Anyone listen to Alva.Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto?


A friend just gave me the album Vrioon by Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto. I'm only listening to it on my headphones and all I can say is WOW. This is some wild stuff with really compelling sonics. I'm sort of at a failure to describe it. Very dischordant and minimalist piano overlayed/interwoven with all sorts of digital feedback (Sakamoto is a pretty pioneering electronic composer) Anyone else able to do this a little better justice with the (digital) pen?
mimberman

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Wish I'd seen this earlier...I'm amazed by all of the Sakamoto/Noto cds: Vrioon, Summvs, Insen, Revep. Acoustic piano, glitch, combinations thereof, with a touch of dub. Previously unheard sounds that make perfect sense.

Recorded immaculately, like most of that German stuff (Raster-Noton, Basic Channel, Kompakt).

You might want to try some Sakamoto with Christopher Willits (Ocean Fire, Ancient Futures). Also, Taylor Deupree, Stephan Mathieu. Deupree has also done collabs with Willits, and Mathieu, among others. 12k label, here in US. And of course, Fennesz. A lot of great stuff out there these days that you might call electronica, or ambient, or something. Good listening.
Can't believe I forgot to mention Kangding Ray and Byetone. I particularly like the new Byetone, and his earlier cd, Death Of A Typographer.

Vladislav Delay, Senking, yes...I'll also throw in Thomas Koner. I love his "chilly" cds, like Daikan. And Biokinetics, his cd as Porter Ricks (with one of the founders of Basic Channel), has been remastered and rereleased, finally.

Would people like Lawrence English and Christopher Bissonette also be names that folks have heard? How about zoviet france and Rapoon? Oldies but goodies.

I'll have to check out the Pan stuff, and the Lichtenberger. Like I said, I think it's a great time for this sort of...thing.
Thanks for recommendations! I'll check both of those out.

In the "weird name, great sounds" vein: Nicholas Szczepanik's "Please Stop Loving Me". Ambient/drone; very warm. One review described it as "hangar-sized". It's not his first work, but he's also very young.