Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Insen (Remastered & Expanded) (2005/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:33 minutes | 469 MB | Genre: Modern Classical, Electronic, Ambient
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Originally released in 2005, Insen is the second collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the second installment of V.I.R.U.S.‘s five albums series. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album’s recordings are accompanied by an unreleased composition titled Barco. Initially composed for Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 2005 Insen tour, the audio material used in this piece is based on the subtle sounds of Barco projectors, whose tonalities served as a ground for the artists’ live improvisation.
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Alva Noto – HYbr:ID II (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:37 minutes | 742 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient, Dub
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The new album captures the music commissioned to score Richard Siegal’s Ectopia performed in 2021 by Tanztheater Pina Bausch with Shooting into the Corner (2008-09) by Anish Kapoor. Building upon the blend of immersive dub and electronica from the first installment, HYbr:ID Vol. 2 takes the listener on a journey into the realm of intricately manipulated digital production. These ten compositions delve into infinity, drawing inspiration from resonance and elasticity, concepts rooted in Minkowski’s four-dimensional spacetime model.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, Bryce Dessner – The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:41 minutes | 642 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
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The Revenant is a story of loss, revenge and resilience in the face of impossible odds against the furies of man and nature itself. The film is heavily favored to be a critical darling as awards season gets under way. Director Iñárritu has chosen to forgo almost all dialogue in favor of a gorgeous soundscape and a sweeping score. A film of this magnitude deserves a composer who understands creative artistry and unbridled passion. Japanese master and Oscar winner Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Last Emperor) fits the bill perfectly. Along with fellow Yellow Magic Orchestra member and frequent collaborator Alva Noto, Sakamoto has created a gripping soundtrack that is sure to be a treat for the winter crowds. Bryce Dessner (writer for Kronos Quartet and the LA Phil) also supplies additional music.
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Alva Noto – Kinder der Sonne (From “Komplizen”) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:15 minutes | 774 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient, Soundtrack
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Alva Noto soundtracks Simon Stone’s theatre piece ‘Komplizen’ with a suite of sci-fi zoners with a romantic, oceanic depth sealed by his prized production methods.
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Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ensemble Modern – Utp_ (Remaster) (2009/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:05 minutes | 834 MB | Genre: Ambient
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The multi-media work Utp_ by the Japanese composer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto and the installation artist Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto was created in 2007 on the occasion of the 400-year anniversary of the city of Mannheim. Its world premiere was given by the Ensemble Modern at the National Theatre in Mannheim and combined images, acoustic sounds, electronics and improvisation. For the performance the music was accompanied by a visual score projecting computer-generated amorphous structures resulting from complex mathematical colour progressions. The work, whose title is deducted from the word “utopia,” consists in slow-paced tableaux of stretched out octaves and skeletal motives.
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Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto – Summvs (Remastered & Expanded) (2011/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:07:41 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Electronic, Modern Classical, Ambient
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Released for the first time in 2011, Summvs is the fifth and final installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s V.I.R.U.S. series. The title Summvs refers to the Latin word ‘summa’ (eng. sum) and ‘versus’ (eng. towards); it serves as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative result. The album features Microon compositions containing recordings of a 16th tone interval tuning piano – Piano Metamorfoseador Carrillo en Dieciseisavos de Tono. The album also features two covers of the track By This River, composed by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius in 1977.
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Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto – Revep (Remastered) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:03 minutes | 406 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
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Initially released in 2006, Revep is the third collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the third installment of V.I.R.U.S.’s five albums series. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album’s recordings are accompanied by three new compositions titled ‘City Radieuse’, ‘Veru 1’, and ‘Veru 2’.
‘City Radieuse’ was composed for the 2012 short cinematic essay titled ‘Cité Radieuse’ and part of Carsten Nicolai’s ‘future past perfect’ series.
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Alva Noto – Xerrox, Vol. 4 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:11:14 minutes | 691 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
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In 2007, Alva Noto, already established as the master of German electronic experimental music with his Raster-Noton label, entered his musical laboratory with visual artist Christoph Brünggelk to create a “sample transformer”. The concept consisted of manipulating pieces of audio (jingles, ringtones, film extracts…) until they were unrecognisable and then reassembling them to create a space-age soundtrack. This fourth volume in the Xerrox series (the third was back in 2015) includes the single Xerrox Voyage, a meditative track accompanied by a sublime clip made by friend and director Simon Mayer consisting of retouched images of the International Space Station. The remainder of the record is in keeping with this standard and features 14 superb ambient tracks that wouldn’t be out of place on Gravity or Interstellar and could rival 21st century science fiction film directors.
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Alva Noto – Glenn Gould Gathering (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:38:51 minutes | 1,80 GB | Genre: Classical
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2017 marked the 85th birth anniversary of Glenn Gould, the solitary composer/pianist from Canada. To commemorate this, an array of special exhibitions and concerts were held around the world commissioned by the Glenn Gould Foundation in Canada, among which Ryuichi Sakamoto was asked to curate an event in Japan. Sakamoto, an avid Gould admirer who had been influenced by him since early childhood and had handpicked his compositions for a compilation CD, readily agreed to the request. As a result, “Glenn Gould Gathering”, a series of exhibitions and concerts dedicated to Glenn Gould, took place with Sogetsu Hall as center stage. The event was highlighted with a tribute concert entitled “Glenn Gould – Remodels”. The concert featured musicians who have maintained close relations with Sakamoto, such as Alva Noto + Nilo, the leading figures of contemporary electronic music in Germany, and Austrian guitarist Christian Fennesz, who has spawned a new world of acoustic music, as well as pianist Francesco Tristano, an exceptional talent from Luxembourg. This live album captures the moment of a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
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