Vrioon is the debut collaboration album between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, released in 2002.

[1][2] This is the first album in the Virus Series followed by four other records: Insen (2005), Revep (2006), utp_ (2008), and Summvs (2011).

You almost had to tune out Transform to enjoy it, it so filled with absence, but with Sakamoto's piano underlying the circuitry, Vrioon could conceivably be said to have a presence.

The romantic Sakamoto dwells heavily on his feelings, soaking the music in melodrama wherever possible, and rarely alters the predominant tone of mumpish solemnity.

Thus noto's electronics take on a new purpose, adding enterprise to otherwise inward-looking compositions.