1
Alva Noto - Xerrox Topia
2
Alva Noto - Xerrox Sans Nom I
3
Alva Noto - Xerrox Sans Nom II
4
Alva Noto - Xerrox Ascent I
5
Alva Noto - Xerrox Ascent II
6
Alva Noto - Xerrox Sans Repit
7
Alva Noto - Xerrox Nausicaa
8
Alva Noto - Xerrox Xenonym
9
Alva Noto - Xerrox Ada
10
Alva Noto - Xerrox Arc
11
Alva Noto - Xerrox Kryogen
12
Alva Noto - Xerrox Isotope
CD
Tracklist:
01. Xerrox Topia
02. Xerrox Sans Nom I
03. Xerrox Sans Nom II
04. Xerrox Ascent I
05. Xerrox Ascent II
06. Xerrox Sans Repit
07. Xerrox Nausicaa
08. Xerrox Xenonym
09. Xerrox Ada
10. Xerrox Arc
11. Xerrox Kryogen
12. Xerrox Isotope
NOTON is pleased to announce the release of Xerrox Vol. 5, the final installment of Alva Noto’s Xerrox series.
For anyone who has been following the series since its inception in 2007, the concept of Xerrox no longer requires introduction. Originally, it aimed to create copies of images—both visual and acoustic—that are more memorable than the originals. The exploration of the relationship between the original and the copy, along with the invention of the copier, not only inspired the series name but also informed its underlying concept. In 2024, this series comes to an end, marking the culmination of a journey that began with the first recording in 2005/2006. Over nearly two decades, the five albums in this series have accompanied the artist's evolving perspective and conceptual approach.
Initially characterized by rawness and a conceptual focus on seeking resolution in white noise, the later works engage with themes of dissolution while shifting their emphasis toward acoustic particles. The copying process is now less visible through software manipulation; rather, it unfolds as the artist describes melodic and acoustic images that are then manipulated, copied, and transformed into new patterns during composition.
Nicolai describes this evolution as a journey encompassing buildup, exploration, and resolution, drawing parallels to the Odyssey and the stories of Jules Verne, particularly those featuring Captain Nemo.
The conclusion of this album holds a sense of finality for the artist. “I aimed to create a whole cycle of tracks that frame both the beginning and the end,” Nicolai explains. “The motif of the journey continues, but this time, the story reaches a dissolution through a conceptual object that embarks on its own journey into infinity. The word “dissolution” (“Auflösung” in German) is a wonderful concept. On one hand, you can solve a riddle, on the other hand, a pill can completely dissolve in water. Here, I am deliberately describing the process of dissolution.”
In crafting Volume 5, Nicolai has evolved his compositional process, eschewing samples in favor of original melodies. “This album probably took the longest to complete,” he reveals. “I first created melodic sketches, which became the foundation for the pieces. These recordings are created entirely from scratch. Based on these sketches, I constructed the process of copying, manipulating, and reshaping.”
Drawing from his recent experiences working with film and larger ensembles, Nicolai's approach to composition reflects a growing influence of classical instrumentation. “This experience of working with acoustic classical instruments has flowed into the compositional process for Xerrox Vol. 5. Certain instruments are designed with potential orchestral translation in mind.”
The sonic atmosphere of Xerrox Vol. 5 is one of profound dissolution. “I wasn’t initially interested in strong, emotional melodic aspects,” Nicolai shares, “but I realized that the fragment plays a central role.” This shift leads to an emotionally charged experience, imbued with melancholy and the bittersweet essence of farewell. The passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto, an admirer of the series, has further deepened the album’s emotional resonance.
“Xerrox Vol. 5 has a lot to do with farewell,” the artist explains. "Not only the farewell to the series itself, which I’ve nurtured for almost two decades, but also there have been many farewells to people who were close to me. I believe these people are recognizable in the music. It’s a very emotional, personal album.”
Listeners can expect a visual dimension to the music, though Nicolai intentionally leaves this open to interpretation. “I prefer to allow the music to evoke personal experiences and images rather than dictate a specific narrative,” he states. The result is a layered listening experience that invites tenderness and introspection.
Xerrox Vol. 5 will be released as a limited edition vinyl, digitally, and on CD by NOTON on November 29, 2024.
Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai & Nibo.
Mastering by Bo at Calyx.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Tracklist:
01. Xerrox Topia
02. Xerrox Sans Nom I
03. Xerrox Sans Nom II
04. Xerrox Ascent I
05. Xerrox Ascent II
06. Xerrox Sans Repit
07. Xerrox Nausicaa
08. Xerrox Xenonym
09. Xerrox Ada
10. Xerrox Arc
11. Xerrox Kryogen
12. Xerrox Isotope
NOTON is pleased to announce the release of Xerrox Vol. 5, the final installment of Alva Noto’s Xerrox series.
For anyone who has been following the series since its inception in 2007, the concept of Xerrox no longer requires introduction. Originally, it aimed to create copies of images—both visual and acoustic—that are more memorable than the originals. The exploration of the relationship between the original and the copy, along with the invention of the copier, not only inspired the series name but also informed its underlying concept. In 2024, this series comes to an end, marking the culmination of a journey that began with the first recording in 2005/2006. Over nearly two decades, the five albums in this series have accompanied the artist's evolving perspective and conceptual approach.
Initially characterized by rawness and a conceptual focus on seeking resolution in white noise, the later works engage with themes of dissolution while shifting their emphasis toward acoustic particles. The copying process is now less visible through software manipulation; rather, it unfolds as the artist describes melodic and acoustic images that are then manipulated, copied, and transformed into new patterns during composition.
Nicolai describes this evolution as a journey encompassing buildup, exploration, and resolution, drawing parallels to the Odyssey and the stories of Jules Verne, particularly those featuring Captain Nemo.
The conclusion of this album holds a sense of finality for the artist. “I aimed to create a whole cycle of tracks that frame both the beginning and the end,” Nicolai explains. “The motif of the journey continues, but this time, the story reaches a dissolution through a conceptual object that embarks on its own journey into infinity. The word “dissolution” (“Auflösung” in German) is a wonderful concept. On one hand, you can solve a riddle, on the other hand, a pill can completely dissolve in water. Here, I am deliberately describing the process of dissolution.”
In crafting Volume 5, Nicolai has evolved his compositional process, eschewing samples in favor of original melodies. “This album probably took the longest to complete,” he reveals. “I first created melodic sketches, which became the foundation for the pieces. These recordings are created entirely from scratch. Based on these sketches, I constructed the process of copying, manipulating, and reshaping.”
Drawing from his recent experiences working with film and larger ensembles, Nicolai's approach to composition reflects a growing influence of classical instrumentation. “This experience of working with acoustic classical instruments has flowed into the compositional process for Xerrox Vol. 5. Certain instruments are designed with potential orchestral translation in mind.”
The sonic atmosphere of Xerrox Vol. 5 is one of profound dissolution. “I wasn’t initially interested in strong, emotional melodic aspects,” Nicolai shares, “but I realized that the fragment plays a central role.” This shift leads to an emotionally charged experience, imbued with melancholy and the bittersweet essence of farewell. The passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto, an admirer of the series, has further deepened the album’s emotional resonance.
“Xerrox Vol. 5 has a lot to do with farewell,” the artist explains. "Not only the farewell to the series itself, which I’ve nurtured for almost two decades, but also there have been many farewells to people who were close to me. I believe these people are recognizable in the music. It’s a very emotional, personal album.”
Listeners can expect a visual dimension to the music, though Nicolai intentionally leaves this open to interpretation. “I prefer to allow the music to evoke personal experiences and images rather than dictate a specific narrative,” he states. The result is a layered listening experience that invites tenderness and introspection.
Xerrox Vol. 5 will be released as a limited edition vinyl, digitally, and on CD by NOTON on November 29, 2024.
Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai & Nibo.
Mastering by Bo at Calyx.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
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- Scratch-resistant matte lamination + spot UV gloss details
- Includes an insert booklet (multiple panels/pages) presented in a cover sleeve with a satin ribbon detail ((This site pictures a selection of examples).
Alva Noto - Wave Weave – Sono Obi is the original soundtrack by Alva Noto, composed for a film by Carsten Nicolai.
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At its core, the work explores the translation of sound into textile form: sonograms of musical compositions serve as the basis for woven structures, connecting acoustic frequency patterns with traditional weaving techniques.
Alongside the original soundtrack, the release includes an alternative soundtrack version and a photographic documentation featuring sonograms, soundtrack visualizations, and film stills.
Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Sono Obi Wave Weave
Playtime: 00:22:00
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600001
(P): 2026 NOTON
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: B // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Sono Obi Landscape
Playtime: 00:06:10
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600002
(P): 2026 NOTON
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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- Premium gatefold sleeve with die-cut window and special finishing
- Scratch-resistant matte lamination + spot UV gloss details
- Includes an insert booklet (multiple panels/pages) presented in a cover sleeve with a satin ribbon detail ((This site pictures a selection of examples).
Alva Noto - Wave Weave – Sono Obi is the original soundtrack by Alva Noto, composed for a film by Carsten Nicolai.
- The project emerged from a collaboration with an 12th-generation kimono textile manufacturer in Kyoto, Japan.
At its core, the work explores the translation of sound into textile form: sonograms of musical compositions serve as the basis for woven structures, connecting acoustic frequency patterns with traditional weaving techniques.
Alongside the original soundtrack, the release includes an alternative soundtrack version and a photographic documentation featuring sonograms, soundtrack visualizations, and film stills.
Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Sono Obi Wave Weave
Playtime: 00:22:00
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600001
(P): 2026 NOTON
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: B // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Sono Obi Landscape
Playtime: 00:06:10
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62600002
(P): 2026 NOTON
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Design by Carsten Nicolai.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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NOTON - Xerrox 'reMASTER' CD Slipcase
Limited Edition CDs slipcase The slipcase can accommodate the 5 CDs of Xerrox Vol.1-5 (reMASTER).
Design by Carsten Nicolai.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
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Design by Carsten Nicolai.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
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DOES NOT INCLUDE the Vinyl´s themselves that need to be purchased separately!
NOTON - Xerrox 'reMASTER' Vinyl Slipcase
Limited Edition Vinyl slipcase celebrating Xerrox (reMaster). The slipcase can accommodate the 5 LPs Xerrox Vol.1-5 (reMASTER) LPs.
Design by Carsten Nicolai.
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Xerrox Vol.2 (CD)
Xerrox Vol.3 (CD)
Xerrox Vol.4 (CD)
Xerrox Vol.5 (CD)
housed in 1 Design Slipcase
NOTON releases limited edition CD box set of Alva Noto's Xerrox series.
Pioneering in his approach to digital sound and its materiality, Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) began his ongoing exploration of sampling, degradation and recontextualisation with the Xerrox series in 2007. Over the years, the project has evolved into one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary electronic music, situated between minimalism, experimental sound art and digital abstraction.
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Remastered in collaboration with Bo Kondren of Calyx Mastering, the Xerrox recordings of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 are made available alongside Volumes 4 and 5 on vinyl and CD under the title 'reMASTER', presented in a beautifully designed box featuring original artwork by Carsten Nicolai.
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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housed in 1 Design Slipcase
NOTON releases limited edition CD box set of Alva Noto's Xerrox series.
Pioneering in his approach to digital sound and its materiality, Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) began his ongoing exploration of sampling, degradation and recontextualisation with the Xerrox series in 2007. Over the years, the project has evolved into one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary electronic music, situated between minimalism, experimental sound art and digital abstraction.
Across five albums, Xerrox Vol.1 (2007), Xerrox Vol.2 (2009), Xerrox Vol.3 (2015), Xerrox Vol.4 (2020), and Xerrox Vol.5 (2024), Nicolai's method evolves from sample-based work toward original composition as he deconstructs and reassembles source material into precise, sculpted sound worlds that are at once minimal and emotive.
Remastered in collaboration with Bo Kondren of Calyx Mastering, the Xerrox recordings of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 are made available alongside Volumes 4 and 5 on vinyl and CD under the title 'reMASTER', presented in a beautifully designed box featuring original artwork by Carsten Nicolai.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Xerrox Vol. 1 is the third studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It was released in 2007 as part of the ongoing Xerrox pentalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
Using the process of copying as a basis, the Xerrox series deals with the manipulation of data through endless reproduction. Due to the inherent fallacy of making copies from other copies, everyday sounds become so altered that they are hardly associated with their source material. As a result, entirely new sounds are created: copies of originals become originals themselves.
Together with Christoph Brünggel, Nicolai designed a "sample transformer" that takes audio fragments and manipulates them beyond recognition. In this process of taking something familiar and defamiliarizing it, samples from obvious sources-advertising jingles, airport tones, telephone hold music, and film soundtracks-were used and altered, resulting in sounds totally unlike their original source. The result is a series of haunting, intricately realised pieces that recontextualise Nicolai's "glitches and bass" sound into extended, cinematic, organic, and almost orchestral works.
Xerrox Vol. 1 was followed by Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009), Xerrox Vol. 3 (2015), Xerrox Vol. 4 (2020), Xerrox Vol. 5 (2024). This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 10-22-38 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:19
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500001
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 4
Playtime: 00:03:53
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500002
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:38
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500003
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris)
Playtime: 00:11:17
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500004
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria 2
Playtime: 00:00:36
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500005
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 2 (Airfrance)
Playtime: 00:05:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500006
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 6
Playtime: 00:06:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500007
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 05-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500008
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 11
Playtime: 00:03:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500009
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 1
Playtime: 00:09:16
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500010
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 02-10-06 Astoria 1
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500011
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 12
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 111
Playtime: 00:07:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500012
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 13
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 09-10-19 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:18
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500013
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 14
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 9
Playtime: 00:11:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500014
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Xerrox Vol. 1 is the third studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It was released in 2007 as part of the ongoing Xerrox pentalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
Using the process of copying as a basis, the Xerrox series deals with the manipulation of data through endless reproduction. Due to the inherent fallacy of making copies from other copies, everyday sounds become so altered that they are hardly associated with their source material. As a result, entirely new sounds are created: copies of originals become originals themselves.
Together with Christoph Brünggel, Nicolai designed a "sample transformer" that takes audio fragments and manipulates them beyond recognition. In this process of taking something familiar and defamiliarizing it, samples from obvious sources-advertising jingles, airport tones, telephone hold music, and film soundtracks-were used and altered, resulting in sounds totally unlike their original source. The result is a series of haunting, intricately realised pieces that recontextualise Nicolai's "glitches and bass" sound into extended, cinematic, organic, and almost orchestral works.
