German artist, musician and founder of Raster-Noton, born 18 September 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, GDR (today Chemnitz, Germany).
ALBUMS
Carsten Nicolai
Ray Collector
2023, 10", Ltd, Pic, Noton
Zeitkratzer & Carsten Nicolai
Electronics
2008, CD, Album, Zeitkratzer Records
zeitkratzer & Carsten Nicolai / Terre Thaemlitz / Keiji Haino
Electronics
2008, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Zeitkratzer Records, Deutscher Musikrat
Carsten Nicolai
Zone
2007
Carsten Nicolai Aka Noto
∞ - Sonar Endless Loop Edition
2003, 10", Ltd, Raster-Noton
Carsten Nicolai, Tomas Demand
Gas TV-03
2003, DVD-V, NTSC, GasDVD
Carsten Nicolai - Noto
∞ - Endless Loop Edition (2)
2001, 2x10", Ltd, Tra, Raster-Noton
Noto - Carsten Nicolai
Empty Garden (Inside.Out)
1999
Kai Grehn, Carsten Nicolai
Gaia 125 . Eine Welt Reise
1999
Carsten Nicolai - Noto
∞ - Endless Loop Edition
1997, 2x10", noton.archiv für ton und nichtton, Rastermusic
Carsten Nicolai aka Noto
Endless
1997, Flexi, 6", S/Sided, noton.archiv für ton und nichtton
Carsten Nicolai
Spin + Käfig
1995, LP, Album, Ltd, Noton
Carsten Nicolai
Morbus: Vier schwarze Bilder Zeichungen Holzdrucke Collagen Toene
1993, CD, Album, Dlx, Ltd, Eigen + Art
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
V.I.R.U.S.
2024, Box, Ltd + 2xLP, Album, RE, RM, Gat + 2xLP, Album,, Noton, 
,
, Glitch/Minimal/Drone/Ambient/Contemporary/Modern Classical/Experimental
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Vrioon
2022, 
,
, Glitch/Modern Classical/Minimal
Alva Noto
Unieqav
2018
Diamond Version
EP3
2013
Diamond Version
EP2
2012, 
,
, Electro/Techno
Diamond Version
EP1
2012, ,
, Electro/IDM
Greie Gut Fraktion
Wir Bauen Eine Neue Stadt
2010, ,
, Glitch/Techno/Industrial
Alva Noto
Xerrox Vol.2
2009
Byetone
Death Of A Typographer
2008, ,
, IDM/Glitch/Minimal/Ambient
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
revep
2006
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Insen
2005
Various
Click Shower
2004, CD, Comp, Fenomeno Inc., 
,
, IDM/Dub Techno/Minimal/Ambient
Opto
2nd
2004, 
,
, Abstract/Experimental/Minimal
Alva Noto
Transrapid
2002, 12", Tra, Raster-Noton, ,
, Glitch/Minimal/Experimental
Various
20' To 2000
1999, Minimax, Jan + Minimax, Feb + Minimax, Mar + Minim, Raster-Noton, ,
, Glitch/Drone/Experimental/Ambient
Alva Noto + Opiate
Opto Files
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto / Ensemble Modern
utp_
2008
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto*
Two (Live At Sydney Opera House)
2019, ,
, Experimental
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto*
Glass
2018
Diamond Version
CI
2014, ,
, Electro/Techno
Diamond Version
EP5
2013
Cyclo.
Id
2011, 12", EP, Ltd, Whi, Raster-Noton
Cyclo.
Id
2011, CD-ROM, Boo, Raster-Noton
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Summvs
2011
Cyclo.
Id
2011
Signal
Robotron
2007
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Insen Live
2006
Opto
2nd
2004
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Vrioon
2002, ,
, Glitch/Modern Classical/Minimal
Cyclo.
.
