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Ryūichi Sakamoto ||:

EDITORIAL

Noise becomes density, layers, small scale. Silence becomes empty space, large scale. A collectible publication built around "Playing the Piano" and "Out of Noise", moving between both — the same order inside chaos that runs through the music.

The cover: a photograph of the musician under an umbrella

Text spread

Spread with Japanese type and the index

Black spread carrying the line "Enjoy the noise"

Spread: the musician's portrait beside his name in Japanese

Index spread: a grid of tracks and references

Spread: a photograph of the musician beside a list

Spread: Japanese type over the text on silence and noise

Spread: text beside a horizon photograph, and the words "Loud and high"

Spread: "El valor del silencio" over a blurred landscape

Spread: a portrait of John Cage beside the text

Spread: Japanese characters broken apart at large scale

Spread: the Yellow Magic Orchestra, text and photographs

Spread: a group photograph running across the fold

Spread: the musician's name in Japanese, split across the two pages

Spread: "thank you for reading" in Japanese

The back cover, in dark grey