Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto 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, 2002) “Insen” (album, 2… read more
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto 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 stru… read more
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto 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… read more