Async Remodels is not the first time his music has received the remix treatment, nor is the first time an album of his has been remixed. As one of the early pioneers of electronic music, starting with the legendary new wave glam group Yellow Magic Orchestra, and whose projects throughout his illustrious career were imbued with incredible diversity, riskiness and bold vision, the process of remixing came naturally to him. "įor the last 40 years, Japanese composer, producer Ryuichi Sakamoto has been captivating audiences with his varied and adventurous albums, projects and award-winning film scores. Or as the great painter, Pablo Picasso has said: "Every act of creation is firstly an act of destruction. In a similar manner, what most remixers have been doing to songs or pieces of music can be described with Shiva's endless dance or the destruction of the elements that constitute a song and the reconstruction it into something new and different. This dance and act is the source of the cycle of creation, preservation, and dissolution. With each new cycle, out of the scattered elements, a new world is reconstructed. This endless and vigorous dance is called "Tandava," and with it Shiva destroys the world. There is a legend about the vigorous dance of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and creative renewal.