Anybody interested in electronica and ambient music would do well to book tickets next time their in town. The music veered slowly between digital starkness and impressionist warmth, but always in an extremely focussed and graceful way. But nothing quite topped watching the concentration, poise, and restraint with which Ryuichi Sakamoto played the piano at that peaceful, delicate dynamic for the length of the set. or even the recent chamber music albums of Ryuichi Sakamoto. (album) San Francisco Symphony (orchestra/ensemble) Duration: 15:45. From the outset, with its first and titular track (a piano trio), the sound is warm. The treat about seeing them live at Sónar was partly the visuals, which though appropriately discreet, added something to the already quite magical atmosphere the two musicians created on stage. Edvard Grieg (composer) Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.
There’s perhaps more ‘melody’, things aren’t quite so stripped down anymore, although some chasms of space still open now and then. 10 years on, their music has changed a bit - not so much the sounds, which still essentially consist of piano and electronics, but the interaction. There was something really absorbing about this disc, it seemed to create its own ambient minimal sound world, comprised of sparse single piano notes or clusters drenched in long, sustained reverb, and small clicks, whirrs, and glitch sounds. In February 2022, her debut album with chamber music works will be. Many years ago a friend introduced me to ‘Vrioon’, which was to be the first of 6 studio collaborations between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Carsten Nicolai (under the moniker ‘alva noto’). After an early, classical education in piano and violin, she spent a year at the.
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