Neo Geo is a 1987 album by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The term "neo geo", or "new world", is derived from Sakamoto himself as a way to describe worldwide musical diversity in regard to genre (similar to world music and world beat).^[2]

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Neo Geo
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	July 1, 1987 (Japan)
Genre	Fusion, electronica, synthpop, folk, world
Length	34:42
Label	Sony Music
Producer	Bill Laswell, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Media Bahn Live (1986) Neo Geo (1987) The Last Emperor (1987)

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The track "Risky" featuring Iggy Pop on vocals was released as a single with another track from Neo Geo "After All" as the B-side. The music video for "Risky" was directed by Meiert Avis and was released in two different versions to accompany the 7" and 12" extended version of the song. The latter contains scenes of female nudity.^[3]

Performers

• Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboard, piano, computer
• Yukio Tsuji – shakuhachi, gayageum
• Iggy Pop – vocals (3)
• Kazumi Tamaki – vocals
• Misako Koja – vocals
• Yoriko Ganeko – vocals
• Junemei Wu – voice
• Bill Laswell – bass
• David Van Tieghem – percussions
• Bootsy Collins – bass
• William "Bootsy" Collins – star bass
• Emmett Chapman – Chapman stick
• Tony Williams – drums
• Sly Dunbar – drums
• Eddie Martinez – 12 string guitar
• Harry Kubota – guitar
• Lucia Hwong – pipa

Technical

• Jason Corsaro – mixing
• Clive Smith – programmer (synthesizer, Fairlight CMI)
• Hiro Sugawara – programmer (synthesizer, Fairlight CMI)
• Masa Sekijima – programmer (synthesizer, Fairlight CMI)
• Jeff Bova – programmer (synthesizer)