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Welcome to The Newsletter of Alva Noto, Carsten Nicolai, and NOTON — December 2022 #3

New Releases

N-057 . Alva Noto feat. Martin L. Gore & Willian Basinski . Subterraneans

Composed by David Bowie
Format: Vinyl, Digital
Release Date: 16 December 2022

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NOTON is pleased to announce the release of Subterraneans, a collaborative EP featuring Alva Noto, Depeche Mode's Martin L. Gore and Willian Basinski's cover of David Bowie's homonymous song.

Recorded in 1975, Subterraneans is the closing song of David Bowie's 1977 album Low. The composition was initially intended for the soundtrack to the 1976 science fiction drama film The Man Who Fell to Earth.

This song has a personal meaning to me. It was partly recorded in West Berlin at the Hansa Studio. According to Bowie, "Subterraneans" refers to the people who remained in East Berlin and lived in East Germany after the wall was built. In 1977 I was twelve years old and among the "Subterraneans" the song evoked. It still resonates within me, forty-five years after its original release." — Carsten Nicolai

A tribute of the three artists to Bowie's work, the EP features an instrumental version and an edit by Alva Noto on electronics with Depeche Mode's Martin L. Gore on the vocal and William Basinski on the saxophone.

Cover art designed by Carsten Nicolai
Mastering by Bo @ Calyx

Tracklist

A) Subterraneans
B) Subterraneans (Instrumental)

Vinyl

Price: 18 EUR (excl. VAT)
1 × 12 Inch 'Black' Vinyl, 45 rpm

NOTON Himekuri Calendar 2023 (N×010)

Price: 40 EUR (excl. VAT)
Size: 108 × 165 mm
Pages: 368
Release Date: 09 December 2021

This year NOTON publishes a special tear-off calendar designed by carsten nicolai and his long-time collaborator and japanese designer nibo.

“In the previous years, The label published a traditional japanese tear-off calendar with an imprinted NOTON layout. Since much of the information was hard to read without knowledge of japanese language, We thought to develop an edition which includes japanese, chinese and western astrological information as well as astronomical and historical data.” — Carsten Nicolai

The 2023 NOTON calendar was printed at a traditional japanese printing house with years of experience. The calendar is approximately 16.5 cm high and 11 cm wide and available on the NOTON shop as a limited edition.

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