Xerrox Vol. 1 was followed by Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009), Xerrox Vol. 3 (2015), Xerrox Vol. 4 (2020), Xerrox Vol. 5 (2024). This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 10-22-38 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:19
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500001
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 4
Playtime: 00:03:53
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500002
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:38
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500003
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris)
Playtime: 00:11:17
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500004
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria 2
Playtime: 00:00:36
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500005
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 2 (Airfrance)
Playtime: 00:05:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500006
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 6
Playtime: 00:06:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500007
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 05-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500008
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 11
Playtime: 00:03:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500009
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 1
Playtime: 00:09:16
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500010
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 02-10-06 Astoria 1
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500011
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 12
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 111
Playtime: 00:07:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500012
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 13
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 09-10-19 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:18
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500013
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 14
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 9
Playtime: 00:11:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500014
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
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Alva Noto - 10-22-38 Astoria
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Alva Noto - Haloid Xerrox Copy 4
3
Alva Noto - 03-10-06 Astoria
4
Alva Noto - Haloid Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris)
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Alva Noto - 03-10-06 Astoria 2
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Alva Noto - Haloid Xerrox Copy 2 (Airfrance)
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Alva Noto - Haloid Xerrox Copy 6
8
Alva Noto - 05-10-06 Astoria
9
Alva Noto - Haloid Xerrox Copy 11
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Alva Noto - Haloid Xerrox Copy 1
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Alva Noto - 02-10-06 Astoria 1
12
Alva Noto - Haloid Xerrox Copy 111
13
Alva Noto - 09-10-19 Astoria
14
Alva Noto - Haloid Xerrox Copy 9
CD
Xerrox Vol. 1 is the third studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It was released in 2007 as part of the ongoing Xerrox pentalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
Using the process of copying as a basis, the Xerrox series deals with the manipulation of data through endless reproduction. Due to the inherent fallacy of making copies from other copies, everyday sounds become so altered that they are hardly associated with their source material. As a result, entirely new sounds are created: copies of originals become originals themselves.
Together with Christoph Brünggel, Nicolai designed a "sample transformer" that takes audio fragments and manipulates them beyond recognition. In this process of taking something familiar and defamiliarizing it, samples from obvious sources-advertising jingles, airport tones, telephone hold music, and film soundtracks-were used and altered, resulting in sounds totally unlike their original source. The result is a series of haunting, intricately realised pieces that recontextualise Nicolai's "glitches and bass" sound into extended, cinematic, organic, and almost orchestral works.
Xerrox Vol. 1 was followed by Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009), Xerrox Vol. 3 (2015), Xerrox Vol. 4 (2020), Xerrox Vol. 5 (2024). This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
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Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 10-22-38 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:19
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500001
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 4
Playtime: 00:03:53
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500002
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:38
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500003
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris)
Playtime: 00:11:17
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500004
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria 2
Playtime: 00:00:36
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500005
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 2 (Airfrance)
Playtime: 00:05:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500006
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 6
Playtime: 00:06:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500007
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 05-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500008
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 11
Playtime: 00:03:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500009
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 1
Playtime: 00:09:16
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500010
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 02-10-06 Astoria 1
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500011
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 12
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 111
Playtime: 00:07:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500012
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 13
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 09-10-19 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:18
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500013
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 14
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 9
Playtime: 00:11:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500014
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Xerrox Vol. 1 is the third studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It was released in 2007 as part of the ongoing Xerrox pentalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
Using the process of copying as a basis, the Xerrox series deals with the manipulation of data through endless reproduction. Due to the inherent fallacy of making copies from other copies, everyday sounds become so altered that they are hardly associated with their source material. As a result, entirely new sounds are created: copies of originals become originals themselves.
Together with Christoph Brünggel, Nicolai designed a "sample transformer" that takes audio fragments and manipulates them beyond recognition. In this process of taking something familiar and defamiliarizing it, samples from obvious sources-advertising jingles, airport tones, telephone hold music, and film soundtracks-were used and altered, resulting in sounds totally unlike their original source. The result is a series of haunting, intricately realised pieces that recontextualise Nicolai's "glitches and bass" sound into extended, cinematic, organic, and almost orchestral works.
Xerrox Vol. 1 was followed by Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009), Xerrox Vol. 3 (2015), Xerrox Vol. 4 (2020), Xerrox Vol. 5 (2024). This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
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Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 10-22-38 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:19
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500001
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 4
Playtime: 00:03:53
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500002
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:38
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500003
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris)
Playtime: 00:11:17
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500004
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria 2
Playtime: 00:00:36
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500005
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 2 (Airfrance)
Playtime: 00:05:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500006
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 6
Playtime: 00:06:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500007
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 05-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500008
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 11
Playtime: 00:03:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500009
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 1
Playtime: 00:09:16
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500010
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 02-10-06 Astoria 1
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500011
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 12
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 111
Playtime: 00:07:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500012
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 13
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 09-10-19 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:18
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500013
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 14
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 9
Playtime: 00:11:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500014
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
1
Alva Noto - Xerrox Phaser Acat 1
2
Alva Noto - Xerrox Rin
3
Alva Noto - Xerrox Soma
4
Alva Noto - Xerrox Meta Phaser
5
Alva Noto - Xerrox Sora 1
6
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 1
7
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 2
8
Alva Noto - Xerrox Teion
9
Alva Noto - Xerrox Teion Acat
10
Alva Noto - Xerrox Tek Part 1
11
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 3
CD
Xerrox Vol. 2 is the sixth studio album, released in 2009 by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It is the second installment of the Xerrox penthalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
As with the first Xerrox album, the starting point is a set of samples culled from external sources. This time, snippets and recordings from Sunn O))) collaborator Stephen O'Malley and composer Michael Nyman are featured, as is an excerpt from the 2004 Insen tour with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
While Alva Noto's oeuvre is predominantly affiliated with pristine sound design, the Xerrox series holds more intimate gestures and emotional sensibility. This volume moves further from the conceptualism and orderliness of prior musical outputs, ranging from heart-warming elegies to mind-bending sci-fi projections in extrasolar territories.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Phaser Acat 1
Playtime: 00:12:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500015
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Rin
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500016
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Soma
Playtime: 00:07:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500017
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Meta Phaser
Playtime: 00:06:23
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500018
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Sora 1
Playtime: 00:06:54
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500019
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 1
Playtime: 00:08:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500020
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 2
Playtime: 00:05:31
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500021
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion
Playtime: 00:02:03
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500022
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion Acat
Playtime: 00:05:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500023
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Tek Part 1
Playtime: 00:05:27
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500024
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 3
Playtime: 00:06:14
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500025
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Xerrox Vol. 2 is the sixth studio album, released in 2009 by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It is the second installment of the Xerrox penthalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
As with the first Xerrox album, the starting point is a set of samples culled from external sources. This time, snippets and recordings from Sunn O))) collaborator Stephen O'Malley and composer Michael Nyman are featured, as is an excerpt from the 2004 Insen tour with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
While Alva Noto's oeuvre is predominantly affiliated with pristine sound design, the Xerrox series holds more intimate gestures and emotional sensibility. This volume moves further from the conceptualism and orderliness of prior musical outputs, ranging from heart-warming elegies to mind-bending sci-fi projections in extrasolar territories.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Phaser Acat 1
Playtime: 00:12:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500015
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Rin
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500016
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Soma
Playtime: 00:07:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500017
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Meta Phaser
Playtime: 00:06:23
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500018
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Sora 1
Playtime: 00:06:54
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500019
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 1
Playtime: 00:08:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500020
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 2
Playtime: 00:05:31
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500021
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion
Playtime: 00:02:03
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500022
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion Acat
Playtime: 00:05:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500023
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Tek Part 1
Playtime: 00:05:27
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500024
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 3
Playtime: 00:06:14
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500025
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
1
Alva Noto - Xerrox Phaser Acat 1
2
Alva Noto - Xerrox Rin
3
Alva Noto - Xerrox Soma
4
Alva Noto - Xerrox Meta Phaser
5
Alva Noto - Xerrox Sora 1
6
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 1
7
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 2
8
Alva Noto - Xerrox Teion
9
Alva Noto - Xerrox Teion Acat
10
Alva Noto - Xerrox Tek Part 1
11
Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 3
2LP
Xerrox Vol. 2 is the sixth studio album, released in 2009 by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It is the second installment of the Xerrox penthalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
As with the first Xerrox album, the starting point is a set of samples culled from external sources. This time, snippets and recordings from Sunn O))) collaborator Stephen O'Malley and composer Michael Nyman are featured, as is an excerpt from the 2004 Insen tour with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
While Alva Noto's oeuvre is predominantly affiliated with pristine sound design, the Xerrox series holds more intimate gestures and emotional sensibility. This volume moves further from the conceptualism and orderliness of prior musical outputs, ranging from heart-warming elegies to mind-bending sci-fi projections in extrasolar territories.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Phaser Acat 1
Playtime: 00:12:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500015
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Rin
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500016
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Soma
Playtime: 00:07:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500017
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Meta Phaser
Playtime: 00:06:23
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500018
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Sora 1
Playtime: 00:06:54
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500019
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 1
Playtime: 00:08:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500020
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 2
Playtime: 00:05:31
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500021
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion
Playtime: 00:02:03
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500022
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion Acat
Playtime: 00:05:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500023
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Tek Part 1
Playtime: 00:05:27
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500024
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 3
Playtime: 00:06:14
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500025
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Xerrox Vol. 2 is the sixth studio album, released in 2009 by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It is the second installment of the Xerrox penthalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
As with the first Xerrox album, the starting point is a set of samples culled from external sources. This time, snippets and recordings from Sunn O))) collaborator Stephen O'Malley and composer Michael Nyman are featured, as is an excerpt from the 2004 Insen tour with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
While Alva Noto's oeuvre is predominantly affiliated with pristine sound design, the Xerrox series holds more intimate gestures and emotional sensibility. This volume moves further from the conceptualism and orderliness of prior musical outputs, ranging from heart-warming elegies to mind-bending sci-fi projections in extrasolar territories.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Phaser Acat 1
Playtime: 00:12:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500015
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Rin
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500016
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Soma
Playtime: 00:07:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500017
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Meta Phaser
Playtime: 00:06:23
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500018
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Sora 1
Playtime: 00:06:54
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500019
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 1
Playtime: 00:08:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500020
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 2
Playtime: 00:05:31
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500021
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion
Playtime: 00:02:03
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500022
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion Acat
Playtime: 00:05:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500023
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Tek Part 1
Playtime: 00:05:27
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500024
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 3
Playtime: 00:06:14
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500025
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
1
Alva Noto - Xerrox Atmosphere
2
Alva Noto - Xerrox Helm Transphaser
3
Alva Noto - Xerrox 2ndevol
4
Alva Noto - Xerrox Radieuse
5
Alva Noto - Xerrox 2ndevol2nd
6
Alva Noto - Xerrox Isola
7
Alva Noto - Xerrox Solphaer
8
Alva Noto - Xerrox Mesosphere
9
Alva Noto - Xerrox Spark
10
Alva Noto - Xerrox Spiegel
11
Alva Noto - Xerrox Exosphere
2LP
Xerrox Vol. 3 is the eighth solo studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto, released in 2015 as part of the ongoing Xerrox penthalogy, which began with Xerrox Vol. 1 (2007) and Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009).
Inspired by formative influences such as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Solaris, La Isla Misteriosa y el Capitán Nemo by Juan Antonio Bardem, and Henri Colpi, Carsten Nicolai exchanges austerity for cinematographic lushness in the remarkably widescreen third volume of his Xerrox series.
In line with the series' focus on "using the process of copying as a basis," the eleven compositions of this volume can be heard as copies of memories, exploring emotional data patterns that are reflected as melodic vectors and noise.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Atmosphere
Playtime: 00:01:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500026
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Helm Transphaser
Playtime: 00:06:45
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500027
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol
Playtime: 00:03:44
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500028
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Radieuse
Playtime: 00:06:00
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500029
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol2nd
Playtime: 00:05:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500030
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Isola
Playtime: 00:08:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500031
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Verrox Solphaer
Playtime: 00:06:08
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500032
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Mesosphere
Playtime: 00:05:55
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500033
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spark
Playtime: 00:06:10
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500034
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spiegel
Playtime: 00:03:32
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500035
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Exosphere
Playtime: 00:03:47
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500036
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Xerrox Vol. 3 is the eighth solo studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto, released in 2015 as part of the ongoing Xerrox penthalogy, which began with Xerrox Vol. 1 (2007) and Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009).
Inspired by formative influences such as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Solaris, La Isla Misteriosa y el Capitán Nemo by Juan Antonio Bardem, and Henri Colpi, Carsten Nicolai exchanges austerity for cinematographic lushness in the remarkably widescreen third volume of his Xerrox series.
In line with the series' focus on "using the process of copying as a basis," the eleven compositions of this volume can be heard as copies of memories, exploring emotional data patterns that are reflected as melodic vectors and noise.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Atmosphere
Playtime: 00:01:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500026
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Helm Transphaser
Playtime: 00:06:45
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500027
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol
Playtime: 00:03:44
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500028
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Radieuse
Playtime: 00:06:00
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500029
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol2nd
Playtime: 00:05:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500030
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Isola
Playtime: 00:08:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500031
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Verrox Solphaer
Playtime: 00:06:08
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500032
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Mesosphere
Playtime: 00:05:55
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500033
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spark
Playtime: 00:06:10
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500034
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spiegel
Playtime: 00:03:32
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500035
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Exosphere
Playtime: 00:03:47
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500036
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
1
Alva Noto - Xerrox Atmosphere
2
Alva Noto - Xerrox Helm Transphaser
3
Alva Noto - Xerrox 2ndevol
4
Alva Noto - Xerrox Radieuse
5
Alva Noto - Xerrox 2ndevol2nd
6
Alva Noto - Xerrox Isola
7
Alva Noto - Verrox Solphaer
8
Alva Noto - Xerrox Mesosphere
9
Alva Noto - Xerrox Spark
10
Alva Noto - Xerrox Spiegel
11
Alva Noto - Xerrox Exosphere
CD
Xerrox Vol. 3 is the eighth solo studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto, released in 2015 as part of the ongoing Xerrox penthalogy, which began with Xerrox Vol. 1 (2007) and Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009).
Inspired by formative influences such as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Solaris, La Isla Misteriosa y el Capitán Nemo by Juan Antonio Bardem, and Henri Colpi, Carsten Nicolai exchanges austerity for cinematographic lushness in the remarkably widescreen third volume of his Xerrox series.
In line with the series' focus on "using the process of copying as a basis," the eleven compositions of this volume can be heard as copies of memories, exploring emotional data patterns that are reflected as melodic vectors and noise.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Atmosphere
Playtime: 00:01:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500026
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Helm Transphaser
Playtime: 00:06:45
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500027
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol
Playtime: 00:03:44
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500028
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Radieuse
Playtime: 00:06:00
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500029
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol2nd
Playtime: 00:05:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500030
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Isola
Playtime: 00:08:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500031
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Verrox Solphaer
Playtime: 00:06:08
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500032
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Mesosphere
Playtime: 00:05:55
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500033
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spark
Playtime: 00:06:10
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500034
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spiegel
Playtime: 00:03:32
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500035
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Exosphere
Playtime: 00:03:47
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500036
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Xerrox Vol. 3 is the eighth solo studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto, released in 2015 as part of the ongoing Xerrox penthalogy, which began with Xerrox Vol. 1 (2007) and Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009).
Inspired by formative influences such as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Solaris, La Isla Misteriosa y el Capitán Nemo by Juan Antonio Bardem, and Henri Colpi, Carsten Nicolai exchanges austerity for cinematographic lushness in the remarkably widescreen third volume of his Xerrox series.
