On May 9th, 2011, Raster-Noton released Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s album "Summvs", the latest result of the unusual creative partnership between the Oscar-prize honored film composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and the fine artist and electronic music pioneer Carsten Nicolai. The name of the artists' fifth collaborative release refers to the Latin word ‘summa’ (engl. 'sum') and ‘versus’ (engl. 'towards'), serving as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative whole. "Summvs" is the last of a series of five releases that star… read more
On May 9th, 2011, Raster-Noton released Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s album "Summvs", the latest result of the unusual creative partners… read more
On May 9th, 2011, Raster-Noton released Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s album "Summvs", the latest result of the unusual creative partnership between the Oscar-prize honored f… 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