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Esperanto
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Esperanto is Ryuichi Sakamoto's fifth solo album and was released in 1985. It was made on commission for a dance of the same name by the choreographer Molissa Fenley, which premiered in New York that year. It is experimental electronic music with layers of sampled voices and looks back to his second solo album B-2 Unit, which was not aimed at pop. Yaz-Kaz and Arto Lindsay took part. The album reached number nine on the Oricon LP chart. It was released on the label School of Midi, Inc. and was not issued in the United States until 2021.
The dance received a mixed review in The New York Times, and according to the critic the music sounded like a radio being switched on and off again and again. The album itself later received better reviews. AllMusic calls it one of the creator's strangest, most uncompromising albums, with an icy soundscape. According to that source, Adelic Penguins comes closest to techno.
Listening
Track list
- 1A WONGGA DANCE SONG6:19Apple Music ↗
- 2THE ”DREAMING”3:52Apple Music ↗
- 3A RAIN SONG2:29Apple Music ↗
- 4DOLPHINS3:21Apple Music ↗
- 5A HUMAN TUBE4:50Apple Music ↗
- 6ADELIC PENGUINS6:07Apple Music ↗
- 7A CARVED STONE8:23Apple Music ↗
- 8ULU WATU3:57Apple Music ↗
- 9ADELIC PENGUINS (LIVE)7:15Apple Music ↗
- 10Parolibre (LIVE)3:39Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