12 is an intimate collection of twelve compositions by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, written and recorded in Tokyo during his fight with cancer throughout 2021-2022. 

 

Each numbered title refers to its recording date. 

 

Sakamoto said of the music: “…after I finally ‘came home’ to my new temporary housing after a big operation, I found myself reaching for the synthesizer. I had no intention of composing something; I just wanted to be showered in sound.”

 

CD edition.