Masterpiece, indeed! B-2 Unit has a knack for being both experimental AND concise. Pop in structure but dissonant in execution, it sounds like where Kraftwerk left off for more efficient territory -- somewhere between Radioactivity and Trans-Europe Express. It's got this organic atmosphere that you don't hear in a lot of other 80s synthslop.

Images of raw metals, industrial textiles, and engineered forms play against the sunny and decadent atmosphere of standard synthpop. In a lot of ways B-2 Unit has the dynamics that made The Pop Group or Public Image Ltd. So unique: dubby, caustic, rhythmic sound worlds.

Sakamoto has fused Japanese minimalism with krautrock, dub and found sound to create infectious sound sculptures. Definitely worth hunting down! Masterpiece, from beginning to end. Produced like a pop album, the music is bursting with originality and sensuality.

A sample of 'Riot in Lagos' from Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1980 album B-2 Unit. This track is credited for having anticipated the beats and sounds of electro music. B-2 Unit, an Album by Riuichi Sakamoto. Released September 21, 1980 on (catalog no. ALR-28003; Vinyl LP). Genres: Electronic, Experimental. Rated #264 in the best.

Sakamoto is in total control of composition, tone colour and mix, without sacrificing anything to spontaneity. Spiderman 3 Game Arsenic Candy 2. Most early eighties electronic pop music will bore the shit out of anybody listening to it now, but that won't be the case with B-2 Unit soon. Lots of non-harmonic content and obscured time signatures still effortlessly in balance with harmony and structure.

The pieces range from an almost-poppy ballad to idm-ish to abstract poly-rhythmic breaks, adding up to a greater whole, that is this album.