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Utp (album)
''utp_'' is the fourth collaboration between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries. Hi ... is featured on the CD as well. Reception —Max Schaefer, The Squid's Ear Track listing # "Attack" – 7:24 # "Grains" – 6:24 # "Particle 1" – 6:40 # "Transition" – 3:31 # "Broken Line 1" – 6:32 # "Plateaux 1" – 8:07 # "Silence" – 6:51 # "Particle 2" – 7:00 # "Broken Line 2" – 6:29 # "Plateaux 2" – 12:59 Personnel * Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano, electronics * Alva Noto – electronics * Aaron Baird – double bass * Rainer Romer – percussion * Rumi Ogawa – percussion * Johannes Schwarz – bassoon, contrabassoon * Eva Bocker – cello * Michael M. Kasper – cello * John Corbett – clarinet, bass clarinet * Nina Ja ...
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Ensemble Modern
Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries. History Ensemble Modern was founded in 1980 by members of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. From the beginning, the ensemble chose to organize itself democratically. There is no artistic director or chief conductor; instead, all projects, productions and financial matters are decided and supported by the musicians directly. Currently, the ensemble combines 19 soloists from different backgrounds: Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Since 1985, Ensemble Modern has been based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. They offer a subscription series at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, host regular opera productions in cooperation with the Oper Frankfurt. Since 1993, the Opera has held the "Happy New Ear ...
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Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at  revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ...
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Alva Noto
Carsten Nicolai (18 September 1965), also known as Alva Noto, is a German musician and visual artist. He is a member of the music groups Diamond Version with Olaf Bender (Byetone), Signal with Frank Bretschneider and Olaf Bender, Cyclo with Ryoji Ikeda, ANBB with Blixa Bargeld, ALPHABET with Anne-James Chaton, Opto with Thomas Knak, and Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with whom he composed the score for the 2015 film '' The Revenant''. Life and career Carsten Nicolai was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) of Saxony, GDR in 1965. He studied architecture and landscape design before pursuing art. In 1994 he founded the label NOTON, following which a collaboration with RasterMusic began and by 1999 the two labels had merged into Raster-Noton, which operated until 2017. Returning to the labels origin in 2017, Nicolai runs NOTON separately. In 2009 Nicolai wrote the opera '' Sparkie: Cage and Beyond'' in collaboration with Michael Nyman. Nicolai performed and created insta ...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres. Sakamoto began his career while at university in the 1970s as a session musician, producer, and arranger. His first major success came in 1978 as co-founder of YMO. He concurrently pursued a solo career, releasing the experimental electronic fusion album '' Thousand Knives'' in 1978. Two years later, he released the album ''B-2 Unit''. It included the track "Riot in Lagos", which was significant in the development of electro and hip hop music. He went on to produce more solo records, and collaborate with many international artists, David Sylvian, Carsten Nicolai, Youssou N'Dour, and Fennesz among them. Sakamoto composed music for the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona O ...
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Raster-Noton
Raster-Noton was a German electronic music record label. It was established in 1999 in Chemnitz, Germany. It emerged from the fusion of Rastermusik, founded by Olaf Bender and Frank Bretschneider in 1996, and Noton (''Archiv für Ton und Nichtton''), a sub label that was run by Carsten Nicolai. In 2017, the label split into two entities: Raster, to be run by Bender, and Noton, focusing on Nicolai's output. "raster-noton. archiv für ton und nichtton" is meant to be a platform — a network covering the overlapping border areas of pop, art, and science. It realizes music projects, publications, and installation works. A common idea behind all releases is an experimental approach — an amalgamation of sound, art, and design, which is apparent in the music and visible from the artwork and cover design. The collective label's aesthetic focuses on rhythmic, minimal electronic music alternating between playful pop and introspection. Artists Catalogue 20' to 2000 ''20' to 2 ...
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Revep
''Revep'' is the third collaboration record between Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and German electronic artist Carsten Nicolai (here credited as Alva Noto). This EP continues the series titled the ''Virus Series''. The EP was released on 23 May 2006 via Raster-Noton label. Overview The compositions revolve around a collaborative new arrangement of Sakamoto's classic "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (instrumental), Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", the theme music to the 1983 movie ''Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'' starring David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, and Ryuichi Sakamoto himself. Reception —Nick Lawrence, Higher Frequency Track listing Notes: "Ax Mr.L." refers to a track that was composed by Mr. Sakamoto in 1983 for the movie ''Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence''. Personnel *Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano, songwriter *Carsten Nicolai – producer, additional sounds *Alva Noto – songwriter See also *''Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (instrumental)'' *Ryuichi Sakamoto discography Ref ...
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