Alva Noto

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Real Name:
Carsten Nicolai
Profile:
Carsten Nicolai is a German artist and musician based in Berlin. For his musical outputs he uses the pseudonym Alva Noto. Born 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt he is part of an artist generation who works intensively in the transitional area between music, art and science. With a strong adherence to reductionism he leads his sound experiments into the field of electronic music creating his own code of signs, acoustics and visual symbols.

NOTON is a label founded in 1994 by Carsten Nicolai as a small imprint becoming active in 1996 with the release of noto “spin” record. In the same year the collaboration with RasterMusic begun and by 1999 the two labels merged into Raster-Noton. By 2017 NOTON starts working independently releasing all back catalogue of Alva Noto and currently planning future releases. Diverse musical projects include remarkable collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ryoji Ikeda (cyclo), Blixa Bargeld or Mika Vainio. Nicolai toured extensively as Alva Noto through Europe, Asia, South America and the US. Among others, he performed at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou in Paris and Tate Modern in London. Most recently Nicolai scored the music for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s newest film, 'The Revenant’ which has been nominated for a Golden Globe, BAFTA, Grammy and Critics Choice Award.

His musical œuvre echoes in his work as a visual artist. Carsten Nicolai seeks to overcome the separation of the sensory perceptions of man by making scientific phenomenons like sound and light frequencies perceivable for both eyes and ears. His installations have a minimalistic aesthetic that by its elegance and consistency is highly intriguing. After his participation in important international exhibitions like Documenta X and the 49th and 50th Venice Biennale, Nicolai’s works were shown worldwide in extensive solo and group exhibitions.
Sites:
noton.info, alvanoto.com, carstennicolai.de, Wikipedia, Twitter
Aliases:
Aleph-1, Carsten Nicolai, Noto
In Groups:
Alva Noto + Nilo, Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
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mp 82 Prototypes — Alva Noto Alva Noto Prototypes (Album) Mille Plateaux mp 82 Germany 2000 Sell This Version
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cdr 040 Opto Files — Alva Noto Alva Noto + Opiate Alva Noto + Opiate - Opto Files (MiniAlbum) Raster-Noton cdr 040 Germany 2001 Sell This Version
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mp 102 Transform — Alva Noto Alva Noto Transform (Album) Mille Plateaux mp 102 Germany 2001 Sell This Version
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none Mort Aux Vaches — Alva Noto Alva Noto / Signal / Byetone / Komet Alva Noto / Signal / Byetone / Komet - Mort Aux Vaches ‎(2xCD, Ltd, Num) Mort Aux Vaches none Netherlands 2002 Sell This Version
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LINE_026, 026 For — Alva Noto Alva Noto For (Album) Line, Line LINE_026, 026 US 2006 Sell This Version
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R-N 78 Xerrox Vol.1 — Alva Noto Alva Noto Xerrox Vol.1 (Album) Raster-Noton R-N 78 Germany 2007 Sell This Version
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r-n 095, r-n 95 Unitxt — Alva Noto Alva Noto Unitxt (Album) Raster-Noton, Raster-Noton r-n 095, r-n 95 Germany 2008 Sell This Version
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R-N 103 Xerrox Vol.2 — Alva Noto Alva Noto Xerrox Vol.2 (Album) Raster-Noton R-N 103 Germany 2009 Sell This Version
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LINE_044 For 2 — Alva Noto Alva Noto For 2 (Album) Line, Line LINE_044 US 2010 Sell This Version
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R-N 133 Univrs — Alva Noto Alva Noto Univrs (Album) Raster-Noton R-N 133 Germany 2011 Sell This Version
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R-N 135 Décade — Alva Noto Anne-James Chaton Avec Alva Noto Et Andy Moor (2) Anne-James Chaton Avec Alva Noto Et Andy Moor (2) - Décade (Album) Raster-Noton R-N 135 Germany 2012 Sell This Version
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R-N 159-2 Xerrox Vol.3 — Alva Noto Alva Noto Xerrox Vol.3 (Album) Raster-Noton R-N 159-2 Germany 2015 Sell This Version
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MLN1-36761 The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) — Alva Noto Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto & Bryce Dessner Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto & Bryce Dessner - The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album) Milan MLN1-36761 US 2016 Sell This Version
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N-043 Live 2002 — Alva Noto Mika Vainio + Ryoji Ikeda + Alva Noto Mika Vainio + Ryoji Ikeda + Alva Noto - Live 2002 (Album) Noton N-043 Germany 2018 Sell This Version
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N-045, N045, N 045 Unieqav — Alva Noto Alva Noto Unieqav (Album) Noton N-045, N045, N 045 Germany 2018 Sell This Version
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N-047 Alphabet — Alva Noto Alva Noto + Anne-James Chaton Alva Noto + Anne-James Chaton - Alphabet (Album) Noton N-047 Germany 2019 Sell This Version
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ML 141 Gaia125 — Alva Noto Kai Grehn / Alva Noto Kai Grehn / Alva Noto - Gaia125 ‎(LP, Blu + LP, S/Sided, Etch, Bro + Album, Ltd) Major Label (2) ML 141 Germany 2019 Sell This Version
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N-049-1 Xerrox Vol.4 — Alva Noto Alva Noto Xerrox Vol.4 (Album) Noton N-049-1 Germany 2020 Sell This Version
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N-056 HYbr:ID I — Alva Noto Alva Noto HYbr:ID I (Album) Noton N-056 Germany 2021 Sell This Version
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N-058 Kinder Der Sonne — Alva Noto Alva Noto Kinder Der Sonne (Album) Noton N-058 Germany 2023 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
vyr051 Transrapid — Alva Noto Alva Noto Transrapid ‎(12", Tra) Raster-Noton vyr051 Germany 2002 Sell This Version
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r-n 63 Transspray — Alva Noto Alva Noto Transspray (EP) Raster-Noton r-n 63 Germany 2004 Sell This Version
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r-n 61 Transrapid — Alva Noto Alva Noto Transrapid (EP) Raster-Noton r-n 61 Germany 2004 Sell This Version
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r-n 62 Transvision — Alva Noto Alva Noto Transvision (EP) Raster-Noton r-n 62 Germany 2004 Sell This Version
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EN/OF 029 Transit — Alva Noto Alva Noto Transit ‎(12", Ltd, Num) En/Of EN/OF 029 Germany 2005 Sell This Version

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dalakouras

dalakouras

May 11, 2017
Simply put, this is the state of the art, the sound of modern ambient electronica. I know of no other artist pushing the frontiers that far with each new release.
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AllyKarate

AllyKarate

October 24, 2004
edited over 19 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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