Alva Noto

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Born
18 September 1965 (age 60)
Born In
Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany
Behind the Alva Noto moniker we find Carsten Nicolai, one of the most important sound explorers of our time. A student of Architecture in his formative years Alva Noto a visual artist who has forged a minimal aesthetic and a conceptual approach to his art. Sound is changed and evolved into time and space and transformed by tone oscillators and looping generators. Through these processes the essence of pure electricity is made audible. He works without sequencers, but mathematically edits his work to give his compositions precise rhythmic structures. Clicks and glitches are not used… read more
Behind the Alva Noto moniker we find Carsten Nicolai, one of the most important sound explorers of our time. A student of Architecture in his formative years Alva Noto a visual artist who has forged a minimal aesthetic and a conceptual approach to his art. Sound is changed and evolved into ti… read more
Behind the Alva Noto moniker we find Carsten Nicolai, one of the most important sound explorers of our time. A student of Architecture in his formative years Alva Noto a visual artist who has forged a minimal aesthetic and a conceptual approach to his art. Sound is changed and evolved into time and space and transformed by tone oscillators and looping generators… read more

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1 Play track By This River By This River
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2 Play track DJ-Kicks: DJ Tennis Aurora
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3 Play track A Forest - Single A Forest
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4 Play track The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Hawk Punished
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5 Play track XVI Reflections on Classical Music Moon
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6 Play track Uoon II Uoon II
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7 Play track Xerrox Vol. 2 Xerrox Monophaser 2
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8 Play track Xerrox, Vol. 5 Xerrox Ascent II
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9 Play track Xerrox, Vol. 5 Xerrox Topia
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10 Trioon Trioon
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  1. 22,166 listeners

    31 Dec 2004 · 8 tracks

    Transspray
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  2. 19,693 listeners

    7 Apr 2020 · 1 track

    A Forest
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  3. 19,663 listeners

    21 Mar 2001 · 10 tracks

    Transform
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    Unieqav
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