In line with the series' focus on "using the process of copying as a basis," the eleven compositions of this volume can be heard as copies of memories, exploring emotional data patterns that are reflected as melodic vectors and noise.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Atmosphere
Playtime: 00:01:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500026
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Helm Transphaser
Playtime: 00:06:45
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500027
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol
Playtime: 00:03:44
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500028
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Radieuse
Playtime: 00:06:00
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500029
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol2nd
Playtime: 00:05:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500030
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Isola
Playtime: 00:08:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500031
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Verrox Solphaer
Playtime: 00:06:08
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500032
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Mesosphere
Playtime: 00:05:55
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500033
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spark
Playtime: 00:06:10
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500034
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spiegel
Playtime: 00:03:32
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500035
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Medium: 1 // Side: // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Exosphere
Playtime: 00:03:47
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500036
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
---------------------------------------------------------
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-060-2
Release-Date:10.04.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:Vinyl Bundle Excl
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-060-2
Release-Date:10.04.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:Vinyl Bundle Excl
Xerrox vinyl box set includes:
Xerrox Vol.1 (2 × vinyl)
Xerrox Vol.2 (2 × vinyl)
Xerrox Vol.3 (2 × vinyl)
Xerrox Vol.4 (2 × vinyl)
Xerrox Vol.5 (2 × vinyl)
NOTON releases limited edition vinyl and CD box set of Alva Noto's Xerrox series.
Pioneering in his approach to digital sound and its materiality, Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) began his ongoing exploration of sampling, degradation and recontextualisation with the Xerrox series in 2007. Over the years, the project has evolved into one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary electronic music, situated between minimalism, experimental sound art and digital abstraction.
Across five albums, Xerrox Vol.1 (2007), Xerrox Vol.2 (2009), Xerrox Vol.3 (2015), Xerrox Vol.4 (2020), and Xerrox Vol.5 (2024), Nicolai's method evolves from sample-based work toward original composition as he deconstructs and reassembles source material into precise, sculpted sound worlds that are at once minimal and emotive.
Remastered in collaboration with Bo Kondren of Calyx Mastering, the Xerrox recordings of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 are made available alongside Volumes 4 and 5 on vinyl and CD under the title 'reMASTER', presented in a beautifully designed box featuring original artwork by Carsten Nicolai.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Xerrox Vol.1 (2 × vinyl)
Xerrox Vol.2 (2 × vinyl)
Xerrox Vol.3 (2 × vinyl)
Xerrox Vol.4 (2 × vinyl)
Xerrox Vol.5 (2 × vinyl)
NOTON releases limited edition vinyl and CD box set of Alva Noto's Xerrox series.
Pioneering in his approach to digital sound and its materiality, Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) began his ongoing exploration of sampling, degradation and recontextualisation with the Xerrox series in 2007. Over the years, the project has evolved into one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary electronic music, situated between minimalism, experimental sound art and digital abstraction.
Across five albums, Xerrox Vol.1 (2007), Xerrox Vol.2 (2009), Xerrox Vol.3 (2015), Xerrox Vol.4 (2020), and Xerrox Vol.5 (2024), Nicolai's method evolves from sample-based work toward original composition as he deconstructs and reassembles source material into precise, sculpted sound worlds that are at once minimal and emotive.
Remastered in collaboration with Bo Kondren of Calyx Mastering, the Xerrox recordings of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 are made available alongside Volumes 4 and 5 on vinyl and CD under the title 'reMASTER', presented in a beautifully designed box featuring original artwork by Carsten Nicolai.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-050-LPBOX
Release-Date:23.05.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:5LP Excl
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-050-LPBOX
Release-Date:23.05.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:5LP Excl
NOTON releases the Limited Edition LP Box Set of Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto’s V.I.R.U.S.
Pioneers in their own musical approaches, Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, began their exploration of sound in the evocatively titled V.I.R.U.S. series in 2002. After more than a decade from the release of the collection’s final installment with Summvs in 2011, NOTON reissued all the five albums between May and November 2022.
With its impressionistic atmosphere, in this collaborative project two generations met and shared the idea of electronic music as an inspiration source for new musical structures. Over a series of five albums, Vrioon (2002), Insen (2005), Revep (2006), utp_ (2008), and summvs (2011), the duo have explored blending electronic and acoustic sounds into a meditative whole that is at once expressive, breathing and precision-engineered.
Remastered in collaboration with Calyx Mastering, the recordings of Vrioon, Insen, Revep, Utp_, and Summvs are made available on vinyl and CD under the title ‘reMASTER‘, accompanied by exclusive, unreleased compositions and housed in a beautifully designed sleeve with original cover art by Carsten Nicolai.
V.I.R.U.S. Vinyl Box Set includes:
N-050 . V.I.R.U.S. (1 × Slipcase for Vinyl)
N-051 . Vrioon (2 × Vinyl)
N-052 . Insen (2 × Vinyl)
N-053 . Revep (1 × Vinyl)
N-054 . Utp_ (2 × Vinyl)
N-055 . Summvs (2 × Vinyl)
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Pioneers in their own musical approaches, Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, began their exploration of sound in the evocatively titled V.I.R.U.S. series in 2002. After more than a decade from the release of the collection’s final installment with Summvs in 2011, NOTON reissued all the five albums between May and November 2022.
With its impressionistic atmosphere, in this collaborative project two generations met and shared the idea of electronic music as an inspiration source for new musical structures. Over a series of five albums, Vrioon (2002), Insen (2005), Revep (2006), utp_ (2008), and summvs (2011), the duo have explored blending electronic and acoustic sounds into a meditative whole that is at once expressive, breathing and precision-engineered.
Remastered in collaboration with Calyx Mastering, the recordings of Vrioon, Insen, Revep, Utp_, and Summvs are made available on vinyl and CD under the title ‘reMASTER‘, accompanied by exclusive, unreleased compositions and housed in a beautifully designed sleeve with original cover art by Carsten Nicolai.
V.I.R.U.S. Vinyl Box Set includes:
N-050 . V.I.R.U.S. (1 × Slipcase for Vinyl)
N-051 . Vrioon (2 × Vinyl)
N-052 . Insen (2 × Vinyl)
N-053 . Revep (1 × Vinyl)
N-054 . Utp_ (2 × Vinyl)
N-055 . Summvs (2 × Vinyl)
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-050-CDBOX
Release-Date:23.05.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:5CD Excl
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-050-CDBOX
Release-Date:23.05.2025
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:5CD Excl
NOTON releases the Limited Edition CD Box Set of Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto’s V.I.R.U.S.
Pioneers in their own musical approaches, Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, began their exploration of sound in the evocatively titled V.I.R.U.S. series in 2002. After more than a decade from the release of the collection’s final installment with Summvs in 2011, NOTON reissued all the five albums between May and November 2022.
With its impressionistic atmosphere, in this collaborative project two generations met and shared the idea of electronic music as an inspiration source for new musical structures. Over a series of five albums, Vrioon (2002), Insen (2005), Revep (2006), utp_ (2008), and summvs (2011), the duo have explored blending electronic and acoustic sounds into a meditative whole that is at once expressive, breathing and precision-engineered.
Remastered in collaboration with Calyx Mastering, the recordings of Vrioon, Insen, Revep, Utp_, and Summvs are made available on vinyl and CD under the title ‘reMASTER‘, accompanied by exclusive, unreleased compositions and housed in a beautifully designed sleeve with original cover art by Carsten Nicolai.
V.I.R.U.S. CD Box Set includes:
N-050 . V.I.R.U.S. (1 × Slipcase for CD)
N-051 . Vrioon (1 × CD)
N-052 . Insen (1 × CD)
N-053 . Revep (1 × CD)
N-054 . Utp_ (1 × CD)
N-055 . Summvs (1 × CD)
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
Pioneers in their own musical approaches, Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, began their exploration of sound in the evocatively titled V.I.R.U.S. series in 2002. After more than a decade from the release of the collection’s final installment with Summvs in 2011, NOTON reissued all the five albums between May and November 2022.
With its impressionistic atmosphere, in this collaborative project two generations met and shared the idea of electronic music as an inspiration source for new musical structures. Over a series of five albums, Vrioon (2002), Insen (2005), Revep (2006), utp_ (2008), and summvs (2011), the duo have explored blending electronic and acoustic sounds into a meditative whole that is at once expressive, breathing and precision-engineered.
Remastered in collaboration with Calyx Mastering, the recordings of Vrioon, Insen, Revep, Utp_, and Summvs are made available on vinyl and CD under the title ‘reMASTER‘, accompanied by exclusive, unreleased compositions and housed in a beautifully designed sleeve with original cover art by Carsten Nicolai.
V.I.R.U.S. CD Box Set includes:
N-050 . V.I.R.U.S. (1 × Slipcase for CD)
N-051 . Vrioon (1 × CD)
N-052 . Insen (1 × CD)
N-053 . Revep (1 × CD)
N-054 . Utp_ (1 × CD)
N-055 . Summvs (1 × CD)
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Infinity (Endless Loop Color Edition) (12*10" BOX) LTD Twelve 10" individually colored vinyl records
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-042
Release-Date:13.12.2024
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:12x10" Excl
Label:NOTON
Cat-No:N-042
Release-Date:13.12.2024
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:12x10" Excl
Limited Vinyl, Box Set with Twelve 10" individually coloured vinyl records
Each featuring 20 unique locked grooves by Carsten Nicolai
Sleeved in twelve custom made archive folders
Housed in a silk covered hand made box with debossed artwork
Including 16-page booklet with exclusive installation photography
Lacquers created by Lupo / Calyx Mastering
Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide, in collaboration with The Vinyl Factory
- All Box sets are individual packed in a protective outer box -
NOTON and The Vinyl Factory are pleased to announce the release of the new edition of Carsten Nicolai's ? Infinity (Endless Loop Color Edition), under his alias noto.
This new limited edition box set celebrates Carsten Nicolai's beloved interactive installation, bausatz-noto, currently featured at The Vinyl Factory: Reverb exhibition at 180 Studios.
The exhibition features an expanded version of Nicolai's artwork bausatz noto (1998) - an interactive piece centered around four Technics SL-1210 turntables and a selection of colored vinyl records. Visitors are invited to select and play the records, each of which has been cut with 10 unique locked grooves on each side. As Nicolai explains, "the different colors indicate different sound material, from the very abstract to the graphic" that users can loop and layer to create infinite permutations and combinations.
Previously released as a sold-out signed edition with a hardback book, this 2024 box set edition brings the installation into your own space. Comprised of twelve 10? colored vinyl records, each featuring 20 unique locked grooves (10 per side), the concept remains the same: Nicolai provides the tools to build your own soundscapes.
The records are sleeved in twelve custom-made archive folders, housed in a silk-covered handmade box with debossed artwork. Limited to 1000 copies worldwide, each box set is hand-signed and numbered by Carsten Nicolai himself. The bausatz noto box set will be released on 21 September, 2024 and available on the NOTON and The Vinyl Factory shops.
Product info
Vinyl, Box Set
Artist: Noto
Title: Infinity (Endless Loop Color Edition)
Cat.#: N-042
EAN: 5056163017855
210 Tracks (00:01:55 each)
Total Length: 06:42:30
Tracklist:
A1: Sinus Wave 35.555 Hz
A2: Sinus Wave 71.111 Hz
A3: Sinus Wave 142.222 Hz
A4: Sinus Wave 284.444 Hz
A5: Sinus Wave 568.888 Hz
A6: Sinus Wave 137.777 Hz
A7: Sinus Wave 275.555 Hz
A8: Sinus Wave 4551.111 Hz
A9: Sinus Wave 9102.222 Hz
B1: Sinus Wave 53.333 Hz
B2: Sinus Wave 106.666 Hz
B3: Sinus Wave 213.333 Hz
B4: Sinus Wave 426.666 Hz
B5: Sinus Wave 853.333 Hz
B6: Sinus Wave 1706.666 Hz
B7: Sinus Wave 3413.333 Hz
B8: Sinus Wave 6826.666 Hz
B9: Sinus Wave 13653.333 Hz
C1: Bass Sweep Sinus Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C2: Bass Sweep Triangle Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C3: Bass Sweep Saw Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C4: Bass Sweep Square Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C5: Bass Sweep Pulse 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C6: Bass Sweep Smooth Saw Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C7: Bass Sweep Smooth Square Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C8: Bass Sweep Smooth Pulse Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
D1: Sweep Grid 1/2
D2: Sweep Grid 1/3
D3: Sweep Grid 1/4
D4: Sweep Grid 1/5
D5: Sweep Grid 1/6
D6: Sweep Grid 1/7
D7: Sweep Grid 1/8
D8: Sweep Grid 1/16
E1: Eisler - Run in Groove
E2: Eisler - Run in Groove
E3: Eisler - Run in Groove
E4: Eisler - Run in Groove
E5: Eisler - Run in Groove
E6: Eisler - Run in Groove
E7: Eisler - Run in Groove
E8: Eisler - Run in Groove
F1: Eisler Tonal Loop
F2: Eisler Tonal Loop
F3: Eisler Tonal Loop
F4: Eisler Tonal Loop
F5: Eisler Tonal Loop
F6: Eisler Tonal Loop
F7: Eisler Tonal Loop
F8: Eisler Tonal Loop
G1: Drum Pattern
G2: Drum Pattern
G3: Drum Pattern
G4: Drum Pattern
G5: Drum Pattern
G6: Drum Pattern
G7: Drum Pattern
G8: Drum Pattern
H1: Drum Pattern
H2: Drum Pattern
H3: Drum Pattern
H4: Drum Pattern
H5: Drum Pattern
H6: Drum Pattern
H7: Drum Pattern
H8: Drum Pattern
I1: Sonar
I2: Sonar
I3: Sonar
I4: Sonar
I5: Sonar
I6: Sonar
I7: Sonar
I8: Sonar
J1: Ping
J2: Ping
J3: Ping
J4: Ping
J5: Ping
J6: Ping
J7: Ping
J8: Ping
K1: Hi Surface
K2: Hi Surface
K3: Hi Surface
K4: Hi Surface
K5: Hi Surface
K6: Hi Surface
K7: Hi Surface
K8: Hi Surface
L1: Surface Tonal
L2: Surface Tonal
L3: Surface Tonal
L4: Surface Tonal
L5: Surface Tonal
L6: Surface Tonal
L7: Surface Tonal
L8: Surface Tonal
M1: Shepard
M2: Shepard
M3: Shepard
M4: Shepard
M5: Shepard
M6: Shepard
M7: Shepard
M8: Shepard
N1: Artefact Loop
N2: Artefact Loop
N3: Artefact Loop
N4: Artefact Loop
N5: Artefact Loop
N6: Artefact Loop
N7: Artefact Loop
N8: Artefact Loop
O1: Hi Structure
O2: Hi Structure
O3: Hi Structure
O4: Hi Structure
O5: Hi Structure
O6: Hi Structure
O7: Hi Structure
O8: Hi Structure
P1: Structure
P2: Structure
P3: Structure
P4: Structure
P5: Structure
P6: Structure
P7: Structure
P8: Structure
Q1: Drone
Q2: Drone
Q3: Drone
Q4: Drone
Q5: Drone
Q6: Drone
Q7: Drone
Q8: Drone
R1: Drone Structure
R2: Drone Structure
R3: Drone Structure
R4: Drone Structure
R5: Drone Structure
R6: Drone Structure
R7: Drone Structure
R8: Drone Structure
S1: Diginoise
S2: Diginoise
S3: Diginoise
S4: Diginoise
S5: Diginoise
S6: Diginoise
S7: Diginoise
S8: Diginoise
T1: Solitaire
T2: Solitaire
T3: Solitaire
T4: Solitaire
T5: Solitaire
T6: Solitaire
T7: Solitaire
T8: Solitaire
U1: Brown Noise
U2: Gaussian Noise
U3: Pink Noise
U4: White Noise
U5: Band Noise 125 Hz 1/3 Oct
U6: Band Noise 400 Hz 1/3 Oct
U7: Band Noise 1600 Hz 1/3 Oct
U8: Band Noise 4000 Hz 1/3 Oct
V1: Noises Individual
V2: Noises Individual
V3: Noises Individual
V4: Noises Individual
V5: Noises Individual
V6: Noises Individual
V7: Noises Individual
V8: Noises Individual
W1: Dark Noise
W2: Dark Noise
W3: Dark Noise
W4: Dark Noise
W5: Dark Noise
W6: Dark Noise
W7: Dark Noise
W8: Dark Noise
X1: Digital Anti
X2: Digital Anti
X3: Digital Anti
X4: Digital Anti
X5: Digital Anti
X6: Digital Anti
X7: Digital Anti
X8: Digital Anti
Y1: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 0.262152777 Hz
Y2: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 0.52430555 Hz
Y3: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 1.0486111 Hz
Y4: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 2.097222 Hz
Y5: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 4.19444 Hz
Y6: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 8.3888 Hz
Y7: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 16.777 Hz
Y8: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 33.555 Hz
Z1: Constant Anti Phase DC- 12.5%
Z2: Constant Anti Phase DC- 25%
Z3: Constant Anti Phase DC- 50%
Z4: Constant Anti Phase DC- 100%
Z5: Constant Anti Phase DC+ 12.5%
Z6: Constant Anti Phase DC+ 25%
Z7: Constant Anti Phase DC+ 50%
Z8: Constant Anti Phase DC+ 100%
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Each featuring 20 unique locked grooves by Carsten Nicolai
Sleeved in twelve custom made archive folders
Housed in a silk covered hand made box with debossed artwork
Including 16-page booklet with exclusive installation photography
Lacquers created by Lupo / Calyx Mastering
Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide, in collaboration with The Vinyl Factory
- All Box sets are individual packed in a protective outer box -
NOTON and The Vinyl Factory are pleased to announce the release of the new edition of Carsten Nicolai's ? Infinity (Endless Loop Color Edition), under his alias noto.
