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Vrioon

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Released
  
December 2002

Vrioon(2002)
  
Insen(2005)

Label
  
Length
  
54:39

Release date
  
December 2002

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Artists
  
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto

Genres
  
Electronic music, Lowercase

Similar
  
Alva Noto albums, Electronic music albums

Alva noto ryuichi sakamoto vrioon


Vrioon is the debut collaboration album between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, released in 2002. This is the first album in the Virus Series followed by four other records: Insen (2005), Revep (2006), utp_ (2008), and Summvs (2011). The initial letters of the five albums together form the word "Virus".

Contents

Alva noto ryuichi sakamoto trioon i album vrioon 2002


Overview

A minimalist album, it is characterized by an unusual experimental sound driven by piano and distorted, clipped samples (a sound which Sakamoto and Noto would also experiment with in Insen in 2005). The album was elected among the first 50 albums of 2003 by magazine The Wire. It was also named album of the year in 2004 by The Wire magazine.

Track listing

  1. "Uoon I" 13:51
  2. "Uoon II" 9:40
  3. "Duoon" 5:46
  4. "Noon" 10:13
  5. "Trioon I" 5:09
  6. "Trioon II" 9:57

Personnel

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano
  • Alva Noto – electronics
  • Carsten Nicolai – Additional Sounds
  • Review

    Vrioon places the same sort of minimalism in a very different context. You almost had to tune out Transform to enjoy it, it so filled with absence, but with Sakamoto's piano underlying the circuitry, Vrioon could conceivably be said to have a presence. The romantic Sakamoto dwells heavily on his feelings, soaking the music in melodrama wherever possible, and rarely alters the predominant tone of mumpish solemnity. Thus noto's electronics take on a new purpose, adding enterprise to otherwise inward-looking compositions. Symbiosis in action.

    β€”Ben Tausig, Dusted Magazine

    Songs

    1Uoon IAlva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto13:51
    2Uoon IIAlva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto9:41
    3DuoonAlva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto5:47

    References

    Vrioon Wikipedia


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