One year later nicolai was asked to remix material from sakamoto for the japanese magazine code unfinished. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto site specific performance. Dec, 2017 and that seems a fitting location for the exposed materials of ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto. Cdm glass is a recording of an inspired live improvisation by ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto at the architect philip johnsons hallowed glass house, in the bucolic setting of new canaan, connecticut. Glass comes very close to the embodiment of a perfect record. Contact mics were placed around the building and attached to its glass structure. What started with nicolai adding high frequencies and low pulses to sakamotos delicate piano ended upthrough four fulllengths and an ep, collectively called virus, spanning nine yearsbeing a uniquely minimal combination of modern classical and electronic music. Insen is heir to vrioon 2003, alva notos collaboration with japanese multiinstrumentalist ryuichi sakamoto. Ryuichi sakamoto the revenant main theme alva noto edit music video duration. The albums core sound is a blend of sakamotos impressionist piano melodies and nicolais digitally processed beats and sounds.
To fully appreciate ryuichi sakamotos latest collaboration with german minimalist carsten nicolai alva noto, check out the video recording of their glass performance on vimeo. The albums core sound is a blend of sakamoto s impressionist piano melodies and nicolais digitally processed beats and sounds. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto announce series of european. Sony atv publishing, kobalt music publishing, amra, and 8 music rights.
Rasternoton boss alva noto returns with xerrox vol. Following a string of stunning coreleases, legendary experimentalists ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto are once again teaming up for a new collaborative album. A live, intimate concert of ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto, which happened in the famous philip johnsons glass house, worked the environment into the performance. Sony atv publishing, kobalt music publishing, amra, and 8 music.
Yeah, i can play a track from the new album, maybe. Vrioon is the debut collaboration album between ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto, released in 2002. The two produced this work by passing the pieces back and forth until both were satisfied with the result. Ryuichi sakamotos score for the revenant, the oscartipped film from director alejandro gonzalez inarritu, gets a special vinyl release. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto site specific performance at. See more ideas about alva noto, the library of babel and berlin festival. Commissioned by the city of mannheim germany for its 400th anniversary, utp was cocomposed by carsten nicolai aka alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto. Sakamoto, who was one third of pioneering band yellow magic orchestra, has worked with brian wilson, david sylvian, iggy pop and others, and had a. Full details of the album have been revealed, and its an imaginary film soundtrack. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamototwo senior figures in experimental musichave collaborated on six albums since 2002. Coda 1 hours and 40 minutes movie 2018 a portrait of genius music composer ryuichi sakamoto. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto collaborate on new album. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page.
Written and performed by sakamoto with additional music and instrumentation from alva noto and bryce dessner of the national, the score is slow and brooding, evoking the sparse and wintry landscape. Ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto join forces for glass album. And that seems a fitting location for the exposed materials of ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto. Sonar and the grec festival collaborated for the first time last year, and are working together again this year, presenting the collaboration between two of the most important sonic researchers and artists of our era. Feb 16, 2018 to fully appreciate ryuichi sakamoto s latest collaboration with german minimalist carsten nicolai alva noto, check out the video recording of their glass performance on vimeo. Ryuichi sakamoto and carsten nicolai have had a long and fruitful partnership. Pioneers in their own respective musical fields, carsten nicolai aka alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto began their exploration of sound and. Carsten nicolai, aka alva noto, is a man who deals in sound and vision. Feb 16, 2018 glass comes very close to the embodiment of a perfect record. Ryuichis music soul has impregnated the revenant and the film breathes between his notes and nature sounds and silences, writes mexican director alejandro inarritu in.
