My Rating: 3.3/5
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‘Summvs’ is already the 5th album from the collaboration of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto since ‘Vrioon’ in 2002 and it’s also heard this is the final one of their collaboration……I have been buying only one of their previous albums…....forgot the title, probably ‘Insen’ and also watched their live performance in Hong Kong City Hall years ago as well as their Insen Live DVD…......Initial feeling of this collaboration is very good, but their music of following album to album is just so similar (might be I’m not really fan of ambient/glitch stuff and not also their target audience!) with those abstract moody (you may say avant-garde!) piano play of Ryuichi Sakamoto plus those groovy minimal micro electronic glitch/noise sound from Alva Noto plus those atomic-geometry inspired graphic show on stage and plus very consistent less-is-more minimal cover art design…….
After repeat listening of ‘Summvs’, the above mentioned feeling is still the same...…they just keep playing same stuff over last 10 years…...sometimes I will ask why this collaboration still lasts with such no changes no breakthrough!!........In ‘Summvs’, I even feel this latest release is also a bit not really up to the par of the previous ones…....Ryuichi Sakamoto’s beautiful abstract piano is still there (but not too memorable), but Alva Noto’s electronic glitch stuff seems to be even more low profile and unimpressive……..those groovy micro electronic rhythm and glitch noise is just almost disappeared and make ‘Summvs’ like a Ryuichi Sakamoto album with supporting guest artist of Alva Noto rather than a collaboration…….sometimes, things have to come to the end if sparks are gone!!!
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