''Zero Landmine'' is an

Extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

(EP) created to promote awareness of the problem of landmines and to promote a ban on landmines. Japanese recording artist

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto i ...

led a collection of musicians to form a group called NML (No More Landmines), and they released the single ''Zero Landmine'' on April 25, 2001.

Overview

Sakamoto and other musicians were concerned about the issue of landmines remaining buried in several countries. Together with a number of domestic and foreign artists and musicians, Sakamoto formed the unit NML (No More Landmines). NML produced the EP recording ''Zero Landmine'', which runs for about twenty minutes with

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and singing forming the bulk of the second half of the song.

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wrote English lyrics for the song. Proceeds from the CD of the recording have gone towards de-mining efforts and other related funds.

Track listing

#Zero Landmine #Zero Landmine – Piano + Vocal Version #Zero Landmine – Piano + Cello Version #Zero Landmine – Short Version #Zero Landmine – Piano Version #Zero Landmine – The Track

Participating artists

Japanese artists

* UA *Taeko Ohnuki *

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( Mr.　Children) *

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( Dreams Come True) *

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(Dreams Come True) *Takahiro Nishikawa (ex-Dreams Come True) * Chara *

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* Teru (

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) * Takuro (Glay, guitar) *

(keyboards, piano) *

Haruomi Hosono , sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop f ...

(bass) *

Yukihiro Takahashi Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏 ''Takahashi Yukihiro'', born June 6, 1952) is a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who is best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the fo ...

(drums) *

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(guitar) *

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(Scratch DJ)

Foreign artists

* Brian Eno *

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* Dok-su Kim * Steve Jansen (drums) * Kraftwerk ( "Zero Landmine" sound logo) * Jadranka Stojaković * Waldemar Bastos *

Jaques Morelenbaum Jaques Morelenbaum (() born 18 May 1954) is a Brazilian instrumentalist, arranger, conductor, composer and music producer. Morelenbaum was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of conductor Henrique Morelenbaum and piano teacher Sarah Morelenbaum. Hi ...

*Nampula

External links

Zero Landmine page at Sakamoto's website
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