Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto was a real treat last night, and worked despite the apparent mis-match between Sakamoto's melodic piano and Noto's bass pulses and clicks. Somehow you're able to take the two in, accept each for what it is, and allow them to fuse into a surprisingly effective whole. Sakamoto kept the timing of the two parts deliberately separate, a chord falling just off-beat against Noto's dominant beats. The second encore was a slowly unfolding version of Forbidden Colours. Wonderful.

Took the Eurostar to Brussels and back today, taking 4 days'-worth of Volats test sheets with me. Walking through the crowded concourse of Waterloo this evening, Volats sheet in one hand, half the brain concentrating on not bumping into people, the other half fishing for the word なるほど..... The brain seems to work well this way, and it's a fine use of what would otherwise be lost time.