Revep

{{Infobox album

| name = Revep

| type = ep

| artist = Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto

| cover = Revep -- album cover.jpg

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| released = 23 May 2006

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| genre = Electronic

| length = 19:50

| label = Raster-Noton r-n 72

| producer = Carsten Nicolai

| prev_title = Insen

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = utp_

| next_year = 2008

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rev-ep-mw0001165351|title = Revep - Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic}}}}

Revep is the third collaboration record between Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and German electronic artist Carsten Nicolai (here credited as Alva Noto).{{cite web|title=ALVA NOTO/RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: REVEP|url=http://www.juno.co.uk/products/alva-noto-ryuichi-sakamoto-revep/220430-01/|website=Juno Records|publisher=juno.co.uk|accessdate=19 January 2016}} This EP continues the series titled the Virus Series.{{cite web|last1=ÉLECTRONIQUES|first1=CHRONIQUES|title=Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto :: Summvs (Raster-Noton)|url=http://igloomag.com/reviews/alva-noto-ryuichi-sakamoto-summvs-raster-noton|website=Igloo Magazine|publisher=igloomag.com|accessdate=19 January 2016|date=19 July 2011}} The EP was released on 23 May 2006 via Raster-Noton label.{{cite web|title=Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto – Revep|url=http://www.discogs.com/Alva-Noto-Ryuichi-Sakamoto-Revep/release/684261|website=Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=19 January 2016}}

Overview

The compositions revolve around a collaborative new arrangement of Sakamoto's classic "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", the theme music to the 1983 movie Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence starring David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, and Ryuichi Sakamoto himself.{{cite web|title=ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Revep|url=http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/alva-noto-ryuichi-sakamoto-revep-cd/R.N.072CD.html|website=Forced Exposure|publisher=forcedexposure.com|accessdate=19 January 2016}}

Reception

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Turn the volume up loud enough while listening to opening track ‘Siisx’ and you’ll hear unmistakable white noise. A mistake or recording problem? Not likely, nothing is an accident with these two virtuosos. Clicks, taps, clacks and taps skitter across the soundscape as Ryuichi’s expertly knocks away at the ebony and ivory. Don’t be surprised if you feel your throat tighten and a frosty sensation spread through your anterior lobes. Music? Art? Whatever it is this is less about listening and more about feeling. ... This isn’t by any means an album to let loose and rock out to. In fact it is a refreshing change from all the electro sounds Tiefschwarz et al are dressing up as click, glitch and minimal. Play this at a party and you’ll be hung, drawn and quartered but turn it up at the next annual meeting of the chin strokers society and you’ll be hailed a hero. By all means listen to this CD numerous times but just be careful because there is a reason the album is only three songs long. Any more of this cleverly crafted masterpiece and you’d never want to waste your time with any of that other stuff posing as music.}}

—Nick Lawrence, Higher Frequency{{cite web|last1=Lawrence|first1=Nick|title=ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO / REVEP|url=http://higher-frequency.com/e_review/original/alva_noto/index.htm|website=Higher Frequency|publisher=higher-frequency.com|accessdate=19 January 2016}}