Konzerte/Mitschnitte

Di 01.10.09 - Mo 30.11.09

part 1: alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto with ensemble modern

utp_

01. attack/ transition / 07:24
02. grains / 06:24
03. particle 1 / 06:40
04. transition / 03:32
05. broken line 1 / 05:28
06. plateaux 1 / 08:07
07. silence / 06:51
08. particle 2 / 07:00
09. broken line 2 / 06:29
10. plateux 2/end / 03:01

part 2: alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto

vrioon

11. Uoon I / 13:51
12. Uoon II / 9:40
13. Duoon / 5:47
14. Noon / 10:13
15. Trioon I / 5:09

utp
on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the city of mannheim alva noto (carsten nicolai) and ryuichi sakamoto were invited to develop an audio-visual performance together with ensemble modern. the concept of the arising piece named utp_ is derived from the rasterized structure of mannheim (build as an ideal city in the 17th century) and also paying reference to the musical history of the city.
the result of the collaboration like the former projects of alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto - vrioon (2002, r-n 50), insen (2005, r-n 65) and revep (2005, r-n 72) - is a synergetic mixture of electronic and natural sounds, that is expanded by the potential of the classical instruments of ensemble modern. utp_, the title of the new composition is deduced from the term utopia and hence describes an approach that leaves space for further extensive associations.

vrioon
during his first live tour in japan carsten nicolai met ryuichi sakamoto in tokyo. a year after it happened that he was asked to remix material from sakamoto for the japanese magazine code unfinished.
"… the material that was given to me was already layered with digital effects. from one little clean piano piece i made the first track. those simple piano chords i combined with a clear rhythm constellation. … somehow ryuichi was very surprised and really liked my work. weeks later he sent me another specially for this project recorded track." (alva noto)
this was the beginning of an almost 2 year process of music exchange and creation. vrioon is very relaxing, it opens rooms, landscapes blur before listeners eyes. static rhythmic pieces circle round and vary one and the same theme that, with its impressionistic sphere, reminds of soundtracks and ambient compositions.
in this cooperation 2 different generations meet and share the idea of electronic music as an inspiration source for new musical structures.

To find out more about Ryuichi Sakamoto go to:
www.sitesakamoto.com

To find out more about Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) go to:
www.rasternoton.net

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