This new limited edition box set celebrates Carsten Nicolai's beloved interactive installation, bausatz-noto, currently featured at The Vinyl Factory: Reverb exhibition at 180 Studios.
The exhibition features an expanded version of Nicolai's artwork bausatz noto (1998) - an interactive piece centered around four Technics SL-1210 turntables and a selection of colored vinyl records. Visitors are invited to select and play the records, each of which has been cut with 10 unique locked grooves on each side. As Nicolai explains, "the different colors indicate different sound material, from the very abstract to the graphic" that users can loop and layer to create infinite permutations and combinations.
Previously released as a sold-out signed edition with a hardback book, this 2024 box set edition brings the installation into your own space. Comprised of twelve 10? colored vinyl records, each featuring 20 unique locked grooves (10 per side), the concept remains the same: Nicolai provides the tools to build your own soundscapes.
The records are sleeved in twelve custom-made archive folders, housed in a silk-covered handmade box with debossed artwork. Limited to 1000 copies worldwide, each box set is hand-signed and numbered by Carsten Nicolai himself. The bausatz noto box set will be released on 21 September, 2024 and available on the NOTON and The Vinyl Factory shops.
Product info
Vinyl, Box Set
Artist: Noto
Title: Infinity (Endless Loop Color Edition)
Cat.#: N-042
EAN: 5056163017855
210 Tracks (00:01:55 each)
Total Length: 06:42:30
Tracklist:
A1: Sinus Wave 35.555 Hz
A2: Sinus Wave 71.111 Hz
A3: Sinus Wave 142.222 Hz
A4: Sinus Wave 284.444 Hz
A5: Sinus Wave 568.888 Hz
A6: Sinus Wave 137.777 Hz
A7: Sinus Wave 275.555 Hz
A8: Sinus Wave 4551.111 Hz
A9: Sinus Wave 9102.222 Hz
B1: Sinus Wave 53.333 Hz
B2: Sinus Wave 106.666 Hz
B3: Sinus Wave 213.333 Hz
B4: Sinus Wave 426.666 Hz
B5: Sinus Wave 853.333 Hz
B6: Sinus Wave 1706.666 Hz
B7: Sinus Wave 3413.333 Hz
B8: Sinus Wave 6826.666 Hz
B9: Sinus Wave 13653.333 Hz
C1: Bass Sweep Sinus Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C2: Bass Sweep Triangle Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C3: Bass Sweep Saw Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C4: Bass Sweep Square Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C5: Bass Sweep Pulse 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C6: Bass Sweep Smooth Saw Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C7: Bass Sweep Smooth Square Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
C8: Bass Sweep Smooth Pulse Wave 142.222 Hz - 17.777 Hz Log
D1: Sweep Grid 1/2
D2: Sweep Grid 1/3
D3: Sweep Grid 1/4
D4: Sweep Grid 1/5
D5: Sweep Grid 1/6
D6: Sweep Grid 1/7
D7: Sweep Grid 1/8
D8: Sweep Grid 1/16
E1: Eisler - Run in Groove
E2: Eisler - Run in Groove
E3: Eisler - Run in Groove
E4: Eisler - Run in Groove
E5: Eisler - Run in Groove
E6: Eisler - Run in Groove
E7: Eisler - Run in Groove
E8: Eisler - Run in Groove
F1: Eisler Tonal Loop
F2: Eisler Tonal Loop
F3: Eisler Tonal Loop
F4: Eisler Tonal Loop
F5: Eisler Tonal Loop
F6: Eisler Tonal Loop
F7: Eisler Tonal Loop
F8: Eisler Tonal Loop
G1: Drum Pattern
G2: Drum Pattern
G3: Drum Pattern
G4: Drum Pattern
G5: Drum Pattern
G6: Drum Pattern
G7: Drum Pattern
G8: Drum Pattern
H1: Drum Pattern
H2: Drum Pattern
H3: Drum Pattern
H4: Drum Pattern
H5: Drum Pattern
H6: Drum Pattern
H7: Drum Pattern
H8: Drum Pattern
I1: Sonar
I2: Sonar
I3: Sonar
I4: Sonar
I5: Sonar
I6: Sonar
I7: Sonar
I8: Sonar
J1: Ping
J2: Ping
J3: Ping
J4: Ping
J5: Ping
J6: Ping
J7: Ping
J8: Ping
K1: Hi Surface
K2: Hi Surface
K3: Hi Surface
K4: Hi Surface
K5: Hi Surface
K6: Hi Surface
K7: Hi Surface
K8: Hi Surface
L1: Surface Tonal
L2: Surface Tonal
L3: Surface Tonal
L4: Surface Tonal
L5: Surface Tonal
L6: Surface Tonal
L7: Surface Tonal
L8: Surface Tonal
M1: Shepard
M2: Shepard
M3: Shepard
M4: Shepard
M5: Shepard
M6: Shepard
M7: Shepard
M8: Shepard
N1: Artefact Loop
N2: Artefact Loop
N3: Artefact Loop
N4: Artefact Loop
N5: Artefact Loop
N6: Artefact Loop
N7: Artefact Loop
N8: Artefact Loop
O1: Hi Structure
O2: Hi Structure
O3: Hi Structure
O4: Hi Structure
O5: Hi Structure
O6: Hi Structure
O7: Hi Structure
O8: Hi Structure
P1: Structure
P2: Structure
P3: Structure
P4: Structure
P5: Structure
P6: Structure
P7: Structure
P8: Structure
Q1: Drone
Q2: Drone
Q3: Drone
Q4: Drone
Q5: Drone
Q6: Drone
Q7: Drone
Q8: Drone
R1: Drone Structure
R2: Drone Structure
R3: Drone Structure
R4: Drone Structure
R5: Drone Structure
R6: Drone Structure
R7: Drone Structure
R8: Drone Structure
S1: Diginoise
S2: Diginoise
S3: Diginoise
S4: Diginoise
S5: Diginoise
S6: Diginoise
S7: Diginoise
S8: Diginoise
T1: Solitaire
T2: Solitaire
T3: Solitaire
T4: Solitaire
T5: Solitaire
T6: Solitaire
T7: Solitaire
T8: Solitaire
U1: Brown Noise
U2: Gaussian Noise
U3: Pink Noise
U4: White Noise
U5: Band Noise 125 Hz 1/3 Oct
U6: Band Noise 400 Hz 1/3 Oct
U7: Band Noise 1600 Hz 1/3 Oct
U8: Band Noise 4000 Hz 1/3 Oct
V1: Noises Individual
V2: Noises Individual
V3: Noises Individual
V4: Noises Individual
V5: Noises Individual
V6: Noises Individual
V7: Noises Individual
V8: Noises Individual
W1: Dark Noise
W2: Dark Noise
W3: Dark Noise
W4: Dark Noise
W5: Dark Noise
W6: Dark Noise
W7: Dark Noise
W8: Dark Noise
X1: Digital Anti
X2: Digital Anti
X3: Digital Anti
X4: Digital Anti
X5: Digital Anti
X6: Digital Anti
X7: Digital Anti
X8: Digital Anti
Y1: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 0.262152777 Hz
Y2: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 0.52430555 Hz
Y3: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 1.0486111 Hz
Y4: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 2.097222 Hz
Y5: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 4.19444 Hz
Y6: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 8.3888 Hz
Y7: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 16.777 Hz
Y8: Out of Phase - Sinus LFO 33.555 Hz
Z1: Constant Anti Phase DC- 12.5%
Z2: Constant Anti Phase DC- 25%
Z3: Constant Anti Phase DC- 50%
Z4: Constant Anti Phase DC- 100%
Z5: Constant Anti Phase DC+ 12.5%
Z6: Constant Anti Phase DC+ 25%
Z7: Constant Anti Phase DC+ 50%
Z8: Constant Anti Phase DC+ 100%
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Topia
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Sans Nom I
3
Alva Noto - Xerrox Sans Nom II
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Ascent I
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Ascent II
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Sans Repit
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Nausicaa
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Xenonym
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Ada
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Arc
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Kryogen
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Alva Noto - Xerrox Isotope
2LP
A1. Xerrox Topia
A2. Xerrox Sans Nom I
A3. Xerrox Sans Nom II
B1. Xerrox Ascent I
B2. Xerrox Ascent II
B3. Xerrox Sans Repit
C1. Xerrox Nausicaa
C2. Xerrox Xenonym
C3. Xerrox Ada
D1. Xerrox Arc
D2. Xerrox Kryogen
D3. Xerrox Isotope
NOTON is pleased to announce the release of Xerrox Vol. 5, the final installment of Alva Noto’s Xerrox series.
For anyone who has been following the series since its inception in 2007, the concept of Xerrox no longer requires introduction. Originally, it aimed to create copies of images—both visual and acoustic—that are more memorable than the originals. The exploration of the relationship between the original and the copy, along with the invention of the copier, not only inspired the series name but also informed its underlying concept. In 2024, this series comes to an end, marking the culmination of a journey that began with the first recording in 2005/2006. Over nearly two decades, the five albums in this series have accompanied the artist's evolving perspective and conceptual approach.
Initially characterized by rawness and a conceptual focus on seeking resolution in white noise, the later works engage with themes of dissolution while shifting their emphasis toward acoustic particles. The copying process is now less visible through software manipulation; rather, it unfolds as the artist describes melodic and acoustic images that are then manipulated, copied, and transformed into new patterns during composition.
Nicolai describes this evolution as a journey encompassing buildup, exploration, and resolution, drawing parallels to the Odyssey and the stories of Jules Verne, particularly those featuring Captain Nemo.
The conclusion of this album holds a sense of finality for the artist. “I aimed to create a whole cycle of tracks that frame both the beginning and the end,” Nicolai explains. “The motif of the journey continues, but this time, the story reaches a dissolution through a conceptual object that embarks on its own journey into infinity. The word “dissolution” (“Auflösung” in German) is a wonderful concept. On one hand, you can solve a riddle, on the other hand, a pill can completely dissolve in water. Here, I am deliberately describing the process of dissolution.”
In crafting Volume 5, Nicolai has evolved his compositional process, eschewing samples in favor of original melodies. “This album probably took the longest to complete,” he reveals. “I first created melodic sketches, which became the foundation for the pieces. These recordings are created entirely from scratch. Based on these sketches, I constructed the process of copying, manipulating, and reshaping.”
Drawing from his recent experiences working with film and larger ensembles, Nicolai's approach to composition reflects a growing influence of classical instrumentation. “This experience of working with acoustic classical instruments has flowed into the compositional process for Xerrox Vol. 5. Certain instruments are designed with potential orchestral translation in mind.”
The sonic atmosphere of Xerrox Vol. 5 is one of profound dissolution. “I wasn’t initially interested in strong, emotional melodic aspects,” Nicolai shares, “but I realized that the fragment plays a central role.” This shift leads to an emotionally charged experience, imbued with melancholy and the bittersweet essence of farewell. The passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto, an admirer of the series, has further deepened the album’s emotional resonance.
“Xerrox Vol. 5 has a lot to do with farewell,” the artist explains. "Not only the farewell to the series itself, which I’ve nurtured for almost two decades, but also there have been many farewells to people who were close to me. I believe these people are recognizable in the music. It’s a very emotional, personal album.”
Listeners can expect a visual dimension to the music, though Nicolai intentionally leaves this open to interpretation. “I prefer to allow the music to evoke personal experiences and images rather than dictate a specific narrative,” he states. The result is a layered listening experience that invites tenderness and introspection.
Xerrox Vol. 5 will be released as a limited edition vinyl, digitally, and on CD by NOTON on November 29, 2024.
Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai & Nibo.
Mastering by Bo at Calyx.
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A1. Xerrox Topia
A2. Xerrox Sans Nom I
A3. Xerrox Sans Nom II
B1. Xerrox Ascent I
B2. Xerrox Ascent II
B3. Xerrox Sans Repit
C1. Xerrox Nausicaa
C2. Xerrox Xenonym
C3. Xerrox Ada
D1. Xerrox Arc
D2. Xerrox Kryogen
D3. Xerrox Isotope
NOTON is pleased to announce the release of Xerrox Vol. 5, the final installment of Alva Noto’s Xerrox series.
For anyone who has been following the series since its inception in 2007, the concept of Xerrox no longer requires introduction. Originally, it aimed to create copies of images—both visual and acoustic—that are more memorable than the originals. The exploration of the relationship between the original and the copy, along with the invention of the copier, not only inspired the series name but also informed its underlying concept. In 2024, this series comes to an end, marking the culmination of a journey that began with the first recording in 2005/2006. Over nearly two decades, the five albums in this series have accompanied the artist's evolving perspective and conceptual approach.
Initially characterized by rawness and a conceptual focus on seeking resolution in white noise, the later works engage with themes of dissolution while shifting their emphasis toward acoustic particles. The copying process is now less visible through software manipulation; rather, it unfolds as the artist describes melodic and acoustic images that are then manipulated, copied, and transformed into new patterns during composition.
