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01. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Microon I
02. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Reverso
03. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Halo
04. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Microon II
05. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Pionier IOO
06. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ionoscan
07. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - By This River
08. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Naono
09. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Microon III
10. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - By This River - Phantom
11. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Monomom
12. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Kizuna
ARTIST
TITLE
Summvs (Remaster)
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
NOTON 055LP NOTON 055LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/28/2022

2024 restock; double LP version. Released for the first time in 2011, Summvs is the fifth and final installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's V.I.R.U.S. series. The title Summvs refers to the Latin word "summa" (sum) and "versus" (towards); it serves as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative result. The album features "Microon" compositions containing recordings of a 16th tone interval tuning piano -- Piano Metamorfoseador Carrillo en Dieciseisavos de Tono. The album also features two covers of the track "By This River," composed by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius in 1977. In the album's twelve compositions, Sakamoto's haunting piano arrangements coalesce with Carsten Nicolai's digital rhythms, creating a sonic aura as magnetic as it is meditative. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album's recordings are accompanied by two new compositions titled "Monomom" (released digitally in December 2021) and "Kizuna." Like "Monomom," "Kizuna" is the studio version of the homonymous composition recorded during Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's 2019 Australian tour and included in the album' TWO Live at Sydney Opera House (2019). The work "Kizuna" means "human bond" in Japanese and refers to the title of an animation piece by the Italian contemporary artist Valerio Berruti released in Japan in January 2011. Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai. Mastering by Bo at Calyx.