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Welcome to The Newsletter of Alva Noto, Carsten Nicolai, and NOTON — May 2023

New Performances

Alva Noto . UNI-HYbr:ID

@ FESTIVAL HYPER OUEST

  • 04 May 2023 (Thu)
  • AUDITOIRE IKEA, ECAL
  • Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne
  • Av. du Temple 5, 1020 Renens, CH

» FESTIVAL HYPER OUEST

Alva Noto & Anne-James Chaton . Alphabet

@ St Paul's Session 5

  • 06 May 2023 (Sat)
  • Amphitheatre Ioannis Despotopoulos
  • Vasileos Georgiou B 17-19, Athina 106 75, GR

» St. Paul's Session 5
» Ticket

Xerrox Vol.2 (Music: Alva Noto)

@ Schauspiel Köln, DEPOT 1

  • by Richard Siegal / Ballet of Difference am Schauspiel Köln
  • 05 May 2023 (Fri), 19:30 / 06 May 2023 (Sat), 19:30
  • Schauspiel Köln
  • Schanzenstrasse 6-20 51063 Köln, DE

» SCHAUSPIEL KÖLN

New Video

Alva Noto: Xerrox Selected

@ Elbphilharmonie Live

  • Alva Noto | Stargaze | André de Ridder

» YouTube: Elbphilharmonie LIVE

New Releases

N-058 . Alva Noto . Kinder der Sonne

  • Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl
  • Release Date: 05 May 2023

Available on

» NOTON SHOP

NOTON is pleased to announce the release of Kinder der Sonne, the new album by Alva Noto featuring music composed for the score of the theater piece Komplizen by Simon Stone.

The title comes from Maxim Gorky's play Children of the Sun, written in the context of the 1905 Russian Revolution. Simon Stone wrote the new play for the Burgtheater ensemble based on this drama.

The single Die Untergründigen unveils a romantic space, charting a sublime path with a new depth of harmonics and vibrant color. Piano phrases, extant yet ghostly, intersect layers upon layers of confluent warmth and cold digital sounds towering and mysterious despite their wispy forms. Intricately arranged, these textures fill the space at any time, fittingly evoking flux as if they were conceived and recorded on a slow ride across the ocean.

Across fourteen compositions, Alva Noto's Kinder der Sonne takes the listener into a sonic journey of emotional tension and release, revealing a particular kind of sci-fi lust fused with a satisfying suite of modern, minimalist, minimalist ambient classical.

Cover art design by Carsten Nicolai / Mastering by Bo @ Calyx

Pre-Listening (SoundCloud):

Tracklist (CD/Digital):

  • 01. Kinder der Sonne - Intro
  • 02. Verlauf
  • 03. Die Untergründigen
  • 04. Sehnsuchtsvoll
  • 05. Ungewissheit im Sinus
  • 06. Kinder der Sonne - Reprise
  • 07. Unwohl
  • 08. Sehnsuchtsvoll - Reverso
  • 09. Ungewiss
  • 10. Aufstand
  • 11. Die Undergründigen - Redux
  • 12. Virus
  • 13. Son
  • 14. Nie anhaltender Strom

Tracklist (Vinyl):

  • A1. Kinder der Sonne - Intro
  • A2. Verlauf
  • A3. Die Untergründigen
  • B1. Sehnsuchtsvoll
  • B2. Ungewissheit im Sinus
  • B3. Kinder der Sonne - Reprise
  • C1. Unwohl
  • C2. Sehnsuchtsvoll - Reverso
  • C3. Ungewiss
  • D1. Aufstand
  • D2. Virus
  • D3. Son
  • D4. Nie anhaltender Strom

CD

  • Price: 15 EUR (excl. VAT)
  • 1 × Compact Disc, Special Folding Cover
  • Size: 18 × 12.5 × 0.5 cm

Vinyl

  • Price: 22 EUR (excl. VAT)
  • 2 × 12 Inch 'Black' Vinyl, 33.3 rpm
  • Size: 32 × 31.5 × 0.8 cm

Current Performances

Jessica Chastain - A Doll's House

with Music from Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto

  • until 10 June 2023
  • Hudson Theatre Broadway
  • 141 W 44th STREET, New York, NY 20036, US

» A Doll's House
» Hudson Theatre Broadway

Current Exhibitions

Carsten Nicolai . Transmitter / Receiver

@ Marsèll Paradise

  • 15 April - 12 May 2023
  • Marsèll Paradise Milano
  • Via Privata Rezia, 2, 20135 Milano MI, IT

» Marsèll Paradise Milano

Carsten Nicolai . Hand (1990)

Against the Grain.
Prints from the Günther and Annemarie Gercken Foundation @ Kupferstich-Kabinett

  • 03 March - 04 June 2023
  • Kupferstich-Kabinett
  • Residenzschloss, Taschenberg 2, 01067 Dresden, DE

» Kupferstich-Kabinett
» Against the Grain - Catalog

Carsten Nicolai . bausatz noto ∞

Broken Music Vol. 2 @ Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

  • 17 December 2022 - 14 May 2023
  • Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
  • Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin, DE

» Hamburger Bahnhof

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-057

Subterraneans

Alva Noto feat. Martin L. Gore & William Basinski

Vinyl, Digital

N+003

ultratronics

Ryoji Ikeda

CD, Digital

N-055

Summvs

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

CD, Vinyl, 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