Bamboo Houses

Bamboo Houses

Infobox Single
Name = Bamboo Houses


Cover size =
Artist = Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian
from Album =
Released = 1982
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Pop, Rock, Electronic
Length = 4:13
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Steve Nye
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "Bamboo Houses"
(1982)
Next single = "Forbidden Colours"
(1983)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Single


Lower caption =

"Bamboo Houses" is a song by Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and English musician, composer and singer David Sylvian, released on Virgin Records in 1982.

The double A-side single "Bamboo Houses"/"Bamboo Music" was the first solo project by Sylvian, released while he was still a member of the band Japan. It was the second collaboration between two, the first being the track "Taking Islands in Africa" on the 1980 Japan album "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" which featured Sakamoto on keyboards. The "Bamboo Houses" single in turn featured drums by Japan member Steve Jansen, who also appeared in the promo video, and was co-produced by Steve Nye.

In 1983 Sylvian and Sakamoto would team up again on "Forbidden Colours", the theme song to the Nagisa Oshima film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence".

A remix of "Bamboo Houses" was included on David Sylvian's career retrospective "Everything and Nothing" in 2000.

Track listings

"Composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian"

* UK 7" single with gatefold sleeve, Virgin Records VS 510
# "Bamboo Houses" (7" Edit) – 4:13
# "Bamboo Music" (7" Edit) – 4:40

* UK 12", Virgin Records VS 510-12
# "Bamboo Houses" – 5:26
# "Bamboo Music" – 5:38

Personnel

* Ryuichi Sakamoto - keyboards, programming, MC4, marimba
* David Sylvian - keyboards, programming, vocals
* Steve Jansen - percussion instruments, electronic percussion

Production

* Ryuichi Sakamoto - producer
* David Sylvian - producer, mix, cover design & layout
* Steve Nye - producer, sound engineer, mix
* Yasushi Handa - cover photography
* Yoshi Ueda - cover photography

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9x-Mu5xyXE Bamboo Music] - Promo video for Bamboo Music.


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