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Welcome to The Newsletter of Alva Noto, Carsten Nicolai, and NOTON — October 2022 #2

New Releases

N-055 . Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto . Summvs (reMASTER)

  • Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl
  • Release Date: 28 October 2022

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Released for the first time in 2011, Summvs is the fifth and final installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's V.I.R.U.S. series. The title Summvs refers to the Latin word 'summa' (eng. sum) and 'versus' (eng. towards); it serves as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative result. The album features Microon compositions containing recordings of a 16th tone interval tuning piano – Piano Metamorfoseador Carrillo en Dieciseisavos de Tono. The album also features two covers of the track By This River, composed by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius in 1977.

In the album's twelve compositions, Sakamoto's haunting piano arrangements coalesce with Nicolai's digital rhythms, creating a sonic aura as magnetic as it is meditative. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album's recordings are accompanied by two new compositions titled Monomom (released digitally in December 2021) and Kizuna. Like Monomom, Kizuna is the studio version of the homonymous composition recorded during Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto's 2019 Australian tour and included in the album TWO Live at Sydney Opera House (2019, NOTON). The word Kizuna means 'human bond' in Japanese and refers to the title of an animation piece by the Italian contemporary artist Valerio Berruti released in Japan in January 2011.

Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai
Mastering by Bo @ Calyx

Tracklist

  • 01. Microon I
  • 02. Reverso
  • 03. Halo
  • 04. Microon II
  • 05. Pionier IOO
  • 06. Ionoscan
  • 07. By This River
  • 08. Naono
  • 09. Microon III
  • 10. By This River – Phantom
  • 11. Monomom
  • 12. Kizuna

Vinyl

  • Price: 27 EUR (excl. VAT)
  • 2 × 12 Inch 'Black' Vinyl, 33.3 rpm, MP3 Download

CD

  • Price: 18 EUR (excl. VAT)
  • 1 × Compact Disc, Special Folding Cover, MP3 Download

Digital Singles:

N-055S2 . Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto . Kizuna (Digital Single)

  • Format: Digital
  • Release Date: 14 October 2022

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Digital Platforms

New Performances

Alva Noto . UNIEQAV

@ Nicron

  • 16 October 2022 (Sun)
  • Magyar Zene Háza
  • 3 Olof Palme sétány, Budapest, 1146, HU

Current Exhibitions

Carsten Nicolai . Unicolor

Art and Industry @ Ulsan Art Museum

  • 6 October 2022 - 29 January 2023
  • Ulsan Art Museum
  • 72 Doseogwan-gil, Jung-gu, Ulsan, KR

Carsten Nicolai + Albert Oehlen . Grau

@ Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin

  • 15 September - 29 October 2022
  • Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
  • Auguststr. 26, 10117 Berlin, DE
  • The second half of the art year at Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin kicks off with a collaboration between Carsten Nicolai and the painter and installation artist Albert Oehlen. After the joint sound and light installation entitled Grau, which was presented last year in Switzerland, new canvas works by Carsten Nicolai and works on paper by Albert Oehlen have been created for the eponymous exhibition at the gallery.

Current Screenings

This Stolen Country of Mine

@ Warsaw Film Festival 2022

  • 14 - 23 October 2022
  • Director: Marc Wiese
  • Music: Alva Noto
  • Germany 2021, 93 min.

Playlists

Spotify

WORSHIP THE GLITCH

Alva Noto's Artist Pick

Spotify

PIANO PUR

Alva Noto's Artist Pick

Spotify

RAW MINIMAL TECHNO

Alva Noto's Artist Pick

Spotify

Alva Noto

NOTON Playlist

NOTON Releases

N+003

ultratronics

Ryoji Ikeda

CD, Digital

N-054

Utp_ (reMASTER)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N-053

Revep (reMASTER)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N-052

Insen (reMASTER)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N-051

Vrioon (reMASTER)

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N+002

WYGG [While Your Guitar Gently]

COH

CD, Digital

N-056

HYbr:ID I

Alva Noto

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N+001

IVIC

Saele Valese

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N-049

Xerrox Vol. 4

Alva Noto

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N-048

A Forest

Alva Noto

Vinyl, Digital

N-047

Alphabet

Alva Noto + Anne-James Chaton

CD, Digital

N-046

Two

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N-045R

UNIEQAV Remixes

Alva Noto

Digital

N-045V

UNIEQAV Videos

Alva Noto

Digital

N-045

UNIEQAV

Alva Noto

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N-044

Glass

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

CD, Vinyl, Digital

N-043

Live 2002

Mika Vainio + Ryoji Ikeda + Alva Noto

CD, Vinyl, Digital