2001, ,
, Glitch/Abstract/Minimal
Signal
Centrum
2000, CD, Album, Raster-Noton, ,
, Glitch/Abstract/Minimal/Experimental
Signal
Waves + Lines
1998, Minimax, noton.archiv für ton und nichtton, Rastermusic, ,
, Minimal/Experimental
6 Aus 49
Die Wahrheit Über 6 Aus 49
1992, CD, Album, Nora
6 Aus 49
Einfahrt In Paris
1991, LP, Album, Nora
APPEARANCES +
Carsten Nicolai
Syn Chron
2013, DVD, Die Gestalten Verlag
Carsten Nicolai
Fades
2007, DVD-V, PAL, Boo, Raster-Noton, ,
, Drone
Carsten Nicolai
Gas TV-06 - Carsten Nicolai. Interview, Audio Visuals Live
2003, DVD-V, NTSC, GasDVD
Björk
Biophilia Remixes / Part Five
2012, ,
, Electro/Downtempo
Ludovico Einaudi
Divenire 2007 Remixes
2007, CD, Promo, Decca
Björk
Innocence
2007
Tarwater
Nuts of Ay
2024, 12xFile, FLAC, Album, Morr Music
Noto
∞
2024, ,
, Experimental/Noise/Drone
Alva Noto
HYbr:ID III
2024
Various
30+20 (30 Artists Celebrate 30 Years Of Neural + 20 Of Crónica)
2023, Flexi, 7", Comp, Crónica, Neural, 
,
, Experimental/Field Recording/Electro/Abstract/Ambient
Alva Noto
HYbr:ID II
2023, ,
, Minimal/Experimental
Alva Noto
Kinder Der Sonne
2023, ,
, Ambient/Glitch
Alva Noto
This Stolen Country Of Mine
2023, 
,
, Ambient/Minimal/Glitch/Soundtrack
Max Richter
Sleep: Tranquility Base
2023,
Contemporary/Ambient
Ryuichi Sakamoto Curated By Iñárritu*
Travesía
2023, 
,
, Ambient/Modern Classical/New Age
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
City Radieuse
2022, File, FLAC, Single, Noton
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Kizuna
2022, File, FLAC, Single, Noton,
Ambient/Experimental/Modern Classical
Various
A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto - To The Moon And Back
2022, ,
, Experimental/Electroacoustic/Modern Classical
Alva Noto Feat. Martin L. Gore & William Basinski
Subterraneans
2022, ,
, Ambient
William Basinski
Music For Abandoned Airports: Tegel
2021, File, WAV, EP, Not On Label (William Basinski Self-released), 
,
, Ambient/Experimental
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Monomom
2021, File, FLAC, Single, Noton,
Ambient/Experimental/Modern Classical
Saele Valese
IVIC
2021
Alva Noto
HYbr:ID I
2021, ,
, Minimal/Experimental
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Black Mirror: Smithereens (Music From The Original TV Series)
2020, ,
, Soundtrack
Alva Noto
Xerrox Vol.4
2020, ,
, Ambient/Experimental
Dopplereffekt
Athanatos
2018
Mika Vainio + Ryoji Ikeda + Alva Noto
Live 2002
2018, ,
, Experimental
Alva Noto
Unieqav
2018, ,
, Experimental
Alva Noto + Nilo, Christian Fennesz*, Francesco Tristano, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Glenn Gould Gathering
2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Coda / Performance In New York: Async
2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Async
2017, CD, ,
, Abstract/Ambient/Experimental/Modern Classical
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Async - Remodels
2017, ,
, Ambient/Experimental
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Der Kleine Prinz
2016, CD, Hörbuch Hamburg, ,
, Radioplay
Ryan Elliott
Fabric 88
2016, ,
, House/Techno
Iggy Pop / Tarwater / Alva Noto
Leaves Of Grass
2016, Vinyl, ,
, Poetry/Abstract/Experimental/Ambient/Spoken Word
Various
Groove 154 / CD 63
2015, CD, Comp, Groove, ,
, House/Deep House/Tech House/Techno/Acid/Ambient
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto* & Bryce Dessner
The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015, CD, ,
, Soundtrack/Score
Alva Noto
Xerrox Vol.3
2015
Alva Noto
Codex I
