One of Germany's most renowned artists in the interdisciplinary field of media and audio art, Carsten Nicolai a.k.a. Alva Noto is part of an artist generation working intensively in the transitional area between art and science. As a visual artist Nicolai he is known for minimalistic sound and light installations, which he has been awarded the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica for in 2001. His music productions mostly appear on the label he co-runs with Olaf Bender (a.k.a. Byetone): Raster-Noton.
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This Album is featured in Update #073:
The Best Albums of 2011
As the old year draws to a close, we recap the finest musical moments of 2011. For this update we have selected our favourite full-lengths of the year, and we are making all of these indispensable albums available to you for a special price until January 15, more...
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This Album is featured in Update #066:
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by this river
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naono
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This Album is featured in Update #063:
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The past month of May provided us with a release schedule almost as erratic as the weather, but sticking to our monthly essentials should keep you on the safe side in terms of musical quality.
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Top 6 in Download Charts of Week #20
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This Album is featured in Podcast #042:
The result is a surprisingly engaging and emotional hour of music, juxtaposing experimentalism and pop, noise and tranquillity. Highlights include the sublime 'pioneer IOO' from Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto's fantastic new album collaboration 'summvs', more...
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Top 4 in Download Charts of Week #19
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This Album is featured in Update #060:
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bruce Gilbert, Prefuse 73
Digital versus analogue is a recurring theme in this week's selection, which has an illustrious duo leading the way: German glitch pioneer Alva Noto and Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto have joined forces once again, and the resulting album is more...
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The Editor, 2 years ago via zero-inch.com |
'Summvs' is the fifth collaboration album of Carsten Nicolai / Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and surely marks a highpoint in the two artists' extensive history of working together.
Comparing this to their first joint effort, 'Vrioon' from 2002, it becomes immediately apparent how much Nicolai and Sakamoto have attuned their methods of music making to each other's distinct styles.
Never before have Nicolai's digital glitch and micro-sampling techniques integrated as tightly with Sakaomoto's piano playing.
Not only in a rhythmical, but also in a harmonical sense, with hypnotic bleeps and finely tuned drones alternately enveloping and contrasting the album's piano parts. It is this interplay of the digital and organic that Nicolai and Sakamoto have perfected on 'Summvs', building a 'sum' from the 'versus' just as the title suggests.
The album's stand-out moment is perhaps its longest track, the magically emotive 'Naono', but also the sparse rhythmical finesse of 'Pioneer IOO', or Sakamoto's use of a rare microtonal piano on the 'Microon' pieces prove equally memorable.
Whether you have followed the works of Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto closely or you are in fact new to their music, 'Summvs' will strike you as a fantastic album bringing together digital and analogue music. Essential listening.
Comparing this to their first joint effort, 'Vrioon' from 2002, it becomes immediately apparent how much Nicolai and Sakamoto have attuned their methods of music making to each other's distinct styles.
Never before have Nicolai's digital glitch and micro-sampling techniques integrated as tightly with Sakaomoto's piano playing.
Not only in a rhythmical, but also in a harmonical sense, with hypnotic bleeps and finely tuned drones alternately enveloping and contrasting the album's piano parts. It is this interplay of the digital and organic that Nicolai and Sakamoto have perfected on 'Summvs', building a 'sum' from the 'versus' just as the title suggests.
The album's stand-out moment is perhaps its longest track, the magically emotive 'Naono', but also the sparse rhythmical finesse of 'Pioneer IOO', or Sakamoto's use of a rare microtonal piano on the 'Microon' pieces prove equally memorable.
Whether you have followed the works of Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto closely or you are in fact new to their music, 'Summvs' will strike you as a fantastic album bringing together digital and analogue music. Essential listening.
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