Carsten Nicolai

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Carsten Nicolai
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Nicolai at a performance under his pseudonym Alva Noto (2009)
Background information
Birth nameCarsten Nicolai
Also known asAleph-1, Alva Noto, Noto
Born (1965-09-18) 18 September 1965 (age 58)
Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany [1]
Genres Electronic music · glitch · microsound · minimal techno · ambient
Instrument(s) Synthesizer
keyboards
laptop
percussion
LabelsNOTON Raster-Noton
Mille Plateaux
Line
Website www.carstennicolai.de

Carsten Nicolai (* 18 September 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz) is a German artist, musician and label owner. As a musician he is known under the pseudonym Alva Noto.

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Life and career

Carsten Nicolai was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) of Saxony, GDR in 1965. He studied architecture and landscape design before pursuing art. In 1994 he founded the label NOTON, following which a collaboration with RasterMusic began and by 1999 the two labels had merged into Raster-Noton, which operated until 2017. Returning to the labels origin in 2017, Nicolai runs NOTON separately. [2]

In 2009 Nicolai wrote the opera Sparkie: Cage and Beyond in collaboration with Michael Nyman. [3]

Nicolai performed and created installations in many of the world's most prestigious spaces including the Guggenheim, New York, the SF MoMA, Modern Art Oxford, NTT Tokyo, Tate Modern and Venice Biennale, Italy. As a member (and co-founder) of the Raster-Noton label he was responsible for the acclaimed CD series 20 to 2000 that went on to win the Golden Nica prize at Prix Ars Electronica, 2000. [4]

Carsten Nicolai also works as a visual artist. In 2013, Nicolai participated as a visual artist in Biennale Documenta, an official collateral show of the 55th Venice Biennale of Art. [5]

Nicolai started his professorship in art with focus on digital and time-based media with Dresden Academy of Fine Arts since 2015.

Nicolai co-scored the music for Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant , along with Ryuichi Sakamoto. The score was nominated for a Golden Globe, BAFTA, Grammy and Critics' Choice Movie Awards. [6] In 2018 he created the sound design for Iñárritu’s groundbreaking VR project "Carne y Arena" Flesh and Sand. [7]

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Group exhibitions (selection)

Discography

Alva Noto solo studio albums

Alva Noto as Aleph-1 solo studio album

Alva Noto extended plays (EP)

Alva Noto as noto solo studio albums

Compilation albums

Soundtrack albums

Collaborations

With Ryuichi Sakamoto, as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto
With Ryoji Ikeda, as "Cyclo."
With Mika Vainio, as "noto"
With Scanner (Robin Rimbaud)
With Blixa Bargeld, as ANBB
With Opiate (Thomas Knak), as Opto
With Zeitkratzer
With Anne-James Chaton and Andy Moor
With Anne-James Chaton as Alphabet
With Olaf Bender (Byetone), as Diamond Version
With Iggy Pop and Tarwater

Compilation appearances (exclusive/non-albums tracks)

Remixes

Installations, etc.

Accolades

Source: [44]

See also

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