Raster-Noton
Raster-Noton was a German electronic music record label. It was established in 1999 in Chemnitz, Germany. The label focused on the overlapping border areas of pop, art, and science, releasing music albums, publications, and installation works focused on rhythmic, minimal electronic music.
Raster-Noton

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- Founded
- 1999.
- Headquarters
- Chemnitz.
- Dissolved
- 2017.
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Raster-Noton was a German electronic music record label. It was established in 1999 in Chemnitz, Germany. The label focused on the overlapping border areas of pop, art, and science, releasing music albums, publications, and installation works focused on rhythmic, minimal electronic music.
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Overview
In 2017, the label split into two entities: Raster, to be run by Bender, and Noton, focusing on Nicolai's output.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Founded — 1996 • Founder — Olaf Bender, Carsten Nicolai and Frank Bretschneider • Country — Germany • Location — Chemnitz • Genre — Electronic Glitch Experimental • Url — raster-media.net • Illustration — Carsten Nicolai as Noto, playing live at MUTEK 2004 • Illustration — Olaf Bender as Byetone, playing live at MUTEK 2004
Catalogue
Catalogue
• Title — Artist — Cat No — Year • mikro makro — φ + noto — r-n 006 — 1997 • stud stim — goem — r-n 007 — 1997 • infinity — noto — r-n 008 — 1997 • shortwavemusic — w.basinski — vyr 012 — 1998 • final ballet — m.behrens — r-n 013 — 1998 • blue cube — kim cascone — r-n 014 — 1998 • empty garden — noto — ltd 009 — 1999 • telefunken — noto — r-n 032 — 2000 • open close open — robert lippok — r-n 037 — 2001 • strom — carl michael von hausswolff — r-n 038 — 2001 • wohltemperiert — φ + noto — r-n 039 — 2001 • Cyclo. — ryoji ikeda + noto — vyr 041 — 2001 • (o)acis — various artists — r-n 042 — 2001 • endless loop (e, f, g, h) — noto — vyr 045 — 2002 • the river — w.basinski — r-n 048 — 2002 • con.duct. spc.trm — nibo — r-n 049 — 2002 • Vrioon — alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto — r-n 050 — 2002 • frequencies (Hz) — various artists — ltd 008 — 2003 • transrapid — alva noto — vyr 051 — 2003 • weltecho (box) — carsten nicolai — r-n 052 — 2003 • sonar endless loop edition III — alva noto — vyr 055 — 2003 • archiv.1 — various artists — r-n 056 — 2004 • transall: transrapid — alva noto — r-n 061 — 2004 • transall: transvision — alva noto — r-n 062 — 2005 • transall: transspray — alva noto — r-n 063 — 2005 • Insen — alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto — r-n 065 — 2005 • transall collector's box — alva noto — r-n 066 — 2005 • leech — carl michael von hausswolff — r-n 067 — 2006 • Dataplex — Ryoji Ikeda — r-n 068 — 2005 • notations archiv 1 — various artists — r-n 070 — 2006 • Revep — alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto — r-n 072 — 2006 • stabil — kangding ray — r-n 073 — 2006 • set your center between your parts in order to — pixel — r-n 074 — 2006 • incidence — richard chartier — r-n 075 — 2006 • insen live — alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto — r-n 076 — 2006 • list — Senking — r-n 077 — 2007 • Xerrox Vol.1 — alva noto — r-n 078 — 2007 • Transform — alva noto — r-n 079 — 2008 • archiv.2 — various artists — r-n 080 — 2007 • Plastic Star — Byetone — r-n 081 — 2008 • Rhythm — Frank Bretschneider — r-n 082 — 2007 • Aiff-tiff — various artists — r-n 083 — 2008 • Fades — Carsten Nicolai — r-n 084 — 2007 • Strings — CoH — r-n 085 — 2007 • Aleph-1 — Aleph-1 — r-n 087 — 2007 • Spare Parts — Pomassl — r-n 088 — 2007 • 1000 Fragments — Ryoji Ikeda — r-n 089 — 2008 • CoH plays Cosey — CoH + Cosey Fanni Tutti — r-n 091 — 2008
20' to 2000
20' to 2000
20' to 2000 is a monthly series of twelve CDs released over the course of 1999, with each month's artist contributing a 20-minute project expressing "possibly a manifest of the millennium". Each disc was packaged in a thin plastic slipcase with a hollow core. A separate kit containing twelve magnets fit into the core and allowed the individual discs to be joined into one set (pictured). This series received the "Golden Nica" award from Ars Electronica in 2000. • month — artist • January — Komet • February — Ilpo Väisänen • March — Ryoji Ikeda • April — CoH • May — Olaf Bender, Byetone • June — Jens Massel, Senking • July — Thomas Brinkmann • August — Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) • September — Alva Noto (Noto) • October — Mika Vainio • November — Wolfgang Voigt • December — ELpH: elph.zwölf
Institutional history
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1999
Raster-Noton established.
2001
Raster-noton.Oacis (2001) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2017
Raster-Noton ceased.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086042417, Raster-Noton (Künstlerkollektiv, Chemnitz).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- “Raster-Noton”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q323976: Raster-Noton
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086042417, Raster-Noton (Künstlerkollektiv, Chemnitz).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Raster-noton.Oacis (2001) — Open Library
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