Nicolai describes this evolution as a journey encompassing buildup, exploration, and resolution, drawing parallels to the Odyssey and the stories of Jules Verne, particularly those featuring Captain Nemo.
The conclusion of this album holds a sense of finality for the artist. “I aimed to create a whole cycle of tracks that frame both the beginning and the end,” Nicolai explains. “The motif of the journey continues, but this time, the story reaches a dissolution through a conceptual object that embarks on its own journey into infinity. The word “dissolution” (“Auflösung” in German) is a wonderful concept. On one hand, you can solve a riddle, on the other hand, a pill can completely dissolve in water. Here, I am deliberately describing the process of dissolution.”
In crafting Volume 5, Nicolai has evolved his compositional process, eschewing samples in favor of original melodies. “This album probably took the longest to complete,” he reveals. “I first created melodic sketches, which became the foundation for the pieces. These recordings are created entirely from scratch. Based on these sketches, I constructed the process of copying, manipulating, and reshaping.”
Drawing from his recent experiences working with film and larger ensembles, Nicolai's approach to composition reflects a growing influence of classical instrumentation. “This experience of working with acoustic classical instruments has flowed into the compositional process for Xerrox Vol. 5. Certain instruments are designed with potential orchestral translation in mind.”
The sonic atmosphere of Xerrox Vol. 5 is one of profound dissolution. “I wasn’t initially interested in strong, emotional melodic aspects,” Nicolai shares, “but I realized that the fragment plays a central role.” This shift leads to an emotionally charged experience, imbued with melancholy and the bittersweet essence of farewell. The passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto, an admirer of the series, has further deepened the album’s emotional resonance.
“Xerrox Vol. 5 has a lot to do with farewell,” the artist explains. "Not only the farewell to the series itself, which I’ve nurtured for almost two decades, but also there have been many farewells to people who were close to me. I believe these people are recognizable in the music. It’s a very emotional, personal album.”
Listeners can expect a visual dimension to the music, though Nicolai intentionally leaves this open to interpretation. “I prefer to allow the music to evoke personal experiences and images rather than dictate a specific narrative,” he states. The result is a layered listening experience that invites tenderness and introspection.
Xerrox Vol. 5 will be released as a limited edition vinyl, digitally, and on CD by NOTON on November 29, 2024.
Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai & Nibo.
Mastering by Bo at Calyx.
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Alva Noto - A1 HYbr:ID Noh Talk
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Alva Noto - A2 HYbr:ID Sync Dark
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Alva Noto - A3 HYbr:ID Noh Human
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Alva Noto - B1 HYbr:ID Sync Inter
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Alva Noto - B2 HYbr:ID Collective Open
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Alva Noto - B3 HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Day
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Alva Noto - B4 HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Night
8
Alva Noto - C1 HYbr:ID Para Contamination
9
Alva Noto - C2 HYbr:ID Script Solitude
10
Alva Noto - C3 HYbr:ID Script Sacre Drone
11
Alva Noto - D1 HYbr:ID Script Broken Conversation
12
Alva Noto - D2 HYbr:ID Rehuman
13
Alva Noto - D3 HYbr:ID Épilogue
2LP
A1. HYbr:ID Noh Talk
A2. HYbr:ID Sync Dark
A3. HYbr:ID Noh Human
B1. HYbr:ID Sync Inter
B2. HYbr:ID Collective Open
B3. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Day
B4. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Night
C1. HYbr:ID Para Contamination
C2. HYbr:ID Script Solitude
C3. HYbr:ID Script Sacre Drone
D1. HYbr:ID Script Broken Conversation
D2. HYbr:ID Rehuman
D3. HYbr:ID Épilogue
For an aesthetic of (dis)obedience. The impressions Richard Siegal and his company Ballet of Difference gathered on a trip to Japan in September 2022 now find their way into a full-length dance evening. Siegal and his team had set off for Tokyo to learn the practice of Shuudan Koudou, also known as "Japanese Precision Walking". The strictly synchronised group choreographies are astonishing in their radical stringency and have become a secret YouTube hit, not least because of their peculiar subtle humour. Siegal recognises in the extreme disciplining of the bodies an analogy to the training practice of classical ballet. In the mutual exchange of these movement cultures, questions are raised about individual and collective thinking, about personal decision-making power and social responsibility. For this extraordinary project, Richard Siegal has invited a special guest: Nazareth Panadero, long-time companion of Pina Bausch, who has long since become an icon of Wuppertal dance theatre and will be on stage with the BoD ensemble.
The production BALLET OF (DIS)OBEDIENCE is sponsored by Goethe Institut, with the kind support of Sissel GmbH.
CHOREOGRAPHY & STAGE: RICHARD SIEGAL
COSTUME: FLORA MIRANDA
LIGHT & VIDEO: MATTHIAS SINGER
MUSIC: ALVA NOTO
DRAMATURGY: TOBIAS STAAB
more info to: Shuudan koudou
'Shuudan koudou' Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese #art of Synchronized Precision ...YouTube · Boson TV: Tech Marvels & Cool Discoveries22 Dec 2022
Kottke.org https://kottke.org › shuudan-koud...Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese Art of Synchronized Precision Walking
On the other hand, hybrid 3 is inspired by Noh Play - Japanese performances and deals with the refusal of rules musically, hybrid three continues the two previous albums and weaves both rhythmic and beatless musical pieces into a holistic work.
The idea for me has always been that these albums are not only perceived as individual tracks, but as a whole piece, which is why I find the possibility of experiencing and listening to these albums in the right order and as a whole particularly important. For me, the pieces are not only closely related to the ballet that was created for them, but also function as individual pieces as pure, musical pieces and mark a new quality for me, which is very strongly focussed on producing electronic sounds and structures in such a way that they can develop a sculptural quality.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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A1. HYbr:ID Noh Talk
A2. HYbr:ID Sync Dark
A3. HYbr:ID Noh Human
B1. HYbr:ID Sync Inter
B2. HYbr:ID Collective Open
B3. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Day
B4. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Night
C1. HYbr:ID Para Contamination
C2. HYbr:ID Script Solitude
C3. HYbr:ID Script Sacre Drone
D1. HYbr:ID Script Broken Conversation
D2. HYbr:ID Rehuman
D3. HYbr:ID Épilogue
For an aesthetic of (dis)obedience. The impressions Richard Siegal and his company Ballet of Difference gathered on a trip to Japan in September 2022 now find their way into a full-length dance evening. Siegal and his team had set off for Tokyo to learn the practice of Shuudan Koudou, also known as "Japanese Precision Walking". The strictly synchronised group choreographies are astonishing in their radical stringency and have become a secret YouTube hit, not least because of their peculiar subtle humour. Siegal recognises in the extreme disciplining of the bodies an analogy to the training practice of classical ballet. In the mutual exchange of these movement cultures, questions are raised about individual and collective thinking, about personal decision-making power and social responsibility. For this extraordinary project, Richard Siegal has invited a special guest: Nazareth Panadero, long-time companion of Pina Bausch, who has long since become an icon of Wuppertal dance theatre and will be on stage with the BoD ensemble.
The production BALLET OF (DIS)OBEDIENCE is sponsored by Goethe Institut, with the kind support of Sissel GmbH.
CHOREOGRAPHY & STAGE: RICHARD SIEGAL
COSTUME: FLORA MIRANDA
LIGHT & VIDEO: MATTHIAS SINGER
MUSIC: ALVA NOTO
DRAMATURGY: TOBIAS STAAB
more info to: Shuudan koudou
'Shuudan koudou' Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese #art of Synchronized Precision ...YouTube · Boson TV: Tech Marvels & Cool Discoveries22 Dec 2022
Kottke.org https://kottke.org › shuudan-koud...Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese Art of Synchronized Precision Walking
On the other hand, hybrid 3 is inspired by Noh Play - Japanese performances and deals with the refusal of rules musically, hybrid three continues the two previous albums and weaves both rhythmic and beatless musical pieces into a holistic work.
The idea for me has always been that these albums are not only perceived as individual tracks, but as a whole piece, which is why I find the possibility of experiencing and listening to these albums in the right order and as a whole particularly important. For me, the pieces are not only closely related to the ballet that was created for them, but also function as individual pieces as pure, musical pieces and mark a new quality for me, which is very strongly focussed on producing electronic sounds and structures in such a way that they can develop a sculptural quality.
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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
1
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Noh Talk
2
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Sync Dark
3
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Noh Human
4
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Sync Inte
5
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Collective Open
6
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Day
7
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Night
8
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Para Contamination
9
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Script Solitude
10
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Script Sacre Drone
11
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Script Broken Conversation
12
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Rehuman
13
Alva Noto - HYbr:ID Épilogue
CD
1. HYbr:ID Noh Talk
2. HYbr:ID Sync Dark
3. HYbr:ID Noh Human
4. HYbr:ID Sync Inter
5. HYbr:ID Collective Open
6. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Day
7. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Night
8. HYbr:ID Para Contamination
9. HYbr:ID Script Solitude
10. HYbr:ID Script Sacre Drone
11. HYbr:ID Script Broken Conversation
12. HYbr:ID Rehuman
13. HYbr:ID Épilogue
For an aesthetic of (dis)obedience. The impressions Richard Siegal and his company Ballet of Difference gathered on a trip to Japan in September 2022 now find their way into a full-length dance evening. Siegal and his team had set off for Tokyo to learn the practice of Shuudan Koudou, also known as "Japanese Precision Walking". The strictly synchronised group choreographies are astonishing in their radical stringency and have become a secret YouTube hit, not least because of their peculiar subtle humour. Siegal recognises in the extreme disciplining of the bodies an analogy to the training practice of classical ballet. In the mutual exchange of these movement cultures, questions are raised about individual and collective thinking, about personal decision-making power and social responsibility. For this extraordinary project, Richard Siegal has invited a special guest: Nazareth Panadero, long-time companion of Pina Bausch, who has long since become an icon of Wuppertal dance theatre and will be on stage with the BoD ensemble.
The production BALLET OF (DIS)OBEDIENCE is sponsored by Goethe Institut, with the kind support of Sissel GmbH.
CHOREOGRAPHY & STAGE: RICHARD SIEGAL
COSTUME: FLORA MIRANDA
LIGHT & VIDEO: MATTHIAS SINGER
MUSIC: ALVA NOTO
DRAMATURGY: TOBIAS STAAB
more info to: Shuudan koudou
'Shuudan koudou' Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese #art of Synchronized Precision ...YouTube · Boson TV: Tech Marvels & Cool Discoveries22 Dec 2022
Kottke.org https://kottke.org › shuudan-koud...Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese Art of Synchronized Precision Walking
On the other hand, hybrid 3 is inspired by Noh Play - Japanese performances and deals with the refusal of rules musically, hybrid three continues the two previous albums and weaves both rhythmic and beatless musical pieces into a holistic work.
The idea for me has always been that these albums are not only perceived as individual tracks, but as a whole piece, which is why I find the possibility of experiencing and listening to these albums in the right order and as a whole particularly important. For me, the pieces are not only closely related to the ballet that was created for them, but also function as individual pieces as pure, musical pieces and mark a new quality for me, which is very strongly focussed on producing electronic sounds and structures in such a way that they can develop a sculptural quality.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: [email protected]More
1. HYbr:ID Noh Talk
2. HYbr:ID Sync Dark
3. HYbr:ID Noh Human
4. HYbr:ID Sync Inter
5. HYbr:ID Collective Open
6. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Day
7. HYbr:ID Obsessive Behaviour Night
8. HYbr:ID Para Contamination
9. HYbr:ID Script Solitude
10. HYbr:ID Script Sacre Drone
11. HYbr:ID Script Broken Conversation
12. HYbr:ID Rehuman
13. HYbr:ID Épilogue
For an aesthetic of (dis)obedience. The impressions Richard Siegal and his company Ballet of Difference gathered on a trip to Japan in September 2022 now find their way into a full-length dance evening. Siegal and his team had set off for Tokyo to learn the practice of Shuudan Koudou, also known as "Japanese Precision Walking". The strictly synchronised group choreographies are astonishing in their radical stringency and have become a secret YouTube hit, not least because of their peculiar subtle humour. Siegal recognises in the extreme disciplining of the bodies an analogy to the training practice of classical ballet. In the mutual exchange of these movement cultures, questions are raised about individual and collective thinking, about personal decision-making power and social responsibility. For this extraordinary project, Richard Siegal has invited a special guest: Nazareth Panadero, long-time companion of Pina Bausch, who has long since become an icon of Wuppertal dance theatre and will be on stage with the BoD ensemble.
The production BALLET OF (DIS)OBEDIENCE is sponsored by Goethe Institut, with the kind support of Sissel GmbH.
CHOREOGRAPHY & STAGE: RICHARD SIEGAL
COSTUME: FLORA MIRANDA
LIGHT & VIDEO: MATTHIAS SINGER
MUSIC: ALVA NOTO
DRAMATURGY: TOBIAS STAAB
more info to: Shuudan koudou
'Shuudan koudou' Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese #art of Synchronized Precision ...YouTube · Boson TV: Tech Marvels & Cool Discoveries22 Dec 2022
Kottke.org https://kottke.org › shuudan-koud...Shuudan Koudou Is the Japanese Art of Synchronized Precision Walking
On the other hand, hybrid 3 is inspired by Noh Play - Japanese performances and deals with the refusal of rules musically, hybrid three continues the two previous albums and weaves both rhythmic and beatless musical pieces into a holistic work.
The idea for me has always been that these albums are not only perceived as individual tracks, but as a whole piece, which is why I find the possibility of experiencing and listening to these albums in the right order and as a whole particularly important. For me, the pieces are not only closely related to the ballet that was created for them, but also function as individual pieces as pure, musical pieces and mark a new quality for me, which is very strongly focussed on producing electronic sounds and structures in such a way that they can develop a sculptural quality.
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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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10", Double Sided Picture Disc, Gatefold, 8 Page Booklet
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IN FEBRUARY 2022, CARSTEN NICOLAI DISPATCHED TEN PARCELS FROM BERLIN TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS. EACH PACKAGE CONTAINED A BLANK MAGNETIC TAPE CASSETTE, AN ILFORD DELTA 3200 ISO 1000 BLACK-AND-WHITE FILM, AND A KODAK ISO 800 COLOR NEGATIVE FILM. ALL PARCELS WERE ADDRESSED TO THE SAME RECIPIENT, MR. NEMO, THE UNFORGETTABLE CAPTAIN OF THE SUBMARINE NAUTILUS IN TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. THE IDEA WAS FOR THE RECIPIENTS TO RETURN THE PARCELS TO THE SENDER. EACH PACKAGE HELD MAGNETIC TAPES AND PHOTOSENSITIVE FILMS THAT WOULD BE EXPOSED TO ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND RADIATION DURING THEIR JOURNEY. UPON THEIR RETURN TO THE SENDER, THE LATENT IMPRESSIONS WERE DEVELOPED, DIGITIZED, AND THUS MADE BOTH VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE.
