Thousand Knives

About Thousand Knives

At the beginning of the song, the poem "Jinggang Mountain" (井冈山), considered a revolutionary Chinese poem, is recited in a robotic voice transmitted through a vocoder. The idea was probably to create an ironic futuristic feeling by combining an ancient text with a technology that was so new at the time. Sakamoto has commented in interviews that, back then, mixing electronics with political elements had a somewhat experimental and even provocative character—and that the intention was not to support Mao .

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About this song

Credited to

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Album

Travesía · Track 1 of 20 · Opens the album · Longest track on the album

Released

May 5, 2023

Duration

9:34

Ranking

#7 most played Ryuichi Sakamoto track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

11,076 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Travesía