op. by Ryoji Ikeda [Touch Releases]
You can read a lengthy review in Pitchfork by Andy Beta here - https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4070-op/
Tracklist
| 1. | op. 1 [for 9 strings] l | 2:20 |
| 2. | op. 1 [for 9 strings] ll | 4:34 |
| 3. | op. 1 [for 9 strings] lll | 4:46 |
| 4. | op. 1 [for 9 strings] lV | 3:22 |
| 5. | op. 2 [for string quartet] | 15:22 |
| 6. | op. 3 [for string quartet] | op. 1 [prototype] | 6:57 |
| 7. | op. 1 [prototype] 1 | 2:18 |
| 8. | op. 1 [prototype] ll | 4:39 |
| 9. | op. 1 [prototype] lll | 3:59 |
| 10. | op. 1 [prototype] IV | 3:30 |
Credits
released December 24, 2002
Design: CCI_minitron.
Thanks to: Gerard, Monique, Jean-Paul, Jérôme, Kinami, New National Theatre, Tokyo, all instrumentalists, Emma.
op1. was originally commissioned by "experience de vol #3"
No electronic sounds used
Design: CCI_minitron.
Thanks to: Gerard, Monique, Jean-Paul, Jérôme, Kinami, New National Theatre, Tokyo, all instrumentalists, Emma.
op1. was originally commissioned by "experience de vol #3"
No electronic sounds used
License
All rights reserved.
Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the essential characteristics of sound itself and that of visuals as light by means of both mathematical precision and mathematical aesthetics. Ikeda has gained a reputation as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media.