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Fennesz + Sakamoto is a collaboration between renowned artists Ryuichi Sakamoto and Christian Fennesz. Their partnership began in Rome during a laptop duet performance at the Auditorium Della Parco Musica for the Romaeuropa Festival on November 28, 2004. This 19-minute overture was recorded and later released as the Sala Santa Cecilia EP by Touch in 2005. From 2004 to 2006, they worked on their debut album, with Sakamoto in New York and Fennesz in Vienna. They exchanged guitar, piano, and electronic pieces, sharing notes and ideas to develop themes together. The two artists periodically met for live performances, eventually finalizing the album's mix in New York. For their second album, Flumina, Sakamoto composed 24 tracks while touring Japan, playing a unique piano piece in a different key at each show. Fennesz then processed and modified these recordings using synthesizers, guitar, and electronics, before they met again in New York to finalize the double album.

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