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" A2. TAPE 02 - 01:25
" A3. TAPE 03 - 01:25
" A4. TAPE 04 - 01:25
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" B1. TAPE 06 - 01:25
" B2. TAPE 07 - 01:25
" B3. TAPE 08 - 01:25
" B4. TAPE 09 - 01:25
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- Please mind that due to the nature of the recording no soundclips can be provided - also mind that any audible distortion on the vinyl record is intended/no product flaw and will not constitute a reason for return -
NOTON IS PLEASED TO RELEASE RAY COLLECTOR - A LIMITED EDITION VINYL FEATURING RECORDINGS SOURCED FROM TAPES PRODUCED BY CARSTEN NICOLAI' FOR HIS 2023 SOLO EXHIBITION STRAHLEN/RAGGI AT FONDAZIONE MODENA ARTI VISIVE.
IN FEBRUARY 2022, CARSTEN NICOLAI DISPATCHED TEN PARCELS FROM BERLIN TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS. EACH PACKAGE CONTAINED A BLANK MAGNETIC TAPE CASSETTE, AN ILFORD DELTA 3200 ISO 1000 BLACK-AND-WHITE FILM, AND A KODAK ISO 800 COLOR NEGATIVE FILM. ALL PARCELS WERE ADDRESSED TO THE SAME RECIPIENT, MR. NEMO, THE UNFORGETTABLE CAPTAIN OF THE SUBMARINE NAUTILUS IN TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. THE IDEA WAS FOR THE RECIPIENTS TO RETURN THE PARCELS TO THE SENDER. EACH PACKAGE HELD MAGNETIC TAPES AND PHOTOSENSITIVE FILMS THAT WOULD BE EXPOSED TO ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND RADIATION DURING THEIR JOURNEY. UPON THEIR RETURN TO THE SENDER, THE LATENT IMPRESSIONS WERE DEVELOPED, DIGITIZED, AND THUS MADE BOTH VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE.
TRACKLIST:
" A1. TAPE 01 - 01:25
" A2. TAPE 02 - 01:25
" A3. TAPE 03 - 01:25
" A4. TAPE 04 - 01:25
" A5. TAPE 05 - 01:25
" B1. TAPE 06 - 01:25
" B2. TAPE 07 - 01:25
" B3. TAPE 08 - 01:25
" B4. TAPE 09 - 01:25
" B5. TAPE 10 - 01:25
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Gap Mangione's monumentally influential Diana In The Autumn Wind. AKA BEWITH200LP. And, without question, Be With's White Whale.
They said it could never be done. And with good reason.
We've spent the past 12 years trying to license this legendary 1968 recording from Gap and, after much work, it's finally here. Remarkably, this is the first ever vinyl reissue of Gap Mangione's Diana In The Autumn Wind, produced with the full and extensive participation of Gap. An exceedingly rare album, it's been coveted by funk, soul, jazz and hip-hop sample fiends for decades.
It's unarguably *the* most sought after album for J Dilla / Madlib sample collectors. It has also been brilliantly sampled by A Tribe Called Quest, Large Professor, Ghostface Killah, Kendrick Lamar and Talib Kweli.
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With acceptable copies of this holy grail changing hands for $400, to call this reissue "much-needed" underplays just how vital it is. Gap's story is told in his words alongside rare photos across a sumptuously designed 2-page insert and, to augment this deluxe edition further, its all wrapped up in a beautiful, no-expense-spared luxury tip-on sleeve, as per the original hens-teeth release. And, while we're talking packaging, just take a look at that cover - a work of art in and of itself.
The tracks are short but complex, with that extraordinary rhythm section backing the beautiful piano, organ and electric piano work of Gap. It's like the best ever library funk breaks record you never heard - but all your favourite golden age rap producers were all over it, long ago. It's a stunning blend of the vibrant, driving music of the Gap Mangione Trio coupled with the sensitive composition and superb orchestration of Gap's legendary brother, Chuck Mangione, who helmed an amalgam of seemingly disparate elements – rock, big band jazz, solo improvisation and "classical" music - into a spectacularly cohesive whole that has aged wonderfully well. As Gap himself notes in the liners, "with this group I was able to explore and add new and exciting elements from rock, Brazilian and then-current pop music."
Opener "Boy With Toys" triumphantly swaggers out the gate, all big band horns, flutes and dextrous organ work. The synthesis of everything going on is nothing short of stunning. When one wise YouTube commentator called this tune "old school superhero music", Gap agreed. Rap luminaries did, too, amongst them Talib Kweli, who rapped over DJ Scratch's chopped up intro for "Shock Body" on his Quality album back in 2002.
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The questing organ and horn workout "Long Hair Soulful" deserves a lot more attention, overshadowed somewhat by the opening two monsters but no less fantastic. It swings, it grooves and Gadd and Levin truly cook. Up next, Gap's wonderfully percussive, mellifluously piano-heavy cover of "Yesterday" by some fellas called The Beatles. It's a subtly arresting gem. "The XIth Commandment" is damn fine, with thick, gorgeous electric piano and snappy drum work underpinning chaotic soundtracky horns. To close out the side, "St. Thomas" showcases the "fourth" member of the Gap Mangione Trio, conga drummer Dhui Mandingo. Having performed with the Trio since 1965, Dhui‘s African-based and jazz-latin-influenced style amazed listeners and its way to hear why.
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Worldwide no restrictions
Format Notes:
2026 first time ever vinyl reissue of this undisputed "holy grail", *the* most sought after album for J Dilla / Madlib sample collectors. Produced with the full and extensive participation of Gap, tip-on sleeve, 2 page insert, 140g vinyl.
Track List:
A1 Boy With Toys
A2 Diana In The Autumn Wind
A3 Long Hair Soulful
A4 Yesterday
A5 The XIth Commandment
A6 St. Thomas
B1 You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
B2 Pond With Swans
B3 You Are My Sunshine
B4 Free Again
B5 Dream On Little Dreamer
B6 Graduate Medley
Release Notes:
Gap Mangione's monumentally influential Diana In The Autumn Wind. AKA BEWITH200LP. And, without question, Be With's White Whale.
They said it could never be done. And with good reason.
We've spent the past 12 years trying to license this legendary 1968 recording from Gap and, after much work, it's finally here. Remarkably, this is the first ever vinyl reissue of Gap Mangione's Diana In The Autumn Wind, produced with the full and extensive participation of Gap. An exceedingly rare album, it's been coveted by funk, soul, jazz and hip-hop sample fiends for decades.
It's unarguably *the* most sought after album for J Dilla / Madlib sample collectors. It has also been brilliantly sampled by A Tribe Called Quest, Large Professor, Ghostface Killah, Kendrick Lamar and Talib Kweli.
But this record is so much more than a sample-spotters curio. It's solid gold throughout. Bursting with killer funky-jazz grooves and tracks adorned with warm electric piano, the release is notable for featuring some extremely significant players at the very outset of their careers; Tony Levin, at 21, whose superb playing on both acoustic and electric bass was the harmonic mainstay of the trio and Steve Gadd, at 23, one of the greatest drummers of his generation.
With acceptable copies of this holy grail changing hands for $400, to call this reissue "much-needed" underplays just how vital it is. Gap's story is told in his words alongside rare photos across a sumptuously designed 2-page insert and, to augment this deluxe edition further, its all wrapped up in a beautiful, no-expense-spared luxury tip-on sleeve, as per the original hens-teeth release. And, while we're talking packaging, just take a look at that cover - a work of art in and of itself.
The tracks are short but complex, with that extraordinary rhythm section backing the beautiful piano, organ and electric piano work of Gap. It's like the best ever library funk breaks record you never heard - but all your favourite golden age rap producers were all over it, long ago. It's a stunning blend of the vibrant, driving music of the Gap Mangione Trio coupled with the sensitive composition and superb orchestration of Gap's legendary brother, Chuck Mangione, who helmed an amalgam of seemingly disparate elements – rock, big band jazz, solo improvisation and "classical" music - into a spectacularly cohesive whole that has aged wonderfully well. As Gap himself notes in the liners, "with this group I was able to explore and add new and exciting elements from rock, Brazilian and then-current pop music."
Opener "Boy With Toys" triumphantly swaggers out the gate, all big band horns, flutes and dextrous organ work. The synthesis of everything going on is nothing short of stunning. When one wise YouTube commentator called this tune "old school superhero music", Gap agreed. Rap luminaries did, too, amongst them Talib Kweli, who rapped over DJ Scratch's chopped up intro for "Shock Body" on his Quality album back in 2002.
You've barely recovered from that incredibly affecting opener when you get hit over the head with the exquisite title-track. And now you see how two of the greatest beats of all time emerged from one single track produced nearly 50 years earlier. Unforgettably utilised by Dilla for Slum Village's heartbreakingly good "Fall In Love" and then Madlib for his "Official" beat for Dilla to rap over, on the Jaylib record. Regardless of the records it went on to spawn, this is just a staggering tune in its own right. Be beguiled by the flutes and the flutter tonguing, the counter-melody from the trombones, the soprano sax solo. All of it. Simply beautiful.
The questing organ and horn workout "Long Hair Soulful" deserves a lot more attention, overshadowed somewhat by the opening two monsters but no less fantastic. It swings, it grooves and Gadd and Levin truly cook. Up next, Gap's wonderfully percussive, mellifluously piano-heavy cover of "Yesterday" by some fellas called The Beatles. It's a subtly arresting gem. "The XIth Commandment" is damn fine, with thick, gorgeous electric piano and snappy drum work underpinning chaotic soundtracky horns. To close out the side, "St. Thomas" showcases the "fourth" member of the Gap Mangione Trio, conga drummer Dhui Mandingo. Having performed with the Trio since 1965, Dhui‘s African-based and jazz-latin-influenced style amazed listeners and its way to hear why.
Opening the B-Side, standard "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" breezes along in the late-night jazz club fashion before things get super deep with the outstanding and - up to now - un-sampled "Pond With Swans". It's simply heavenly, and how its moody, melancholic intro has yet to be pilfered is anybody's guess. It oscillates between gentle, sombre movements and bombastic grooves, equally hypnotic and joyous. The rendition of "You Are My Sunshine" is yet another showcase for Gap's virtuoso playing and Gadd's mastery of the pocket. Indeed Gadd's drumming on "Free Again" is nothing short of neck-SNAPPING! Ghostface took it for not one but two "Iron's Theme" tracks across his seminal Supreme Clientele. It's got that Galt MacDermot "Coffee Cold" feel. Suuuuuper cool. The frantic "Dream On Little Dreamer" hurtles along and must've surely had the whole room absolutely swinging from the chandeliers back in Rochester in the late 60s. The album closes with the magnificent Graduate Medley, featuring memorable renditions of "Scarborough Fair", "The Sounds of Silence" and "Mrs. Robinson". The warm electric piano lines of the former were sampled by The Ummah (Dilla again!) for Tribe's "Pad & Pen" from their reappraised final album, The Love Movement, as well as by Large Professor on his much-loved "The LP (For My People)".
Under the watchful eye - and extremely attentive ears - of Gap Mangione himself, the audio for Diana In The Autumn Wind has been carefully remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, with a few much needed tweaks here and there, according to the artist's wishes. At the prestigious Abbey Road Studios, Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the records have been pressed to the highest possible standard at the always stellar Record Industry in Holland. The artwork restoration has taken place here at Be With HQ and has that drop-dead gorgeous cover artwork popping like new. Buy on sight!
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System Olympia - BABE
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System Olympia - I Try
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System Olympia - Fame
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System Olympia - One More Night
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System Olympia - Peace Of My Eyes
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System Olympia - Run In My Arms
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System Olympia - P Town Cakes
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System Olympia - Moon
A deliberate sonic and emotional architecture that doubles down on intensity to shatter and rebuild the listener in one unrelenting wave.
Third album from System Olympia, following acclaimed releases like New Erotica Collection LP (2023) and Delta Of Venus LP (2020), solidifying her as a bold, self-produced voice in electronic and italo-disco-inspired music.
Releases on Okay Nature Records (her own independent label), with digital out now (March 6, 2026) via Bandcamp/Spotify and limited-edition black vinyl 12" LP shipping from April 6, 2026-fully written, recorded, produced, and mastered by System Olympia herself.
Extended tour in the months ahead, kicking off with confirmed live events including a Double Climax Listening Party, plus performances at The Cause (60 Dock Road, Outside) in London on April 3, 2026, and Burgess Park in London on August 2, 2026-expect further dates to build momentum through spring/summer 2026.
A1 BABE
A2 I Try
A3 Fame
A4 One More Night
A5 Peace Of My Eyes
B1 Run In My Arms
B2 P Town Cakes
B3 Moon
B4 And It Was Night Again
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Third album from System Olympia, following acclaimed releases like New Erotica Collection LP (2023) and Delta Of Venus LP (2020), solidifying her as a bold, self-produced voice in electronic and italo-disco-inspired music.
Releases on Okay Nature Records (her own independent label), with digital out now (March 6, 2026) via Bandcamp/Spotify and limited-edition black vinyl 12" LP shipping from April 6, 2026-fully written, recorded, produced, and mastered by System Olympia herself.
Extended tour in the months ahead, kicking off with confirmed live events including a Double Climax Listening Party, plus performances at The Cause (60 Dock Road, Outside) in London on April 3, 2026, and Burgess Park in London on August 2, 2026-expect further dates to build momentum through spring/summer 2026.
A1 BABE
A2 I Try
A3 Fame
A4 One More Night
A5 Peace Of My Eyes
B1 Run In My Arms
B2 P Town Cakes
B3 Moon
B4 And It Was Night Again
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Alma Negra - What Would You Do
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Alma Negra - Where Is The Love
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Alma Negra - Free
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Alma Negra - Sweetheart
Tracklist 12":
A1) What Would You Do
A2) Where Is The Love
B1) Free
B2) Sweetheart
Coming in hot on Berlin's Toy Tonics label: a new EP by the talented duo ALMA NEGRA!
Founded in 2013, Alma Negra is a Swiss collective centered around the brother duo Dersu and Diego Figueira, whose diverse roots in Switzerland and Cape Verde inform their sound. The project was launched with the ambitious vision to explore the world's diverse rhythms and drive musical innovation by mixing different styles. Their work is anchored in a process of digging and sampling, skillfully blending traditional sounds-from Fela Kuti-influenced Nigerian afrobeat and Angolan Lamento to Caribbean Zouk and the Maloya sound of Réunion-into a contemporary dance music context.
The Figueira brothers' eclectic DJ sets embody this ethos, peppering disco and house with salsa, samba, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean carnival rhythms, all under their guiding motto: "As long as it's Funky."
Since 2014, Alma Negra has made an important contribution to intercultural exchange in their hometown of Basel. Their international presence began in 2015 with their first shows abroad in countries like France, the Netherlands, and Portugal. From 2016 to 2019, their reach expanded significantly, with performances in major hubs like London, Paris, and Berlin, as well as Istanbul, Tel Aviv, and Tunisia. Highlights from this period include sets at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Dimensions Croatia, and Fuse Club in Brussels. Their standing is further cemented by releases on respected labels like Heist Recordings, Sofrito, and Basic Fingers, alongside remixes from an elite group of peers, including Soulphiction, Kuniyuki, and Yuksek.
Parallel to their studio and DJ work, the project expanded into the Alma Negra Live Band, formed with jazz musicians from Basel. While the band is currently on hiatus, this collaboration made live instrumentation increasingly central to their productions, creating a dynamic they feel is essential for any dancefloor. The live band has performed in cities like London and Hamburg and has led to collaborations with artists such as French singer Pat Kalla and jazz trumpeter Bodo Maier.
