Initially released in 2002, Vrioon is the debut collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the first installment of V.I.R.U.S.’s five albums series.
Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album’s record- ings are accompanied by a new composition titled ‘Landscape Skizze’, originally recorded in 2005 for ‘Matador I. Oriente’ by La Fábrica.
The seven recordings alternate palettes of piano chords, electronic tones and exquisitely quivering timbres. The feeling of expanse is palpable in the album’s clear rhythmic constellation as each piece reverberates alongside ample tenses, a dreamlike wash of sounds, and distant strings. Held stat- ic and absorbed by the pair’s interplay of microtonal shifts, Vrioon takes the listener through digital dust and vortices of weightless harmonics to resolve a rarified vibrancy in the closing piece. It is a record of refined reductionism, invoking reflective yet ephemeral structures, inundated by a timeless sense of contemplation.
In 2004, the record was named ‘Album of the year’ by the Wire Magazine.
在最初发行20年后，阿尔瓦-诺托和坂本龙一的极简主义杰作于2022年5月27日在NOTON回归。最初于2002年发行的《Vrioon》是阿尔瓦-诺托和坂本龙一的首张合作专辑，也是V.I.R.U.S.的五张专辑系列的第一部作品。在2021年与Calyx工作室合作进行了重制，专辑中的记录伴随着一个名为 “Landscape Skizze “的新作品，该作品最初于2005年为La Fábrica的 “Matador I. Oriente “录制。
这七张唱片交替使用了钢琴和弦、电子音和精致颤动的音色的调色板。广阔的感觉在专辑清晰的节奏星座中是可以感觉到的，因为每首曲子都与充足的时态、梦幻般的声音洗涤和遥远的弦乐一起回荡着。Vrioon带着听众穿过数字尘埃和失重谐波的漩涡，在最后的作品中解决了一种稀有的活力。这是一张精致的还原主义的唱片，唤起了反思而短暂的结构，被一种永恒的沉思感所淹没。
2004年，这张唱片被《电线》杂志评为 “年度最佳专辑”。
