Ryuichi Sakamoto - Heartbeat (1992)

01. Heartbeat
02. Rap The World
03. Triste
04. Lulu
05. High Tide
06. Song Lines
07. Nuages
08. Sayonara
09. Borom Gal
10. Epilogue
11. Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) - Returning To The Womb
12. Cloud Number 9

Crew:
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Dee Dee Brave
Marco Prince
Youssou N'Dour
Arto Lindsay
John Cage, Houria Aichi
David Sylvian
Ingrid Chavez
Bill Frisell
John Lurie
Steve Burnstein
Jungle DJ Towa Towa
Satoshi Tomiie

Producers: Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian.

Engineers: Yoshifumi Iio, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Patrick Dillett.

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Review by Kelvin Hayes If eclectic is your bag, then Heartbeat might be your thing. Like Hector Zazou, Ryuichi Sakamoto employs a realm of many styles on this upbeat collection. Songs performed in Japanese, Russian, French, and English (by friends Youssou N'Dour, David Sylvian, and Deee-Lite's DJ Towa Towa and Super DJ Dmitri) top an already brimming album that is everything its predecessor, Beauty, wasn't. Two completely different versions of the title track add arty spice. "Triste" is a wonderful, lazy-afternoon stroll in Paris jazz; "Lulu" follows suit. Is there no end to this Sakamoto's talent? He does jazz, rap, and chucks in a couple of solo piano pieces reminiscent of his soundtrack work. "Songlines" came about via his score for Pedro Almodovar's High Heels. "Boram Gal" and "High Tide" — with guests Youssou N'Dour and Arto Lindsay, respectively — are both delicate and swathed in summer. Ingrid Chavez adds poet's fire to frozen dust on "Returning to the Womb" and contributes eerie funk on "Cloud #9."

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