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Alva Noto

Real Name:
Carsten Nicolai
Profile:
His work, as a plastican and a composer, is around the signal.
Sites:
alvanoto.com, carstennicolai.de
Aliases:
Aleph-1, Carsten Nicolai, Noto
Variations:
All | Alva Noto | Alva Noto Aka Carsten Nicolai | Alva.Noto
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Discography

Releases:
Prototypes (CD)   Mille Plateaux 2000
Opto Files ◄ (2 versions)   Raster-Noton 2001
Transform (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Mille Plateaux ... 2001
Uniform (CD)   SFMOMA 2001
Mort Aux Vaches (2xCD, Ltd)   Mort Aux Vaches 2002
Transrapid (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Raster-Noton 2002
Transit (Vinyl, Album, Ltd)   En/Of 2005
Transspray (Minimax, EP)   Raster-Noton 2005
Transvision (Minimax, EP)   Raster-Noton 2005
For (CD, Album, Ltd, Car)   Line 2006
Xerrox Vol.1 (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Raster-Noton 2007
Unitxt (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Raster-Noton 2008
Xerrox Vol.2 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Raster-Noton 2009
Remixes:
Possible (12", EP) 100301 (Re-Model) Vertical Form 2002
Retrial Error (2xCD) Sol [Alva Noto Rmx] Laton 2002
Moto.tronic (CD + DVD) Insensatez (Remodel By... Sony Classical 2003
Bricolages ◄ (2 versions) Undercooled (Alva Noto... Warner Music (Japan) ... 2006
Wetsound Orchestra (2xCD, Album) Wiesbaden (Already Hap... Poeta Negra 2006
Divenire (Special Edition) (2xCD, Album) Divenire (Alva Noto Re... Decca 2007
Innocence (Single, Maxi) ◄ (9 versions) Innocence (Alva Noto U... One Little Indian ... 2007
Kruimeldief (Machinefabriek Remixed) (2xCD, Ltd) Stofstuk (Alva Noto Re... Not On Label (Machinefabriek Self-released) 2007
Things Will Change (File, MP3) Things Will Change (Re... Not On Label (Modwheelmood Self-released) 2007
Plastic Star ◄ (2 versions) Plastic Star (Alva Not... Raster-Noton 2008
Voltaïc ◄ (8 versions) Innocence (Alva Noto U... One Little Indian ... 2009
Production:
Possible (12", EP) 100301 (Re-Model) Vertical Form 2002
Appears On:
The Forcelab Edition - Composure Mixed By Algorithm (CD)   Force Lab 2002
Vrioon (CD, Album, Dig)   Raster-Noton 2002
Chasm (LP, 180) Ngo / Bitmix Warner Music (Japan) 2004
Insen (CD, Album, Dig)   Raster-Noton 2005
utp_ (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Raster-Noton 2009
Tracks Appear On:
10 - Impakt 2000 (CD) Prototyp P Impakt 2000
Clicks_+_Cuts (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Prototype N. Mille Plateaux 2000
Famous Aspect (CD) Prototypes Mille Plateaux 2000
Raster-Noton. Oacis (CD, Album, Enh, Boo) Prototyp P Raster-Noton 2000
Clicks & Cuts 2 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Neue Stadt (Skizze 8) Mille Plateaux 2001
Collaborations (12") Deuterotype Force Lab 2001
Electric Ladyland Clickhop Version 1.0 ◄ (2 versions) M 06 Short Mille Plateaux 2001
Raster-Noton.(O)acis Box (4xMinimax, EP) Modul 4 Raster-Noton 2001
_Lounge Essenzen 02 (CD) Transform No. 7 Die Lounge 2001
Clicks & Cuts 3 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Transrapid Mille Plateaux 2002
Electrograph 02 - Athens Sound Media Festival 02 (CD, Mini, Comp) Obi_2.3 Antifrost 2002
Frequenzen [Hz] / Frequencies [Hz] (CD, Ltd) Y=1,6,18,54 Hatje Cantz 2002
Klangmaschine_Soundmachine (CD) Menschmaschine Ritornell 2002
While You Were Sleeping (CD, Album) Opto File 1 April Records 2002
