https://noton.info/product/n_003/ (cd)

https://codexedition.com/products/ultratronics (jp edition)

New 16-track album from Ryoji Ikeda comes out on December 2nd, released on Noton. Pretty excited for this :^)

First single "ultratronics 01" available at wherever's most convenient here: https://idol-io.link/ultratronics_01

His AV performance I saw in 2017 is still one of the best live shows I’ve seen. Looking forward to hearing this.

New Ryoji Ikeda is always an exciting prospect!

The bass here is insane

Sounds lovely!

This sounds great, havent listened to him in a while

Excellent, very much looking forward to a Ryoji Ikeda Christmas album. 

The artwork reminds me of the Commodore 64

  On 10/7/2022 at 8:06 PM, someguy said:

 

 

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“This time we included number 5!”

Just listening to the single for the first time - don't know how I missed this thread.

Really makes me want to go out and buy about 15 subs with an amp to match.

The voice reminds me of UT1-dot

In the meantime I do recommend checking out his Superposition album from last year, which seems to have been fairly overlooked. It's probably one of my favorite albums of his; has a good blend of all of his styles, including some inspiration from minimalism (and a track from Supercodex for some reason).

data.matrix a one hit wonder? 

 

  On 10/20/2022 at 11:08 PM, someguy said:

a track from Supercodex for some reason

Wasn't the Supercodex CD released as part of the Superposition project?

  On 10/21/2022 at 1:36 PM, chenGOD said:

Wasn't the Supercodex CD released as part of the Superposition project?

According to his website, yeah, and really early on in the Superposition project too. Which explains why a variation of Supercodex 19 appears at the very end of Superposition performance and CD then.

New single, "ultratronics 15" now available wherever's most convenient here: https://idol-io.link/ultratronics15

It's pretty good. Haven't had much new ambient Ikeda like this in years.

You can also get a shirt with the album name on it for some reason.https://codexedition.com/products/ultratronics_t-shirt

Forum's rolled back so I may as well shill the album again now that it's out: It's good and probably is best since (or even better than) Dataplex. Like I think this is his most playful work, lol.

Listening now and so far, so good.

some downright goofy bits in this album tho

Fuk my brain was not ready for this at all.. It is like injecting AI straight into the brain 

I better go back to Autechre and other melodic pop bands 

Great shit as always from him. Maybe his best release since dataplex 

Wow, I never listened to him much but did not expect to find such an industrial banger in track 07.

Performance of Ultrasonics at the Barbican on Wed 8 Nov 2023. 

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/ryoji-ikeda-presents-ultratronics

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Renowned visual and sound artist Ryoji Ikeda performs the UK live debut of Ultratronics – a unique audiovisual concert based on his latest album, ultratronics released in 2022.
 

Featuring audio material recorded between 1989 and 1999 and compositions created between 2013 and 2022, ultratronics explores sound’s arithmetical and computational essence and renders them into the propulsive auditory experience that constitutes Ikeda’s sound signature. 

Taking the shape of an audiovisual concert, this special live performance of ultratronics uses raw data and mathematical models to generate music and projections. What at first sounds like a battle of digital noise, blips and bass drones, gradually engages the listener with elements of techno and dance music. The use of stark visuals adds textures to percussion, making it difficult to distinguish between the senses. Ikeda creates a union between visual and auditory dimensions, revealing the arithmetical and computational essence of sound.

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Went to Barbican show last night. It's been a minute since I've seen/heard him live. The sound was great, the bass and the kicks, Ooff. Glad I took my earplugs with me. 

Visuals were impressive, intense, but impressive. 

ultratronics 09 felt like Pan Sonic, it really slapped. Excellent gig, one of the highlights this year.

He's bringing ultratonics in Brussels on may 5th.

https://www.bozar.be/en/calendar/ryoji-ikeda-ultratronics-live-set