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Alva Noto

key, perc, syn, g, *1965 DE, Chemnitz
Musician of Dance and Electronic
A.k.a. Carsten Nicolai Aleph-1

Carsten Nicolai is a German artist and musician based in Berlin. For his musical outputs he uses the pseudonym Alva Noto. Born 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt he is part of an artist generation who works intensively in the transitional area between music, art and science. With a strong adherence to reductionism he leads his sound experiments into the field of electronic music creating his own code of signs, acoustics and visual symbols. NOTON is a label founded in 1994 by Carsten Nicolai as a small imprint becoming active in 1996 with the release of noto “spin” record. In the same year the collaboration with RasterMusic begun and by 1999 the two labels merged into Raster-Noton. By 2017 NOTON starts working independently releasing all back catalogue of Alva Noto and currently planning future releases. Diverse musical projects include remarkable collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ryoji Ikeda (cyclo), Blixa Bargeld or Mika Vainio. Nicolai toured extensively as Alva Noto through Europe, Asia, South America and the US. Among others, he performed at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou in Paris and Tate Modern in London. Most recently Nicolai scored the music for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s newest film, 'The Revenant’ which has been nominated for a Golden Globe, BAFTA, Grammy and Critics Choice Award. His musical œuvre echoes in his work as a visual artist. Carsten Nicolai seeks to overcome the separation of the sensory perceptions of man by making scientific phenomenons like sound and light frequencies perceivable for both eyes and ears. His installations have a minimalistic aesthetic that by its elegance and consistency is highly intriguing. After his participation in important international exhibitions like Documenta X and the 49th and 50th Venice Biennale, Nicolai’s works were shown worldwide in extensive solo and group exhibitions.

     
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • Percussion
  • Synthesizer
  • Guitar
Genres
  • Dance
  • Electronic
  • Spoken Word
  • Rock
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
UnieqavAlva Noto2018Album
Moln (Alva Noto Remodel)Menke, Alva Noto2018Single
FACT Mix 641Alva Noto2018Album
Live 2002Mika Vainio + Ryoji Ikeda + Alva Noto2018Album
Leaves Of GrassIggy Pop / Tarwater / Alva Noto2016Album
Xerrox Vol.3Alva Noto2015Album
DécadeAnne-James Chaton With Alva Noto And Andy Moor2012Album
RA.276Alva Noto2011Album
UnivrsAlva Noto2011Album
For 2Alva Noto2010Album
For 1 + 2Alva Noto2010Album
Xerrox Vol.2Alva Noto2009Album
UnitxtAlva Noto2008Album
Xerrox Vol.1Alva Noto2007Album
ForAlva Noto2006Album
TransitAlva Noto2005Album
TransrapidAlva Noto2004Album
TransvisionAlva Noto2004Album
TranssprayAlva Noto2004Album
Mort Aux VachesAlva Noto / Signal / Byetone / Komet2002Album
TransrapidAlva Noto2002Album
TransformAlva Noto2001Album
UniformAlva Noto + Scanner2001Album
Opto FilesAlva Noto + Opiate2001Album
PrototypesAlva Noto2000Album
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