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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yatra-Arts, milkrun & The Goethe-Institut Toronto
present the fourth instalment of raster-noton in Toronto:<BR><BR>ALVA NOTO
(DE)<BR>BYETONE (DE)<BR>ORPHX (CA)<BR>MIKE GIBBS (CA)<BR><BR>Monday June
1/2009<BR><BR>The Drake Underground<BR>1150, Queen Street West<BR>Toronto,
ON<BR>(416) 531-5042<BR>Doors: 9pm, Show: 9:30pm<BR>19+ / Admission $10 / $8
Student with i.d.<BR><BR>Free special raster-noton item for first 100
people!<BR><BR><STRONG>*This is the companion event to the raster-noton artist
talk w/ Carsten Nicolai & Olaf Bender earlier in the day @ Ontario College
Of Art & Design 100 McCaul Street 4:45pm - 6:15pm FREE
ADMISSION<BR><BR></STRONG>Links:<BR></FONT><A
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face=Arial>Having emerged from the fusion of the Rastermusic and Noton labels in
1999, raster-noton has since established itself as the single most influential
German platform for experimental electronic music. Run by Noton's Carsten
Nicolai (aka Alva Noto) and Olaf Bender (aka Byetone, co-founder of Rastermusic
alongside Frank Bretschneider), raster-noton's field of activity expands far
beyond that of a traditional record label, encompassing work in design, media
art, sound installation, special collaborative projects and sonic research. The
label's catalogue of over 100 releases includes works of renowned artists such
as Ryoji Ikeda, Ivan Pavlov aka COH, Atom TM, SND, Senking, Mika Vainio (Pan
Sonic), Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carl Michael von Hausswolff and newcomers Pixel, NHK,
Kangding Ray etc. With a vision that looks well into the future, there is no
other imprint like raster-noton in the world today.<BR><BR><BR><STRONG>ALVA
NOTO:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Arial>Carsten Nicolai’s sonic
experiments under the name ALVA NOTO, navigate the extra-liminal spaces between
art and science, idea and physicality. Like his visual art, his music is
composed of elements- glitchy crackles, chirps and hypnotic rhythms influenced
by house and hip-hop- that form a symbolic meta-language.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Navigating the spaces between art
and science, order and chaos, Carsten Nicolai has assembled an impressive
biography as both a musician and a visual artist. Inspired by ideas of the
phenomenology of sight and sound, Nicolai first garnered attention for a series
of releases on his own Noton Archiv Für Ton Und Nichtton label in the early
1990s. At the same time, he gained great respect for his visual art, with solo
exhibitions of his work being featured in galleries in Berlin, London and New
York, among others. <BR><BR>Nicolai has continued to break ground through varied
channels, winning both acclaim and awards for his art and collaborating with
such luminaries as Ryoji Ikeda (Cyclo), Ryuichi Sakamoto and Michael Nyman. In
1999, he merged his music label with Rastermusic, creating Raster-Noton. As well
as being co-owner of the label, Nicolai continues his own sonic explorations,
recording as Alva Noto and continuing his collaborative work, both with his
Raster-Noton partners and others.
<BR><BR><BR><STRONG>BYETONE:</STRONG></P></DIV>
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face=Arial>Recording and performing as BYETONE, Olaf Bender weaves a digital
tapestry with sound, meshing clicks, whirrs and hums with effects processing and
binding them to a strong rhythmic structure. These elements combine to form a
refined minimalist soundscape, a reflection of the exquisitely honed aesthetics
he employs as chief graphic designer of the Raster-Noton music label.
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face=Arial>Live, the sounds are integrated seamlessly with computer animations
controlled by Bender in real-time, which mutate and evolve throughout his
performance, giving a comprehensive visual and audio
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<DIV><BR>Olaf Bender is an originator of the minimalist avant-garde, active as a
sound and visual artist for almost a quarter-century. His dedication to the
possibilities of a simpler, sparser aesthetic is manifest both in his sound
recordings and performances and in his work as the chief graphic designer for
Raster-Noton. <BR><BR>From his beginnings as an art student and collaborator
with the German art collective AG-Geige, Bender has reveled in the opportunities
offered by media of sight and sound. In 1996 he founded the highly influential
Rastermusic label as a vehicle for disseminating the electronic avant-garde
sounds. In 1999, Rastermusic was itself synthesized with Bender’s colleague and
collaborator Carsten Nicolai’s Noton Archiv Für Ton Und Nichtton to form
Raster-Noton, a platform for artists working in minimal and experimental
electronica. In addition to his work with the label, Bender remains a powerful
musical presence, recording solo works under the name Byetone and collaborating
with label co-founders Carsten Nicolai and Frank Bretschneider as Signal.
<BR><BR><BR><STRONG>ORPHX:</STRONG><BR><BR>For over fifteen years, Orphx has
been creating a unique fusion of hypnotic rhythms and electro-acoustic music.
Using an assortment of synthesizers, samplers, feedback systems, and various
homemade instruments, Orphx combines the dark, experimental aesthetics of early
industrial music with the pulse of techno, electro and dub.<BR><BR>The project
began in 1993 as a trio, consisting of Richard Oddie, Christina Sealey and Aron
West. The group began to explore a shared interest in experimental music, taking
their name from the ancient Orphic cult. West left the group in 1995 to focus
attention on noise project Tropism, while Oddie and Sealey began incorporating
more rhythmic elements into Orphx, inspired by immersion in acid house, electro
and minimal techno. Oddie and Sealey have since gained a substantial
international following as one of the pioneering acts within the European
"rhythmic noise" scene, while making increasingly strong connections with
like-minded artists on the experimental fringes of techno. Oddie and Sealey have
performed in numerous countries around the world and have collaborated on
numerous audio/visual projects and exhibitions related to their musical
output.<BR><BR>Orphx has released a number of influential albums and singles
since the mid 1990s, combining elements of techno with rhythmic noise and
electro-acoustic soundscapes. More recent releases have combined all of these
approaches into new hybrids of synthetic / organic sound (Circuitbreaking, 2004;
Insurgent Flows, 2005, Teletai 2008). The forthcoming Division 12" on Sonic
Groove marks a new phase for the project, developing their unique sound and
further blurring the boundaries between techno, dub and electro-acoustic
music.<BR><BR><BR><STRONG>MIKE GIBBS:</STRONG><BR><BR>Well-travelled in techno
circles, Toronto DJ/producer Mike Gibbs got his start in the underground as a
singer for local industrial bands DHI, Pure and Love Bomber, that toured with
Skinny Puppy, Ministry and Nine Inch Nails. He moved on to playing live techno
at raves in the late '90s with local outfit Transformantra before travelling
Asia where he played parties in Japan, Thailand and a memorable gig headlining
Ministry of Sound in Taipei, Taiwan, Gibbs returned to Toronto around 2002 and
sidestepped the city's nightclub mania for underground warehouse parties, honing
his dark, glitchy, industrial-layered laptop beats. One of the founders of the
well known and respected Box Of Kittens parties and frequently on the bill for
the much-loved Promise events, Gibbs is working with fellow Torontonians DJ Hali
and Lachlan Bleakely ( a.k.a. Locwax) on new projects. Meanwhile, his bootleg
remixes with producer Gaz Mellen as Genetically Modified are circulating the
scene. (by ELIZABETH MITKOS, Eye Weekly DJ
Spotlight).<BR><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>