Vrioon
{{Infobox album
| name = Vrioon
| type = studio album
| artist = Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto
| cover = Vrioon.jpg
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| released = December 2002
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| genre = Electronic, minimalism
| length = 54:39
| label = Raster-Noton r-n050-2
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| next_title = Insen
| next_year = 2005
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Vrioon is the debut collaboration album between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, released in 2002.{{cite web|title=Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto – Vrioon|url=http://www.discogs.com/Alva-Noto-Ryuichi-Sakamoto-Vrioon/master/9557|website=Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|access-date=18 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: VRIOON|url=http://www.raster-noton.net/detail/index/sArticle/151|website=Raster-Noton|publisher=raster-noton.net|access-date=18 January 2016}} This is the first album in the Virus Series followed by four other records: Insen (2005), Revep (2006), utp_ (2008), and Summvs (2011).{{cite web|last1=JARNES|first1=MARK|title=Best of 2011: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto "Summvs"|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2011/12/29/music/cd-reviews/best-of-2011-alva-noto-ryuichi-sakamoto-summvs/#.Vpyjuvl4aJA|website=The Japan Times|date=29 December 2011|publisher=japantimes.co.jp|access-date=18 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO ---- VIRUS COLLECTOR'S BOX|url=http://www.raster-noton.net/shop/virus-collector-s-box|website=Raster-Noton|publisher=raster-noton.net|access-date=21 January 2016}} The initial letters of the five albums together form the word "Virus".{{cite web|title=Summvs // Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto // Raster Noton|url=http://www.kompakt.fm/releases/summvs|website=Kompakt.fm|publisher=kompakt.fm|access-date=21 January 2016}}
Overview
A minimalist album, it is characterized by an unusual experimental sound driven by piano and distorted, clipped samples (a sound which Sakamoto and Noto would also experiment with in Insen in 2005). The album was elected among the first 50 albums of 2003 by magazine The Wire.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/435/|title = 2003 Rewind - the Wire}} It was also named album of the year in 2004 by The Wire magazine.
Reception
{{quote|Vrioon places the same sort of minimalism in a very different context. You almost had to tune out Transform to enjoy it, it so filled with absence, but with Sakamoto's piano underlying the circuitry, Vrioon could conceivably be said to have a presence. The romantic Sakamoto dwells heavily on his feelings, soaking the music in melodrama wherever possible, and rarely alters the predominant tone of mumpish solemnity. Thus noto's electronics take on a new purpose, adding enterprise to otherwise inward-looking compositions. Symbiosis in action.}}
—Ben Tausig, Dusted Magazine{{cite web|last1=Tausig|first1=Ben|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1215|website=Dusted Magazine|title=Dusted Reviews|publisher=dustedmagazine.com|access-date=18 January 2016|date=January 15, 2004}}
Track listing
- "Uoon I" 13:51
- "Uoon II" 9:40
- "Duoon" 5:46
- "Noon" 10:13
- "Trioon I" 5:09
- "Trioon II" 9:57
Personnel
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano
- Alva Noto – electronics
- Carsten Nicolai – Additional Sounds
References
External links
- [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1215 Dusted Magazine review by Ben Tausig]
- [http://www.textura.org/archives/a/alvanotosakamotovrioon.htm Review by Textura]
- [http://www.squidsear.com/cgi-bin/news/newsView.cgi?newsID=1188 Review by Squid's Ear]
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Category:2002 collaborative albums