Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto 12 Conversations

• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 1
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 2
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 3
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 4
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 5
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 6
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 7
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 8
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 9 (Pt. I)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 9 (Pt. II)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 9 (Pt. III)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 9 (Pt. IV)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 9 (Pt. V)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 10
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 11
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – Conversation 12

• 1. Conversation 1
• 2. Conversation 2
• 3. Conversation 3
• 4. Conversation 4
• 5. Conversation 5
• 6. Conversation 6
• 7. Conversation 7
• 8. Conversation 8
• 9. Conversation 9 (Pt. I)
• 10. Conversation 9 (Pt. II)
• 11. Conversation 9 (Pt. III)
• 12. Conversation 9 (Pt. IV)
• 13. Conversation 9 (Pt. V)
• 14. Conversation 10
• 15. Conversation 11
• 16. Conversation 12

The sessions for Ryuichi Sakamoto's last recorded solo statement, 12, also gave rise to this less-well-known but flooring project, 12 Conversations. Made up of tape recordings exchanged and reworked in dialogic exchange between the leading YMO light and minimalist light Alva Noto of Xerox fame, it was hardly considered releasable between them at first, until Noto eventually saw it fit to transcend the category of passion project. Fitting well into Carsten Nicolai's treatment of songs as studies suited to a theme, as opposed to isolable pop ideas, it carries over his Vrioon-era vocabulary; sustained piano; precise electronic detail; flicking clicks and pops evoking the sound of airborne current coupling.