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One of Germany's most renowned artists in the interdisciplinary field of media and audio art, Carsten Nicolai a.k.a. Alva Noto is part of an artist generation working intensively in the transitional area between art and science. As a visual artist Nicolai he is known for minimalistic sound and light installations, which he has been awarded the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica for in 2001. His music productions mostly appear on the label he co-runs with Olaf Bender (a.k.a. Byetone): Raster-Noton.
Chemnitz, Germany
Named Karl-Marx-Stadt in the times of the GDR, Chemnitz is a former centre of industry...
This artist is featured in Update #078:
Addison Groove, Barker & Baumecker, Monolake
Right in time for the weekend here's our selection of this month's highlight releases. And what a great month it has been with new albums by Addison Groove, Vince Watson, Monolake, Soap & Skin, Julia Holter, The Host, and Damon Albarn's Rocket Juice & The Moon more...
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00:42:23
19 March 2012
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Anne-James Chaton's approach of precision sliced and diced spoken word in 'Evenements 09' goes to the next level in this new collaboration. Carsten Nicolai as Alva Noto frames the spoken word with acute electronics and guitar fragments of Andy Moor in an eerie future-industrial style. Powerful and unique.
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01:02:47
17 October 2011
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This artist is featured in Update #073:
The Best Albums of 2011
As the old year draws to a close, we recap the finest musical moments of 2011. For this update we have selected our favourite full-lengths of the year, and we are making all of these indispensable albums available to you for a special price until January 15, more...
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This artist is featured in Update #071:
Martyn, Axel Boman, Sandwell District, Alva Noto
This October has provided us with an abundance of outstanding albums, and it's been harder than ever to pick our release of the month. In the end the accolades had to go to Martyn's brilliant 'Ghost People' full-length, which evolves his sound far beyond the more...
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01:06:16
26 January 2009
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This artist is featured in Update #066:
This Year's Best Albums For A Special Price
A hot and long summer finally at our doorstep, it is once again time to appreciate the best music of the year so far in our Summer Sale 2011! From Moebius to Moby, from the deepest electronic underground to chart-topping heights, 150 of our favourite albums more...
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00:56:46
10 May 2011
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by this river (Track 07 on this Album)
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naono (Track 08 on this Album)
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This artist is featured in Update #063:
Mark E, Vladislav Delay Quartet, Tiger & Woods
The past month of May provided us with a release schedule almost as erratic as the weather, but sticking to our monthly essentials should keep you on the safe side in terms of musical quality. Outstanding artist albums from Mark E, Dominik Eulberg and more...
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This artist is featured in Podcast #042:
The result is a surprisingly engaging and emotional hour of music, juxtaposing experimentalism and pop, noise and tranquillity. Highlights include the sublime 'pioneer IOO' from Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto's fantastic new album collaboration 'summvs', more...
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This artist is featured in Update #060:
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bruce Gilbert, Prefuse 73
Digital versus analogue is a recurring theme in this week's selection, which has an illustrious duo leading the way: German glitch pioneer Alva Noto and Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto have joined forces once again, and the resulting album is more...
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00:52:40
04 October 2010
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This artist is featured in Update #044:
Essential 2010 Albums Now On Sale
We wish you an amazing 2011! To start the celebrations we have compiled 200 of our favourite albums of 2010 for our biggest ever New Year Sale! From today on until January 16 all selected albums will be available for a special price - including many of the more...
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This artist is featured in Feature #126:
All-Star Remixes for Vladislav Delay and John Tejada
Ever since its inception in 1997 Californian label Phthalo has been a treasure chest for the discerning electronic music fetishist. Lovingly curated by Dimitri Fergadis, known as Phthalocyanine from his productions for Plug Research, Planet Mu, and A-Musik, more...
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This artist is featured in Update #037:
Apparat, John Roberts, Darkstar
Gems aplenty in this edition of our monthly newsletter, from Apparat's stunning DJ-KiCKS, to John Robert's excellent album debut for Dial, and Darkstar's likewise stunning first on Hyperdub. The Modeselektor boys release the extended vinyl edits of their more...
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Selected as Artist of week #40
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00:18:29
21 June 2010
4,95 €
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I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground (Track 05 on this Album)
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This artist is featured in Podcast #010:
For this week's podcast Richard Eigner supplies a moody trip through the sonic world of Ritornell. The mix starts out with Matthew Dear's 'Honey', off his brand-new 'Black City' album, and glides through pieces by Pantha Du Prince, Alva Noto, Vladislav Delay, more...
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01:11:58
25 May 2009
9,99 €
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