With "Insen", Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) and Ryuichi Sakamoto continue their collaboration which started with "Vrioon". The debut album released on Raster-Noton in 2003 was voted Record of the Year 2004 in the electronica category by British magazine The Wire. Particular interest was shown in Nicolai's creation towards a new synergy of acoustic piano and digital post production that had not witnessed before, in his approach and interpretation of Sakamoto's piano clusters. The strict splitting of the composition process on this record (piano: Sakamo… read more
With "Insen", Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) and Ryuichi Sakamoto continue their collaboration which started with "Vrioon". The … read more
With "Insen", Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) and Ryuichi Sakamoto continue their collaboration which started with "Vrioon". The debut album released on Raster-Noton … read more
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto(坂本龍一) is a collaboration project between the German minimal artist Carsten Nicolai and the famous Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. In this co-operation two different generations meet and share the idea of electronic music as an inspiration source for new musical structures. Alva Noto processes the sounds from Sakamoto's piano, creating a mixture of solo piano and glitchy micro electronic sounds. Noto and Sakamoto have 6 releases to date, of which every one has been released on the Nicolai co-owned Raster-Noton label: "Vrioon" (album, 20… read more
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto(坂本龍一) is a collaboration project between the German minimal artist Carsten Nicolai and the famous Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. In this co-operation two d… read more
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto(坂本龍一) is a collaboration project between the German minimal artist Carsten Nicolai and the famous Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. In this co-operation two different generations meet and share the idea o… read more