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Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto Take an Exquisite Journey on 'Glass'

Musical innovators Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto recorded Glass live, totally improvised and inspired by an extended moment spent within structure, art, and nature.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto's async sounds almost as good when it comes out the remix wringer as Async: Remodels.

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After a short hiatus from music, Ryuichi Sakamoto set himself up for quite the challenge in scoring The Revenant.

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Kangding Ray: Cory Arcane

Forget the minimal techno you have known so far, because Kangding Ray has managed to manipulate the very essence of the genre to combine the raw (the glitch) with the refined (the melody).

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Kangding Ray: Solens Arc

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Kangding Ray: Pruitt Igoe

A pristine laptop project about the rise and fall of a St. Louis housing project community.

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ANBB: Mimikry

ANBB= Alva Noto and Blixa Bargeld. It's a collaboration that could actually make sense, though it rarely finds the right chemistry.

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Alva Noto: Unitxt

Alva Noto often ignites our fear of omnipresent technology, largely accomplishing this by highlighting ways in which we’ve undermined the complexity of our chronic interface with machinery.

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Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto Take an Exquisite Journey on 'Glass'

Musical innovators Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto recorded Glass live, totally improvised and inspired by an extended moment spent within structure, art, and nature.

Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'Async: Remodels' Is One of Those Rare Remix Albums That Enhances the Original Recording

Ryuichi Sakamoto's async sounds almost as good when it comes out the remix wringer as Async: Remodels.

Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto: The Revenant

After a short hiatus from music, Ryuichi Sakamoto set himself up for quite the challenge in scoring The Revenant.

Kangding Ray: Cory Arcane

Forget the minimal techno you have known so far, because Kangding Ray has managed to manipulate the very essence of the genre to combine the raw (the glitch) with the refined (the melody).

Kangding Ray: Solens Arc

More human than human.

Björk: bastards

Can an album that is just a sample of a larger series of previously released Biophilia have much to add? Surprisingly, the answer is yes.

Kangding Ray: Pruitt Igoe

A pristine laptop project about the rise and fall of a St. Louis housing project community.

ANBB: Mimikry

ANBB= Alva Noto and Blixa Bargeld. It's a collaboration that could actually make sense, though it rarely finds the right chemistry.

Alva Noto: Unitxt

Alva Noto often ignites our fear of omnipresent technology, largely accomplishing this by highlighting ways in which we’ve undermined the complexity of our chronic interface with machinery.

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