![]() What he has done with Nikolai was to turn this house into an instrument. One of Sakamoto's features is the use of found sounds which, as seen from his portrait documentary Coda, he records sounds in every possible situation, whether on streets of cities, locations in the countryside which he then manipulates and morphs into his own compositions. The duo was invited to perform as part of visual maverick artist Yayoi Kusama's installation that occurred at the house as a celebration of 110th anniversary of Johnson's birth. The music on Glass was recorded at architect Philip Johnson's Glass House, which due to its simplicity and perfect proportions is considered as one of the modern-day architectural marvels. Over the course of 15 years they created music that not only defined the word collaboration, as it yielded music that neither of them had created before, but it also defined, enriched and expanded the ambient music genre. Then came the collaboration on the soundtrack for film director Alejandro Gonzales Inarittu's film Revenant that even further deepened this fruitful collaboration. One of those longstanding collaborations is with Alva Noto that resulted in several albums together as part of the "Virus" series. During his illustrious career, Sakamoto has been fortunate to be surrounded by kindred musical spirits and that has yielded wonderful and profound music. Whether solo or in collaboration, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto's music often finds himself pursuing a balance between composition and improvisation, nature and technology. ![]() ![]() It is characterized by uncompromising experimentalism that has been honed, sharpened and developed to an atomically precise fine point. 16 years since their debut joint effort "Vrioon" now arrives a seventh joint release that braces new music that looks forward to further exploratory musical landscapes and moods. ![]() Glass is the latest collaboration between composer Sakamoto and the German electronic artist Carsten Nicolai who best known under the moniker Alva Noto. It's very difficult to position an album that breaks all its precedents through an approach that blends a live performance and improvisation. It's a rare occasion these days when a certain album manages to shake quietly the foundation of what music is and what it can be. ![]()
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