Frequencies [Hz] (CD, Comp, Ltd) Obi 2 Min. Raster-Noton 2003
Prototype - Armaments And Armatures Against Electronic Music (CD) Prototype 10 Laton 2003
Soundcultures (CD, Mini) 60 sec Mille Plateaux 2003
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Third A-Chronology 1952-2004 (2xCD, Comp) Time…Dot (3) Sub Rosa 2004
On Peter Roehr (CD) Gulf Whatness 2004
SoundxVision 2004 (CD, Comp + DVD, Comp) m6re, m6re Gas As Interface 2004
The Hidden City - Sound Portraits From Göteborg (CD) Party Plasibenpius (Fo... Sub Rosa 2004
The Marcia Blaine School For Girls - School Disco Volume 2 (CDr, Mixed) Deuterotype Metal-On-Metal 2004
...It Just Is (In Memoriam: Jhonn Balance) (2xCD) Odradek Nocharizma, Fulldozer Records 2005
Born Again: Collected Remixes 1999-2005 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Deuterotype Leaf 2005
Burned Bridges And Lost Loves (2xCD, Comp) Television (For TV Pow... Bottrop-Boy 2005
En/Of 001-030 (3xCD) Counter En/Of 2005
Landscape 2 (2xCD) Re10 Shanshui 2005
Mission Too Noisy (CDr, Comp) Pulse (XXL) Avanto Recordings 2005
Re'Post'Postfabricated (2xCD) Post-Remo Defrag Sound Processing 2005
Line Promo (CD, Promo, Comp) Counter Line 2006
Trax#31 (CD, Enh) Pulse (XS Version) Trax (Magazine) 2006
Camera Lucida (DVD-V, PAL, Comp, Ltd) Sonolumi (For Camera L... Line 2007
Mind The Gap Volume 70 (CD, Comp) Haloid Xerrox Copy 3 (... Gonzo Circus 2007
Raster-Noton. Archiv 2 (CD, Comp) 10-06 Astoria, Haliod ... Raster-Noton, Rittor Music 2007
Rough Trade Shops - Counter Culture 06 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Ax Mr.L. V2 Records, Inc. 2007
Tribute To Iannis Xenakis (File, MP3, 320) 06.1 Quanta Random Musica Excentrica 2007
Aiff-tiff (CD, Comp) U_03, Xerrox Teion, Xe... Raster-Noton, Idea Magazine 2008
In Memoriam Andrey Tarkovsky (File, MP3, Comp, 320) Stalker Musica Excentrica 2008
Miscellaneous Sounds Part Two (CD, Comp, Dig) Haliod Xerrox Copy 2 (... Santarcangelo Dei Teatri 2008
RA.100 (File, MP3, Mixed, Pod) Haliod Xerrox Copy 1 Resident Advisor 2008
Recovery (Box, Ltd, Comp + 10x7") Planet Rock Fractured Recordings 2008
Sgustok Podcast 001 (File, MP3, Mixed) Trioon I Sgustok Music 2008
Sound Canvas | 1 (File, MP3, Comp) Garment Mikroton Digital 2008
Collectorama #1 - Electro (2xCD, Comp) Siisx Les Inrockuptibles 2009
Frame.Sync (CD, Comp) Univers 133.333 Raster-Noton 2009
Mind The Gap Volume 79 (CD, Comp) Xerrox Monnophaser Gonzo Circus 2009
RA.168 (File, MP3, Mixed, Pod) Xerrox Monophaser 2 Resident Advisor 2009
Rough Trade Shops - Counter Culture 08 (2xCD, Comp) U_08-1 Counter Culture Records 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Moto.tronic (CD, Comp, Unofficial) Insensatez (Remodel By... G. & P. Essential Music 2003
Mix#4 (File, MP3, Unofficial) M-06 Autres Directions In Music 2008
Moto.tronic (CD, Comp) Insensatez (Remodel By... Not On Label  
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Review by AllyKarate Oct 24, 2004 (edited over 5 years ago)
I saw Carsten Nicolai at Sonar this year and I think it was the most enjoyable set I saw (possibly a close second to Pan Sonic). He was playing in the MACBA building which is quite big and echoey which may have contributed to the immense sound he was making. Crackling, clicking, buzzing energy. There was almost, dare I say it, an element of funk. Just fantastic and I'd love to see him play again.
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