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A1) What Would You Do
A2) Where Is The Love
B1) Free
B2) Sweetheart
Coming in hot on Berlin's Toy Tonics label: a new EP by the talented duo ALMA NEGRA!
Founded in 2013, Alma Negra is a Swiss collective centered around the brother duo Dersu and Diego Figueira, whose diverse roots in Switzerland and Cape Verde inform their sound. The project was launched with the ambitious vision to explore the world's diverse rhythms and drive musical innovation by mixing different styles. Their work is anchored in a process of digging and sampling, skillfully blending traditional sounds-from Fela Kuti-influenced Nigerian afrobeat and Angolan Lamento to Caribbean Zouk and the Maloya sound of Réunion-into a contemporary dance music context.
The Figueira brothers' eclectic DJ sets embody this ethos, peppering disco and house with salsa, samba, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean carnival rhythms, all under their guiding motto: "As long as it's Funky."
Since 2014, Alma Negra has made an important contribution to intercultural exchange in their hometown of Basel. Their international presence began in 2015 with their first shows abroad in countries like France, the Netherlands, and Portugal. From 2016 to 2019, their reach expanded significantly, with performances in major hubs like London, Paris, and Berlin, as well as Istanbul, Tel Aviv, and Tunisia. Highlights from this period include sets at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Dimensions Croatia, and Fuse Club in Brussels. Their standing is further cemented by releases on respected labels like Heist Recordings, Sofrito, and Basic Fingers, alongside remixes from an elite group of peers, including Soulphiction, Kuniyuki, and Yuksek.
Parallel to their studio and DJ work, the project expanded into the Alma Negra Live Band, formed with jazz musicians from Basel. While the band is currently on hiatus, this collaboration made live instrumentation increasingly central to their productions, creating a dynamic they feel is essential for any dancefloor. The live band has performed in cities like London and Hamburg and has led to collaborations with artists such as French singer Pat Kalla and jazz trumpeter Bodo Maier.
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Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present - Transport 07:28
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Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present - Odyssey 07:28
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Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present - Lightyears 06:08
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Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present - 2600 06:44
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Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present - Merkur 04:09
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Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present - Riod 09:14
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Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present - Zeolites 10:30
2026 Repress
FORMAT 2LP 180g vinyl, printed sleeve, dl card
TRACKLIST
1. / A1 Transport 07:28
2. / A2 Odyssey 07:28
3. / B1 Lightyears 06:08
4. / B2 2600 06:44
5. / C1 Merkur 04:09
6. / C2 Riod 09:14
7. / D1 Zeolites 10:30
Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald – the two indispensable protagonists of the Electric Garden – plug back into the wilderness.
‘Transport’ – the full length effort brings together a set of studio-refined sequences aimed at colonizing some of the dark energy that
pulsates through those areas that are thoroughly electrified, even if not ‘on the grid’.
The Detroit-Berlin axis triangulated to a third point which, like the atomic particle that lives in two places at once, flickers between a
form of techno-charged ambience and a futuristic club-jazz which cannot be broken down into constitutive parts.
Borderland remains caught in a state of enraptured stillness, invisibly moving between every imagined future for electronic sound
making.
The result: a font from which springs serene and exhilarating musical ideas that vibrate with refined energy for sixty seconds in every
minute.
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TRACKLIST
1. / A1 Transport 07:28
2. / A2 Odyssey 07:28
3. / B1 Lightyears 06:08
4. / B2 2600 06:44
5. / C1 Merkur 04:09
6. / C2 Riod 09:14
7. / D1 Zeolites 10:30
Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald – the two indispensable protagonists of the Electric Garden – plug back into the wilderness.
‘Transport’ – the full length effort brings together a set of studio-refined sequences aimed at colonizing some of the dark energy that
pulsates through those areas that are thoroughly electrified, even if not ‘on the grid’.
The Detroit-Berlin axis triangulated to a third point which, like the atomic particle that lives in two places at once, flickers between a
form of techno-charged ambience and a futuristic club-jazz which cannot be broken down into constitutive parts.
Borderland remains caught in a state of enraptured stillness, invisibly moving between every imagined future for electronic sound
making.
The result: a font from which springs serene and exhilarating musical ideas that vibrate with refined energy for sixty seconds in every
minute.
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Label:Stasis Recordings
Cat-No:SRWAX27
Release-Date:03.04.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:12" Excl
Label:Stasis Recordings
Cat-No:SRWAX27
Release-Date:03.04.2026
Genre:Electronic, Electronica
Configuration:12" Excl
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Francisco Foo - Europe After The Rain
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Francisco Foo - The Wood For The Trees
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Francisco Foo - Where Love Lay Sleeping
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Francisco Foo - With Stones In Our Pockets
Genre: ChillOut, Downtempo
Tracklist:
A1. Europe After The Rain
A2. The Wood For The Trees
B1. Where Love Lay Sleeping
B2. With Stones In Our Pockets
Short Info:
Francisco Foo gives us a beautifully pensive 4-track chillage EP as his vinyl debut. Europe After The Rain perfectly captures the ideas of healing, regeneration, and rebuilding.
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A2. The Wood For The Trees
B1. Where Love Lay Sleeping
B2. With Stones In Our Pockets
Short Info:
Francisco Foo gives us a beautifully pensive 4-track chillage EP as his vinyl debut. Europe After The Rain perfectly captures the ideas of healing, regeneration, and rebuilding.
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Presence (Aka Charles Webster) - Gettin' Lifted
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Presence (Aka Charles Webster) - Feelin' Lifted
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Presence (Aka Charles Webster) - The Strength (Within)
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Presence (Aka Charles Webster) - The Strength (Without)
12" non-returnable!
Charles Webster, one of the most influential deep house producers and a true master of his craft, makes his debut on Pariter with a landmark reissue of one of his most timeless records, The Strength.
Originally released under his mid 90s alias The Presence, the record has long stood as the most coveted release from the project. Nearly three decades on, The Strength remains a benchmark for sophisticated deep house, effortlessly fusing emotional depth with driving, tech leaning groove that commands dance-floors and creates a truly immersive atmosphere.
This special reissue not only reintroduce a certified classic on Pariter, but also marks the 30th anniversary of its originally release. An essential piece of house music history, restored to its rightful place. Timeless. Essential. Pure Gold.
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Charles Webster, one of the most influential deep house producers and a true master of his craft, makes his debut on Pariter with a landmark reissue of one of his most timeless records, The Strength.
Originally released under his mid 90s alias The Presence, the record has long stood as the most coveted release from the project. Nearly three decades on, The Strength remains a benchmark for sophisticated deep house, effortlessly fusing emotional depth with driving, tech leaning groove that commands dance-floors and creates a truly immersive atmosphere.
This special reissue not only reintroduce a certified classic on Pariter, but also marks the 30th anniversary of its originally release. An essential piece of house music history, restored to its rightful place. Timeless. Essential. Pure Gold.
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Basically Ugly Covers - A1. Lady (Basically Ugly Covers Edit)
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Basically Ugly Covers - A2. Two Men (Basically Ugly Covers Edit)
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Basically Ugly Covers - B1. Kassa (Basically Ugly Covers Edit)
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Basically Ugly Covers - B2. Gadeue (Basically Ugly Covers Edit)
Basically Ugly Edits 001 marks the debut edit collection from Basically Ugly Covers, the Rome-based half of the Pizza Club project. Zouk, afro, disco and funk—your dancefloor good vibes have served!
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 1. Tibet
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 2. Sunboy
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 3. Wings Of Heaven
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 4. Sixty Cowboys
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 5. On The Sun
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 6. Cut With The Cake Knife
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 7. Crystal Nights
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 8. Soldier
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 9. So Vicious
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 10. Crystal Days
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ROSE MCDOWALL - 11. Don’t Fear The Reaper
Territory: WW-UK-BNLX-OZ
FORMAT: LP
Recorded in the aftermath of Strawberry Switchblade's break up, the original "Sunflower Demos" included songs intended for the
unrealised 2nd album. These songs posit an alternative future where Rose McDowall pursued a Pop career instead of becoming an
underground icon.
"In McDowall’s world, cake and chaos go hand in hand. She’s the witch at the door of the gingerbread house, beckoning you inside."
- Pitchfork
"One wonders what would have happened had these delirious songs made it to mainstream radio airplay. The exquisite nature of this
slices of dappled pop genius is a joy to behold."
-The Quietus
Tracklist:
1. Tibet
2. Sunboy
3. Wings Of Heaven
4. Sixty Cowboys
5. On The Sun
6. Cut With The Cake Knife
7. Crystal Nights
8. Soldier
9. So Vicious
10. Crystal Days
11. Don’t Fear The Reaper
Rose McDowall's Cut With The Cake Knife was originally reissued in 2015 by Night School Records and Sacred Bones. Since
then, Rose McDowall and her previous band Strawberry Switchblade have only grown in cult status. Following a discovery by a
generation of young, disaffected kids on social media of Strawberry Switchblade and McDowall's succeeding band Sorrow, Night
School Records has remastered Cut With The Cake Knife and presents the album with a reimagined artwork that more closely
recreates the original hand-made CD produced by McDowall.
Cut The With The Cake Knife was recorded by Rose McDowall in 1988/89 following the break up of her group Strawberry Switchblade.
Produced with the aid of several musicians in several studios, the album features songs written for the fabled second Strawberry
Switchblade album. More importantly perhaps it showcases the honest, direct and life-affirming songs of one of the greatest unsung
songwriters of the modern pop era at a tumultuous time in her career.
Tibet opens the set and could be one of the best pop songs you’ve never heard. The innate sadness of the songs’ content – the loss of
a friendship, impending sorrow – is heightened to heart-melting level by McDowall’s pop nous and melodic sensibility. Choruses and
hooks are everywhere on Cake Knife, from the outsider take on stadium 80s pop in Wings Of Heaven to the spiraling, ecstatic. So
Vicious, a glorious anthem that highlights the human fragility in McDowall’s vocal performance, an instrument that has never lost the
naïve purity it first exemplified in Strawberry Switchblade’s early 80s recordings. The centerpiece of the album, the title-track, is the
greatest Switchblade pop chart hit that never was. Like the veiled melancholy of her former group’s hits, Cut With The Cake Knife
hints at a darkness beneath the gloss, a darkness that saw McDowall delve into more esoteric territory with her subsequent recordings
and collaborations. Cut With The Cake Knife serves as the bridge between the pop music McDowall had been making with her friends
Jill Bryson, Lawrence from Felt and Primal Scream to what became a more baroque, deep sound informed by neo-folk and post
industrial music.
Rose McDowall’s role in the canon has always been one of an outsider. Beginning in Glasgow’s East End in the avant proto-noise
group The Poems, achieving fame briefly in the 80s and then disappearing into counter-cultural folklore, the emphasis in the internetage has been skewed towards her image and cultural significance. Unseen to many, her solo work, her groups Sorrow and Spell and lher collaborations with a whole host of underground luminaries have still touched lives. As McDowall elucidates: “They're real sad
songs, about real life. I've had people come up to me to say I'd connected with them and helped them. I remember a gig in America
when we made a whole room cry. It was bizarre. A couple at the front of the stage started crying and then these two boys beside and
suddenly everyone was crying. And I thought, "that's power."
Night School’s issue of Cut With The Cake Knife includes unpublished photographs, extensive sleeve notes from Rose McDowall and
2 bonus tracks culled from the bootleg 7” “Don’t Fear The Reaper.”
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Recorded in the aftermath of Strawberry Switchblade's break up, the original "Sunflower Demos" included songs intended for the
unrealised 2nd album. These songs posit an alternative future where Rose McDowall pursued a Pop career instead of becoming an
underground icon.
"In McDowall’s world, cake and chaos go hand in hand. She’s the witch at the door of the gingerbread house, beckoning you inside."
- Pitchfork
"One wonders what would have happened had these delirious songs made it to mainstream radio airplay. The exquisite nature of this
slices of dappled pop genius is a joy to behold."
-The Quietus
Tracklist:
1. Tibet
2. Sunboy
3. Wings Of Heaven
4. Sixty Cowboys
5. On The Sun
6. Cut With The Cake Knife
7. Crystal Nights
8. Soldier
9. So Vicious
10. Crystal Days
11. Don’t Fear The Reaper
Rose McDowall's Cut With The Cake Knife was originally reissued in 2015 by Night School Records and Sacred Bones. Since
then, Rose McDowall and her previous band Strawberry Switchblade have only grown in cult status. Following a discovery by a
generation of young, disaffected kids on social media of Strawberry Switchblade and McDowall's succeeding band Sorrow, Night
School Records has remastered Cut With The Cake Knife and presents the album with a reimagined artwork that more closely
recreates the original hand-made CD produced by McDowall.
Cut The With The Cake Knife was recorded by Rose McDowall in 1988/89 following the break up of her group Strawberry Switchblade.
Produced with the aid of several musicians in several studios, the album features songs written for the fabled second Strawberry
Switchblade album. More importantly perhaps it showcases the honest, direct and life-affirming songs of one of the greatest unsung
songwriters of the modern pop era at a tumultuous time in her career.
Tibet opens the set and could be one of the best pop songs you’ve never heard. The innate sadness of the songs’ content – the loss of
a friendship, impending sorrow – is heightened to heart-melting level by McDowall’s pop nous and melodic sensibility. Choruses and
hooks are everywhere on Cake Knife, from the outsider take on stadium 80s pop in Wings Of Heaven to the spiraling, ecstatic. So
Vicious, a glorious anthem that highlights the human fragility in McDowall’s vocal performance, an instrument that has never lost the
naïve purity it first exemplified in Strawberry Switchblade’s early 80s recordings. The centerpiece of the album, the title-track, is the
greatest Switchblade pop chart hit that never was. Like the veiled melancholy of her former group’s hits, Cut With The Cake Knife
hints at a darkness beneath the gloss, a darkness that saw McDowall delve into more esoteric territory with her subsequent recordings
and collaborations. Cut With The Cake Knife serves as the bridge between the pop music McDowall had been making with her friends
Jill Bryson, Lawrence from Felt and Primal Scream to what became a more baroque, deep sound informed by neo-folk and post
industrial music.
Rose McDowall’s role in the canon has always been one of an outsider. Beginning in Glasgow’s East End in the avant proto-noise
group The Poems, achieving fame briefly in the 80s and then disappearing into counter-cultural folklore, the emphasis in the internetage has been skewed towards her image and cultural significance. Unseen to many, her solo work, her groups Sorrow and Spell and lher collaborations with a whole host of underground luminaries have still touched lives. As McDowall elucidates: “They're real sad
songs, about real life. I've had people come up to me to say I'd connected with them and helped them. I remember a gig in America
when we made a whole room cry. It was bizarre. A couple at the front of the stage started crying and then these two boys beside and
suddenly everyone was crying. And I thought, "that's power."
Night School’s issue of Cut With The Cake Knife includes unpublished photographs, extensive sleeve notes from Rose McDowall and
2 bonus tracks culled from the bootleg 7” “Don’t Fear The Reaper.”
