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Anyone listen to Alva.Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto?

A friend just gave me the album Vrioon by Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto. I'm only listening to it on my headphones and all I can say is WOW. This is some wild stuff with really compelling sonics. I'm sort of at a failure to describe it. Very dischordant and minimalist piano overlayed/interwoven with all sorts of digital feedback (Sakamoto is a pretty pioneering electronic composer) Anyone else able to do this a little better justice with the (digital) pen?
mimberman
audiofeil
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If you like Vrioon, check out "Casa" by Sakamoto, Paula Morelenbaum (vocals) and Jaques Morelenbaum (cello). Killer stuff.
Bill
mimberman OP
299 posts
 
Thanks for the tip Bill!
bthogan
38 posts
 
Wish I'd seen this earlier...I'm amazed by all of the Sakamoto/Noto cds: Vrioon, Summvs, Insen, Revep. Acoustic piano, glitch, combinations thereof, with a touch of dub. Previously unheard sounds that make perfect sense.

Recorded immaculately, like most of that German stuff (Raster-Noton, Basic Channel, Kompakt).

You might want to try some Sakamoto with Christopher Willits (Ocean Fire, Ancient Futures). Also, Taylor Deupree, Stephan Mathieu. Deupree has also done collabs with Willits, and Mathieu, among others. 12k label, here in US. And of course, Fennesz. A lot of great stuff out there these days that you might call electronica, or ambient, or something. Good listening.
richard_stacy
686 posts
 
How refreshing to see this thread here.

I also love all of their collaborations, beautiful records.
Raster-Noton has been putting out leading edge electronic
stuff for a long time. I'd say the records you are referring
to are much more "musical" than most, the rest
leaning harder to the more experimental/noise side of
things. I particularly like the Senking and Vladislav Delay
(also has releases on several other labels, all of which are
outstanding) Raster Noton records. I also like the Kangding
Ray and Byetone Raster Noton releases quite a bit. Agree,
the sonics on this stuff is top notch. There is a 24bit
digital version of the last Byetone record that is insane.

I'm listening a lot to a new release on Pan, Lee Gamble's
"Diversions 1994-1996". Pan is another interesting
experimental label. Some of the Pan stuff get's outside of
my noise limits but I really like this release.

Again, great to see fans of these genre's here.
richard_stacy
686 posts
 
Ironically, I posted in another thread yesterday a
recommendation for the Grishca Lichtenberger release's both on
Raster Noton and Semantica. These again lean harder to the
experimental side but I think they are brilliant works.
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