Sources – Grains (sweet paulownia wood)

The sources for artist quotes in this article are listed below:

Fused: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto interviewed, Dale Berning, The Quietus, 2011
Alva Noto reflects on his collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Anne-James Chaton, Inverted Audio, Andy Gillham, 2019
Viral Mutations: An interview with Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, mapsadaisical, 2011
Two and a Half Questions with Carsten Nicolai, headphonecommute.com, 2009
utp_ booklet accompanying cd/dvd release, 2008
Release announcement for A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto – To the Moon and Back, Milan Records, 2022
David Sylvian interview, Ryuichi Sakamoto memorial issue, ele-king, 2023
David Sylvian interview, Music Magazine, 2022
David Sylvian, X/twitter, 2022
The Perfume of Wealth micro-site, Yuka Fujii essay, 2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto Details ‘Gigantic’ Score to ‘Birdman’ Director’s ‘The Revenant’, Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 2015
Scoring The Revenant – An interview with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, Amar Ediriwira, thevinylfactory.com, 2016

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