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Sad news. I love his work with Alva Noto, the blend of experimental piano with raw electronic sounds and glitches is really something special: https://spotify.l
by tomduncalf 4y ago
Sad news. I love his work with Alva Noto, the blend of experimental piano with raw electronic sounds and glitches is really something special: https://spotify.link/2LzLYmBKFyb https://spotify.link/2LzLYmBKFyb.
I was lucky enough to see them play together a couple of times and it was spellbinding. His album “async” is a favourite too. I’ll have to dig more into his back catalogue.
- cloudripper 4y agoSame. I'm a big fan. I caught their performance once in Hong Kong many years ago. Very captivating. Good reminder to celebrate a life well lived by rediscovering his beautiful artwork.
- Lapsa 4y agooooooh... mentioning Alva Noto did the trick for me and I remembered who the guy is. contemplated a lot regarding to what folks around those lands mean by a negative space. brilliant music
- tomduncalf 4y agoI saw a Sakamoto quote along the lines of negative space on Twitter, not sure of the source or context exactly but I liked it. — After the concert, we started talking, and he complained that I played much slower than the original songs or pieces. He asked, "Why?" That made me think, "Why do I want to play much slower than before?" Because I wanted to hear the resonance. want to have less notes and more spaces. Spaces, not silence. Space is resonant, is still ringing. I want to enjoy that resonance, to hear it growing, then the next sound, and the next note or harmony can come. That's exactly what I want
- ok_computer 4y agoAlva Noto + Sakamoto Insen is one of my favorite ambient albums. I have the insen & utp_ dvds. I’d have loved to see those concerts live. Async was solid. He was next level in writing and producing. Sakamoto’s music will be missed. He was one of the greats. Logic moon: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BTaAs8OdvX4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BTaAs8OdvX4 Solari: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Okyb-2jLo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Okyb-2jLo & some moog ad where his off the cuff work sounds huge and both discordant and melodic simultaneously. He’s a legend. https://youtu.be/wdhzVFZlKsM?t=886 https://youtu.be/wdhzVFZlKsM?t=886 Rip Edit: last one Monomom from Two where they played in Sydney https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEyh-Y42Dc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEyh-Y42Dc