Institute of Contemporary Arts

The Experiment April 2008: Raster-Noton

This month's Experiment is a prologue to the 12 year anniversary celebrations for the Raster-Noton label taking place at the ICA on 30 May. Let us steer you through the complex sound and sheer bliss electronics of the Raster-Noton, mages of electronic composition, leftfield beats and dance floor frontiers.

First up we have a very early recording artist on the Raster-Noton label: William Basinski. William hails from Texas and his sounds are extreme studies of the invisible, dealing in concepts such as the music of the spheres. William is a multi-instrumentalist playing saxaphone and other electronic tape loops and instruments.

We also have an exclusive interview from the infinitely productive sound artist Carsten Nicolai, who sculpts in both sound and visual art (Carsten and Olaf Bender are the co-founders of the Raster-Noton label).

We have two exclusive Raster-Noton tracks, Alva Noto's Haliod Xerrox Copy (9:16) and a Raster-Noton super mix (19:17)

So sit back and set the controls to the spiralling galaxy of Raster-Noton.

The Experiment is a monthly podcast commissioned by the ICA and presented and produced by Kevin Quigley and Jim Hammond.

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