Utp (album) explained

Italic Title:	no
utp_
Type:	Album
Artist:	Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern
Cover:	Alva-noto-ryuichi-sakamoto-ensemble-modern-utp-cd-cover-art.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	September 17, 2008
Recorded:	November 16, 2007
Genre:	Electronic, avant-garde
Length:	03:04:58
Label:	Raster-Noton r-n 96-2
Producer:	Michael Hock
Prev Title:	Revep
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Summvs
Next Year:	2011

utp_ is the fourth collaboration between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Ensemble Modern is featured on the CD as well.^[1]

Reception

—Max Schaefer, The Squid's Ear^[2]

Track listing

1. "Attack" – 7:24
2. "Grains" – 6:24
3. "Particle 1" – 6:40
4. "Transition" – 3:31
5. "Broken Line 1" – 6:32
6. "Plateaux 1" – 8:07
7. "Silence" – 6:51
8. "Particle 2" – 7:00
9. "Broken Line 2" – 6:29
10. "Plateaux 2" – 12:59

Personnel

• Ryuichi Sakamoto – piano, electronics
• Alva Noto – electronics
• Aaron Baird – double bass
• Rainer Romer – percussion
• Rumi Ogawa – percussion
• Johannes Schwarz – bassoon, contrabassoon
• Eva Bocker – cello
• Michael M. Kasper – cello
• John Corbett – clarinet, bass clarinet
• Nina Jansen – clarinet, bass clarinet
• Detmar Wiesner – flute, piccolo
• Patrick Judt – viola
• Yuval Gotlibovich – viola

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto / Ensemble Modern – utp_. Discogs. discogs.com. 14 January 2016.
2. Web site: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern --- Utp. The Squid's Ear. squidsear.com. 19 January 2016.