Mp3 wav flac 320 kbps, lameencoded create gift voucher add to cart 16bit lossless. Experimental electronics hero alva noto returns with xerrox vol. Making sterling use of the landmark architectural works pellucid dimensions, the pair fixed. Ryuichi sakamoto of yellow magic orchestra fame and carsten nicolai alva noto speak to amar ediriwira about their score for oscartipped frontier saga the revenant. The initial letters of the five albums together form the word virus. Vrioon is a collaborative work by electronica artist carsten nikolai alva noto and pianistcomposer ryuichi sakamoto. Experimental electronic musics favorite dynamic duo, alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto, are teaming up yet again for a trio of concerts in june. Provided to youtube by the state51 conspiracy monomom live alva noto ryuichi sakamoto two. Dec 11, 2017 ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto have announced a new joint album. Ryuichi sakamoto the revenant main theme the revenant original motion picture soundtrack duration. Since then, theyve released numerous albums, including their soundtrack to the 2015 film the revenant and, most recently, the improvised live lp glass. Ryuichi sakamoto and alva noto have announced a new joint album. Its a sound that sakamoto recorded while strolling the grounds of the 20thcentury american architect philip johnsons iconic glass house before a. Sakamoto collaborated with alva noto an alias of carsten nicolai to release vrioon, an album of sakamotos piano clusters treated by nicolais unique style of digital manipulation, involving the creation of microloops and minimal percussion.
Glass offers the sublime results of a collaboration between ryuichi sakamoto and carsten nicolai alva noto, as performed and recorded at philip johnsons glass house in connecticut during the private opening to yayoi kusamas installation marking the 110th anniversary of johnsons birth. Jan 18, 2018 alva noto and ryuichi sakamototwo senior figures in experimental musichave collaborated on six albums since 2002. Neither artist is a stranger to collaborative work. Ryuichi sakamoto y alva noto fascinaron con su dialogo entre.
The web of music is so thin, so fragile as if it might break any second and yet it brings a feeling of true perspicacity, is really touching and soothing. In 2007, alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto together with a german contemporary classical ensemble modern created an audiovisual performance for the 400th anniversary of the city of mannheim. It all started when 87yearold japanese artist yayoi kusama provided an. Glass is a 45minute long improvised live recording that draws its name from its recording location.
Alva noto reflects on his collaborations with ryuichi sakamoto. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto insen internet archive. This is the first album in the virus series followed by four. The work, whose title is deducted from the word utopia, is scored for electronics, piano, and chamber ensemble, the latter being ensemble modern. During his first live tour in japan, carsten nicolai met ryuichi sakamoto in tokyo. Performance by alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto film by derrick belcham organized by irene shum. Vrioon, quite simply, is a work overloaded with beauty. Carsten used software like for example logic audio to produce and arrange the original tracks on. Carsten nicolai 18 september 1965, known as alva noto, is a german musician. One is japanese polymath ryuichi sakamoto, here playing the role of minimalist pianist.
In broad strokes what you get here is meditative piano music from sakamoto with an accompaniment of surface noise. If youre someone who hangs out on tmt even occasionally, youll probably recall that the odd couples recent collabs include their soundtrack for the revenant and a performance at philip. This is the first album in the virus series followed by four other records. Sakamoto and alva noto first began collaborating by trading files that would eventually form 2002s vrioon. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto announce new album glass. Glass is a recording of their live improvisation, after just one rehearsal, at the architect philip johnsons glass house in connecticut, using keyboards, mixers, glass singing bowls, crotales, and the architecture itself as an instrument. Recorded live, in situ, at philip johnsons glass house in connecticut, alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto turned johnsons people who live in glass houses into their instrument. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto have collaborated on a live, improvised lp, glass glass is a is a 45minute long recording of an inspired improvisation by the duo at the architect philip johnsons hallowed glass house, in the bucolic setting of new canaan, connecticut. Throughout their work together, theyve found a synergy thats reflected in tonights. The blue, solitary piano of sakamoto bleeding into the microconstructions of carsten nicolais rewired machinery. Alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto the unique partnership of an east german conceptualist and japanese electronic pioneer. Jun 18, 2018 ryuichi sakamoto y alva noto fascinaron con su dialogo entre acustica y electronica.
Both represent something of a departure from the ascetic bent of their peers. The revenant soundtrack colored vinyl vinyl 2lp music. Alva noto, aka german composer carsten nicolai, has announced xerrox vol. Alva noto opens up about his improvisational album two recorded live with ryuichi sakamoto, plus his collaborative work with sound poet. Jun 20, 2018 sakamotos spacious and searching piano mingles with alva notos frequencybending electronics, combining improvisation and new material. In broad strokes what you get here is meditative piano music from sakamoto with an accompaniment of surface noise, buzzes, hums and bleeps by alva noto. If youre someone who hangs out on tmt even occasionally, youll probably recall that the odd couples recent collabs include their soundtrack for the revenant and a performance at philip johnsons architectural.
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