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TYGAPAW - Can I live feat. Precious Okoyomon
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TYGAPAW - M32 Riddim
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TYGAPAW - One exists or agrees to exist
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TYGAPAW - Don't panic feat. Ms. Carrie Stacks
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TYGAPAW - Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten
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TYGAPAW - Helicopter hovers over my Crown Heights Apartment
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TYGAPAW - Exorcise the Language of Domination feat. Juliana Huxtable
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TYGAPAW - B2B feat. SUUTOO
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TYGAPAW - Effects of Resistance feat. Khanyisile Mbongwa
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TYGAPAW - Black Trans Masculine Experience (Instrumental)
Territories: World excl. UK
FORMAT 2LP vinyl, gatefold sleeve, dl card
TRACKLIST
A1. Can I live feat. Precious Okoyomon 02:36
A2. M32 Riddim 04:06
A3. One exists or agrees to exist 05:00
A4. Don't panic feat. Ms. Carrie Stacks 02:58
B1. Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten 06:31
B2. Helicopter hovers over my Crown Heights Apartment 05:19
C1. Exorcise the Language of Domination feat. Juliana Huxtable 06:12
C2. B2B feat. SUUTOO 05:32
D1. Effects of Resistance feat. Khanyisile Mbongwa 06:12
D2. Black Trans Masculine Experience (Instrumental) 08:55
Release Info:
May 2026 marks the arrival of TYGAPAW (aka Dion McKenzie)’s first full-length album on Tresor Records, entitled Together You Gather All Power Applied Worldwide. An acronym of its creator’s name, TYGAPAW’s third studio album is a deeply personal collection of music building worlds where Black queer and trans siblings can thrive, while unifying dancefloors worldwide. A proposition that collective wisdom liberates us from the matrix of domination we live within. The album unfolds as the latest chapter in TYGAPAW’s ongoing techno opera opus, continuing to center the voices of Black women, which surface as layered incantations rather than lyrics - powerful, haunting, sensual, activating.
With the process of creating the album starting in 2023, as TYGAPAW (Dion McKenzie) was in the first year of their transition, the music reflects the intensity of that period, where they were experiencing deplatforming as a response to the shift in their physical appearance: Tracks like ‘M32 Riddim’ and ‘Helicopter hovers over my Crown Heights Apartment’ feature high-paced rhythms intersecting with intense siren-like synths to form demanding compositions echoing a heightened sense of alert. Yet throughout the album, relief comes in the form of TYGAPAW’s vocal features, co-conspirators, and chosen family, whose voices are treated with reverb and echo, a sonic fingerprint that leads back to the pioneers in the legendary studios of TYGAPAW’s native land, Jamaica, an important reminder that the past will always inform the future. It is an album for dancers first and foremost, where joy, defiance, and integration with the natural body coexist, and every drop feels less like a climax than a transformation. Expect a bass that permeates your soul and melodic synthesized sequenced phrases echoing the dancehall eras of TYGAPAW’s youth, reshaped into hypnotic melodies that glow over industrial kicks designed to command attention, reasserting Jamaica's pioneering yet often overlooked contribution to electronic music.
In the opening track, ‘Can I Live’, Precious Okoyomon’s words feel like the beginning of a ritual; setting the intentions for the rest of the proceedings. As McKenzie puts it, their “work is about regeneration, resetting, getting integrated into nature, and about rebirth. That’s the tone I wanted to set at the outset of the album.” Ms Carrie Stacks continues this thread of support in ‘Don’t Panic’ with heavily processed vocals on top of a beat that takes inspiration from another important ingredient in the antidote to the oppression of isolation: Ballroom culture. “ I feel like I found my queerness in Ballroom, that’s why this track is very important to me.”
Echoes of NYC Black queer nightlife scene also permeate in the energetic drums of ‘Exorcise the Language of Domination’, in which Julianna Huxtable’s spoken performance complements the various movements and tones of the music. “My producer brain thought this was the one that Juliana’s vocals would be best suited for. I hinted: ‘what do you think of this one?’ She just went into her notes and picked some passages to go with the first section of the track. From there, it was a year-long process of development. It required time and space for this thing to evolve, but I think it’s one of the most powerful tracks on the album.” London’s SUUTOO contributes the album’s only musical collaboration on ‘B2B’, a track that emerged from sessions in McKenzie’s New York studio where the real objective was to connect and have fun; a time out from the demands of life outside.
The album closes out with a double hit of emotion in the form of ‘Effects of Resistance and Black Trans Masculine Experience’. The former features South African scholar Khanyisile Mbongwa drawing connections that exist between Africa and the Black diaspora, whilst looking to the future and calling for a shared sense of community.
The latter piece, an instrumental version of the piece which featured on the IMMIGRANT E.P. of 2025 is a gentle and deeply affecting end to the record, a place of peace and acceptance. This end-of-cycle tone is mirrored in the sleeve photography, which also ties back to IMMIGRANT by finally revealing what was hidden: a portrait of the artist fully self-actualized; a step towards true inner liberation. TYGAPAW is sonically defiant across this album; bass frequencies feel tactile — less heard than inhabited — infectious lead synth melodies remain with you long after the track ends. An overall sound that leaves asserting an urgent need for connection. From Detroit to New York to Berlin to Jamaica, despite geographic distance, this album reminds us that we remain in solidarity, recognising that meaningful world-building requires collective input and action, both personal and communal, if we are to move toward liberation.
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FORMAT 2LP vinyl, gatefold sleeve, dl card
TRACKLIST
A1. Can I live feat. Precious Okoyomon 02:36
A2. M32 Riddim 04:06
A3. One exists or agrees to exist 05:00
A4. Don't panic feat. Ms. Carrie Stacks 02:58
B1. Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten 06:31
B2. Helicopter hovers over my Crown Heights Apartment 05:19
C1. Exorcise the Language of Domination feat. Juliana Huxtable 06:12
C2. B2B feat. SUUTOO 05:32
D1. Effects of Resistance feat. Khanyisile Mbongwa 06:12
D2. Black Trans Masculine Experience (Instrumental) 08:55
Release Info:
May 2026 marks the arrival of TYGAPAW (aka Dion McKenzie)’s first full-length album on Tresor Records, entitled Together You Gather All Power Applied Worldwide. An acronym of its creator’s name, TYGAPAW’s third studio album is a deeply personal collection of music building worlds where Black queer and trans siblings can thrive, while unifying dancefloors worldwide. A proposition that collective wisdom liberates us from the matrix of domination we live within. The album unfolds as the latest chapter in TYGAPAW’s ongoing techno opera opus, continuing to center the voices of Black women, which surface as layered incantations rather than lyrics - powerful, haunting, sensual, activating.
With the process of creating the album starting in 2023, as TYGAPAW (Dion McKenzie) was in the first year of their transition, the music reflects the intensity of that period, where they were experiencing deplatforming as a response to the shift in their physical appearance: Tracks like ‘M32 Riddim’ and ‘Helicopter hovers over my Crown Heights Apartment’ feature high-paced rhythms intersecting with intense siren-like synths to form demanding compositions echoing a heightened sense of alert. Yet throughout the album, relief comes in the form of TYGAPAW’s vocal features, co-conspirators, and chosen family, whose voices are treated with reverb and echo, a sonic fingerprint that leads back to the pioneers in the legendary studios of TYGAPAW’s native land, Jamaica, an important reminder that the past will always inform the future. It is an album for dancers first and foremost, where joy, defiance, and integration with the natural body coexist, and every drop feels less like a climax than a transformation. Expect a bass that permeates your soul and melodic synthesized sequenced phrases echoing the dancehall eras of TYGAPAW’s youth, reshaped into hypnotic melodies that glow over industrial kicks designed to command attention, reasserting Jamaica's pioneering yet often overlooked contribution to electronic music.
In the opening track, ‘Can I Live’, Precious Okoyomon’s words feel like the beginning of a ritual; setting the intentions for the rest of the proceedings. As McKenzie puts it, their “work is about regeneration, resetting, getting integrated into nature, and about rebirth. That’s the tone I wanted to set at the outset of the album.” Ms Carrie Stacks continues this thread of support in ‘Don’t Panic’ with heavily processed vocals on top of a beat that takes inspiration from another important ingredient in the antidote to the oppression of isolation: Ballroom culture. “ I feel like I found my queerness in Ballroom, that’s why this track is very important to me.”
Echoes of NYC Black queer nightlife scene also permeate in the energetic drums of ‘Exorcise the Language of Domination’, in which Julianna Huxtable’s spoken performance complements the various movements and tones of the music. “My producer brain thought this was the one that Juliana’s vocals would be best suited for. I hinted: ‘what do you think of this one?’ She just went into her notes and picked some passages to go with the first section of the track. From there, it was a year-long process of development. It required time and space for this thing to evolve, but I think it’s one of the most powerful tracks on the album.” London’s SUUTOO contributes the album’s only musical collaboration on ‘B2B’, a track that emerged from sessions in McKenzie’s New York studio where the real objective was to connect and have fun; a time out from the demands of life outside.
The album closes out with a double hit of emotion in the form of ‘Effects of Resistance and Black Trans Masculine Experience’. The former features South African scholar Khanyisile Mbongwa drawing connections that exist between Africa and the Black diaspora, whilst looking to the future and calling for a shared sense of community.
The latter piece, an instrumental version of the piece which featured on the IMMIGRANT E.P. of 2025 is a gentle and deeply affecting end to the record, a place of peace and acceptance. This end-of-cycle tone is mirrored in the sleeve photography, which also ties back to IMMIGRANT by finally revealing what was hidden: a portrait of the artist fully self-actualized; a step towards true inner liberation. TYGAPAW is sonically defiant across this album; bass frequencies feel tactile — less heard than inhabited — infectious lead synth melodies remain with you long after the track ends. An overall sound that leaves asserting an urgent need for connection. From Detroit to New York to Berlin to Jamaica, despite geographic distance, this album reminds us that we remain in solidarity, recognising that meaningful world-building requires collective input and action, both personal and communal, if we are to move toward liberation.
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Quarks - Allein (Augen Zu Und Durch... Remix By Sascha Funke)
2
Quarks - Allein (Rolling Luggage Mix By Swayzak)
3
Quarks - Allein (Original Mix)
Format: 12", 45RPM
Tracklist:
A1: Allein (Augen Zu Und Durch... Remix By Sascha Funke)
B1: Allein (Rolling Luggage Mix By Swayzak)
B2: Allein (Original Mix)
hello,
'Allein' by Quarks is a timeless piece of German electro-pop culture that captures the nostalgia of Berlin’s wild & spaced out 2000s like no other!
Originally released on the duo's third album "Trigger Me Happy", the single was later released as a 12" with two massive remixes that were only available on vinyl.
Whether it's Sascha Funke's haunting minimal techno masterpiece or Swayzak's colourful & electrifying banger - both remixes leave no doubt that this 12" will bring goosebumps & tears of joy to every dance floor until the end of time!
With all original masters & DATs lost, this reissue has been carefully restored & remastered from the original vinyl by Dubplates & Mastering. Sounding crystal clear & ready for the club in 2026!
goodbye.
Pressed at MPO.
Labelartwork & cover redesign by Julian Gertenbach.
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Tracklist:
A1: Allein (Augen Zu Und Durch... Remix By Sascha Funke)
B1: Allein (Rolling Luggage Mix By Swayzak)
B2: Allein (Original Mix)
hello,
'Allein' by Quarks is a timeless piece of German electro-pop culture that captures the nostalgia of Berlin’s wild & spaced out 2000s like no other!
Originally released on the duo's third album "Trigger Me Happy", the single was later released as a 12" with two massive remixes that were only available on vinyl.
Whether it's Sascha Funke's haunting minimal techno masterpiece or Swayzak's colourful & electrifying banger - both remixes leave no doubt that this 12" will bring goosebumps & tears of joy to every dance floor until the end of time!
With all original masters & DATs lost, this reissue has been carefully restored & remastered from the original vinyl by Dubplates & Mastering. Sounding crystal clear & ready for the club in 2026!
goodbye.
Pressed at MPO.
Labelartwork & cover redesign by Julian Gertenbach.
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1
Clæus Chen - Pocochin Blue
2
Clæus Chen - Float
3
Clæus Chen - Apocalypse
4
Clæus Chen - Piano Beach Acid
GENRE/S: Acid, House, Electro, Techno
TRACKLIST:
A1 Pocochin Blue (6:03)
A2 Float (6:24)
B1 Apocalypse (6:18)
B2 Piano Beach Acid (5:37)
SHORT INFO:
Four different flavors of deep, hypnotic Acid House.
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TRACKLIST:
A1 Pocochin Blue (6:03)
A2 Float (6:24)
B1 Apocalypse (6:18)
B2 Piano Beach Acid (5:37)
SHORT INFO:
Four different flavors of deep, hypnotic Acid House.
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ARN4L2 - TIERRA BOMBA
2
ARN4L2 - KEPASA
3
ARN4L2 - BULLA
4
ARN4L2 - QUEMANDO
5
ARN4L2 - VALE MIA
6
ARN4L2 - LA ÑAPA
GENRE/S: Electronic, Afro Beat, Latin House, Champeta
TRACK LIST:
[Vinyl]
A1. TIERRA BOMBA
A2. KEPASA
A3. BULLA
B1. QUEMANDO
B2. VALE MIA
B3. LA ÑAPA
SHORT INFO:
Studio Barnhus presents ARN4L2, a producer from Cartagena, who debuts on the Stockholm label with the striking EP TIERRA BOMBA, a record built from the fractured memory of an island in the
Colombian Caribbean, understood as a surface in motion.
The project draws on tools present in the early development of the Champeta genre – the Yamaha RY30 drum machine, the Yamaha DD-14 drum pad, and the Pyramid mixer – alongside percussive
gestures and guitars characteristic of the style. On songs like the effortlessly bouncy title track and the gaita-laced curveball BULLA, featuring the characteristic melodic flute of the region, ARN4L2’s instinct for propulsion and detail comes into focus, while vocal tracks like the energetic closer LA ÑAPA integrate the artist’s voice as texture, without hierarchy or center.
TIERRA BOMBA becomes a point of convergence, where technology, sonic practices, and fragments of local popular culture meet in the present tense. Released through Studio Barnhus on
12'' vinyl and all digital platforms on March 13.
Text written by Edna Martinez.
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TRACK LIST:
[Vinyl]
A1. TIERRA BOMBA
A2. KEPASA
A3. BULLA
B1. QUEMANDO
B2. VALE MIA
B3. LA ÑAPA
SHORT INFO:
Studio Barnhus presents ARN4L2, a producer from Cartagena, who debuts on the Stockholm label with the striking EP TIERRA BOMBA, a record built from the fractured memory of an island in the
Colombian Caribbean, understood as a surface in motion.
The project draws on tools present in the early development of the Champeta genre – the Yamaha RY30 drum machine, the Yamaha DD-14 drum pad, and the Pyramid mixer – alongside percussive
gestures and guitars characteristic of the style. On songs like the effortlessly bouncy title track and the gaita-laced curveball BULLA, featuring the characteristic melodic flute of the region, ARN4L2’s instinct for propulsion and detail comes into focus, while vocal tracks like the energetic closer LA ÑAPA integrate the artist’s voice as texture, without hierarchy or center.
TIERRA BOMBA becomes a point of convergence, where technology, sonic practices, and fragments of local popular culture meet in the present tense. Released through Studio Barnhus on
12'' vinyl and all digital platforms on March 13.
Text written by Edna Martinez.
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