedented Live Concert ITunes Deal

Commmons/Avex marketing Ltd. and iTunes Japan held a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, December 10 at 11:00AM at Apple Store, Ginza (Tokyo, Japan) to announce the March 4, 2009, release of Ryuichi Sakamoto's new original artist album - Out Of Noise - followed by a Japanese tour running from March 18 until April 28 (18 cities, 21 shows). Out Of Noise (Sakamoto’s first artist release in five years) contains 12 newly written tracks.

Ryuichi Sakamoto also announced an unprecedented partnership with iTunes Japan whereby every concert on the tour will be recorded live and the contents will be available through the iTunes Music Store within 24 hours in Japan (worldwide service will follow accordingly). This marks the first time iTunes has ever embarked on a deal of this kind for the rapid dissemination of live music anywhere in the world.

You can find the details of the new album, tour and the iTunes service on the special web site: www.skmt09.com.