This process was also reversed – Sakamoto initiating the track with a piano composition and Fennesz responding. Fennesz would send Sakamoto a guitar or electronic track and Sakamoto would compose his piano piece. They came together for the mix in New York City in February of that year. So now we have ‘Cendre’… Cendre was recorded between 20 in New York City by Ryuichi Sakamoto and in Vienna by Christian Fennesz.

Bill Meyer in Magnet (US) wrote: “Cross-generational encounters are never a sure thing, but this one strikes sparks” and Max Scaefer in Cyclic Defrost (USA): ” a moment of much beauty, not to mention anticipation for the promised full-length effort to come.” Tom Sekowski adds in Gaz-eta (USA): “We can only hope this astonishing collaboration will turn into something more tangible, more permanent.” Their first, ‘Sala Santa Cecilia’, was a 19 minute overture from their live performance in Rome in November 2004. This release features a duet between Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto – a continuing collaboration between two highly regarded composers.