2014, M/Stick, Comp, Ltd, SDH + 29xFile, WAV, 96 + File, Raster-Noton
Byetone
Codex II
2014, M/Stick, Comp, Ltd, SDH + 14xFile, WAV, 96 + 7xFi, Raster-Noton
Sakamoto / Morelenbaum²*
Insensatez (Alva Noto Remodel)
2013, Lathe, 7", S/Sided, Ltd, Num, Tra, Picture/Disk
Anne-James Chaton + Andy Moor
Transfer
2013, CD, Comp, Unsounds, 
,
, Spoken Word/Experimental/Poetry
Anne-James Chaton + Andy Moor
Inbound/Outbound
2012, 7", Single, Unsounds
Various
Mute Sampler #1
2012, CD, Comp, Promo, Mute, ,
, Alternative Rock/Experimental/Krautrock/Goth Rock/Soul/Folk/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock/Techno/Electro/Art Rock/Synth-pop/Leftfield/Downtempo/Ambient/Post Rock
Ben Klock
Fabric 66
2012, ,
, House/Tech House/Techno/Dub Techno
Charles Baudelaire
Die Künstlichen Paradiese
2011, CD, Album, Hörbuch Hamburg, ,
, Audiobook/Radioplay/Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Avantgarde/Bossa Nova/Brass Band/Downtempo/Experimental/Folk Rock/Glitch/Jazz-Rock/Leftfield/Lounge/Minimal/Modern Classical/Post-Modern/Romani/Spoken Word
Alva Noto
Univrs
2011, ,
, Techno/Glitch/Experimental
Yellow Magic Orchestra
YMO
2011, CD Blu-spec, ,
, New Wave/Electro/Synth-pop
Various
Pop Ambient 2011
2011, CD, 
,
, Leftfield/Modern Classical/Drone/Ambient
Marcel Dettmann
Conducted
2011, 
,
, Techno
Alva Noto
For 1 + 2
2010, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, p*dis, ,
, Glitch/Minimal/Modern Classical/Ambient/Experimental
Various
CC:01 - Commmons Compilation Vol. 01 -
2010, CD, Comp + DVD-V, NTSC, Commmons, ,
, J-pop
Alva Noto
For 2
2010, ,
, Minimal/Experimental/Ambient/Glitch
Agoria
Balance 016
2010, 2x CD, 
,
, Techno/Tech House/Minimal
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Postymo
2009, 2xDVD-V, NTSC, Commmons, ,
, Ambient/Synth-pop
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto With Ensemble Modern
utp_
2009
Alva Noto
Xerrox Vol.2
2009
Various
Sound Canvas - Compilation Of Sound Art, Minimal And Improvised Music / Part 1
2008, 12xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Mikroton Digital, ,
, Minimal/Modern Classical/Musique Concrète/Abstract/Experimental
Alva Noto
Unitxt
2008
Evelina Domnitch + Dmitry Gelfand + Various
Camera Lucida
2007, DVD-V, Comp, Ltd, PAL, Line
Pomassl
Spare Parts
2007, CD, Album, Raster-Noton, ,
, Techno/Glitch/Minimal/Experimental
Various
SoundArt
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst
Alva Noto
Xerrox Vol.1
2007, ,
, Drone/Glitch/Minimal/Ambient
Various
Notations Archiv 1
2006, CD, Comp, Raster-Noton, Raster-Noton, ,
, Abstract/Glitch/IDM/Experimental/Ambient/Minimal
Alva Noto
For
2006
Various
...It Just Is (In Memoriam: Jhonn Balance)
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Fulldozer Records, Nocharizma, ,
, IDM/Noise/Experimental/Industrial
Alva Noto
Transit
2005, 12", Ltd, Num, En/Of
Various
Sound Of ?!?!?!?
2005, CDr, 
,
, Art Rock/Industrial/Lo-Fi/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Mutek 04
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Mutek_Rec, ,
, Leftfield/Abstract/Minimal
Various
The Hidden City - Sound Portraits From Göteborg
2004, CD, Comp, Sub Rosa, ,
, Abstract/IDM
Eva Meyer / Eran Schaerf
Flashforward
2004, DVD, Intermedium Records
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Chasm
2004
Alva Noto
Transspray
2004, ,
, Glitch/Minimal/Experimental
Alva Noto
Transvision
2004, ,
, Glitch/Minimal/Experimental
Alva Noto
Transrapid
2004
Hybrid Sound System : Reinhold Friedl / Ulrich Krieger
Winter Was Hard Too ...
