Through their four collaborative projects to date, the German experimental artist Carsten Nicolai, operating under his Alva Noto pseudonym, and the Japanese pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto, have explored the space between the acoustic and the electronic, and between music and noise. In doing so, they have not just invented a language, but continued to refine its grammar and syntax. After their last release _utp saw them expanding their tonal palette, by working with Frankfurt’s Ensemble Modern, they have pared the sound back to its basic elements for their new piece S. In advance of its premiere at London’s Roundhouse on 12 May as part of a showcase for Nicolai’s Raster-Noton label, I spoke to them about how their working relationship had changed over the years, and how that working relationship had changed them. Read the interview over at The Liminal.
3 comments
April 15, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Carsten Nicolai « Short Circuit
[...] Read the full interview on mapsadasical here [...]
April 27, 2011 at 2:54 am
walterwsmith3rd
I really love their work together. I am a digital artist creating layered collages. I find that the micro tonal sound, glitch and intricate patterns associate well with my art.
August 2, 2011 at 6:33 am
spiros koufos
KEEP ON CREATING…