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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
richard_stacy
686 posts
 
I have a couple recommendations for fans of the Alva Noto + Sakamoto series...

Szymon Kaliski "From Scattered Accidents"

Beautiful piece of ambient/modern classical, extremely mature for a first LP. This on the Kitchen Label, most of which is pretty nice so you may want to explore their other offerings.

Pill-oh "Vanishing Mirror"

I hate the artists name, how ridiculous, but man is this a beautiful piece of music. Also on Kitchen, slightly more colorful than the above recommendation but still quiet, meandering, home listening stuff.
bthogan
37 posts
 
Thanks for recommendations! I'll check both of those out.

In the "weird name, great sounds" vein: Nicholas Szczepanik's "Please Stop Loving Me". Ambient/drone; very warm. One review described it as "hangar-sized". It's not his first work, but he's also very young.
mrmitch
359 posts
 
If you dig Sakamoto, try the LP "Left Handed Dream".Many musicians are on it with Sakamoto, including Adrian Belew (yes, he of 80's King Crimson fame), and Robin Scott. Epic Records released it back in 1981.
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