2003, 2xCD, Album, Tourette, ,
, Noise/Minimal/Experimental
Various
Klangmaschine_Soundmachine
2002, CD, Comp, Ritornell
Various
Clicks & Cuts 3
2002, ,
, Abstract/IDM/Experimental
Kinetix
Possible Forms
2002, 
,
, Minimal/Glitch/Experimental/Sound Art
Noto
Autorec
2002, ,
, Glitch/Minimal
Various
Raster-Noton. [O]acis Box
2001, 4xMinimax, EP, Raster-Noton, ,
, Minimal
Alva Noto + Scanner
Uniform
2001, CD, SFMOMA, ,
, Drone/Ambient/Glitch/Experimental
Various
Electric Ladyland (Clickhop Version 1.0)
2001
Various
Between Two Points
2001, ,
, Experimental/Minimal
Ø + Noto
Wohltemperiert
2001, ,
, Glitch/Minimal/Experimental
Alva Noto + Opiate
Opto Files
2001, ,
, IDM/Minimal/Downtempo
Alva Noto
Transform
2001, ,
, Minimal/Experimental/Glitch
Various
Clicks & Cuts 2
2001, ,
, IDM/Glitch/Techno/Minimal
Various
New Forms - Compilation
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Galerie Für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Raster-Noton, ,
, Glitch/Abstract/Experimental/Minimal
Various
Clicks_+_Cuts
2000, 2x CD, ,
, Abstract/IDM/Experimental
Noto
Telefunken
2000, ,
, Minimal/Glitch/Experimental
Alva Noto
Prototypes
2000, ,
, Abstract/Minimal/Experimental/Glitch
Noto + Yoko Tawada
13
1999, CD, Maxi, Raster-Noton, ,
, Modern Classical/Minimal/Ambient
Various
(Microscopic Sound)
1999, CD, Comp, Caipirinha Productions, ,
, Abstract/Minimal/Experimental
Various
Effe 1999
1999, CD, Comp, Effe, ,
, Experimental
Noto
Polyfoto
1999, Flexi, 6", S/Sided, Artefakt Magazine
Various
ONE :SOUND 001: 00:00-59:00
1999, CD, Comp, PVC, One Percent
Various
Modulation & Transformation 4
1999, ,
, Abstract/Experimental
Noto
Time..Dot
1999, ,
, Glitch/Experimental
Various
Sónar 98
1998, 4xCD, Comp, So Dens, 
,
, Trip Hop/House/Big Beat/Techno/Deep House/Minimal/Ambient/Downtempo/Experimental
Noto
Kerne
1998
Produkt
Stretch
1997, CD, Album, Rastermusic, ,
, Techno/Experimental/Minimal
Noto
∞
1997, ,
, Experimental
Ø + Noto
Mikro Makro
1997, ,
, Abstract/Minimal/Experimental
Noto
Spin
1996, ,
, Minimal/Experimental
Gustav Winckler m. Otto Franckers Orkester
Milevidt Fra Dig / Lullaby In Monaco
7", Tono
Gy Holdorf Med Svend Nicolaisens Orkester
Soldater På Vagt / Guldkorset
Verraco
RA.671
2019, File, MP3, Mixed, Resident Advisor, ,
, IDM/Ambient/Breaks
Various
KREV XXV
2016, M/Stick, AIFF, MOV, MP3, MPEG-4 Video, WAV, WMA, A, Spectral Electric, ,
, Experimental/Industrial/Musique Concrète/Abstract
Various
Sleek 'Sound / Silence'
2011, CD, Comp, Promo, Musique Couture, ,
, Abstract/Experimental/Drone/Leftfield/Interview/Field Recording/Noise/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Synth-pop
Various
The Art Of Pop Video
2011, ,
, Avantgarde/Alternative Rock
Various
The Morning Line Vol. # 1
2011
Various
14 Tracks Visualising Sound: Alva Noto
2009, 14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Boomkat
Paul D. Miller Aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid*
Sound Unbound (Sampling Digital Music And Culture)
2008, CD, ,
, Interview/Cut-up/DJ/Experimental
Various
Utflukt 1/2/07: LYD
2007, DVD, Comp, Utflukt, 
,
, Noise/Field Recording/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Ambient/Dark Ambient/Experimental
Various
.Ipeg Bild.Ton.Maschine
2004, CD, Promo, cat, Künstlerhaus Bethanien
Various
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Third A-Chronology 1952-2004
2004, ,
, Noise/Krautrock/Abstract/Avantgarde/Musique Concrète/Minimal/Modern Classical/Experimental
Various
Haunted Weather: Music, Silence And Memory
2004, ,
, Free Jazz/Abstract/Experimental/Ambient/Field Recording/Sound Art/Free Improvisation
Various
60 Sound Artists Protest The War
2003, CD, Comp, Atak, ,
, Abstract/Experimental
Various
The Pounding System: Karaoki Champ
2002, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Pre, Not On Label, ,
, Dub Techno/Sound Collage/Dub/Glitch/Techno
Various
Touch: Ringtones
2001, CD, Album, Touch, ,
, Abstract/Noise/Field Recording/Experimental
Various
Cargo I - Catalogue
2001, 12", Whi, Cargo Series
Various
Prix Ars Electronica CyberArts 2000
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Ars Electronica Center, 
,
, Experimental
Various
Audible Light - An Exhibition Of Sound And Light
2000, CD-ROM, MOMA Oxford, ,
, Abstract/Minimal/Ambient
Various
Because Tomorrow Comes #2
1999, CD, Comp, Because Tomorrow Comes
Various
Just About Now
1998, CD, Comp, V2_Archief, ,
, Experimental
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Async
2023, Cass, Album, Unofficial, mdx studio, 
,
, Abstract/Ambient/Experimental/Modern Classical
