Raster-Noton


Raster-Noton was a German electronic music record label established in 1999. Based in Chemnitz, Germany, it emerged from the fusion of Rastermusik, founded by Olaf Bender and Frank Bretschneider in 1996, and Noton, a sublabel which was run by Carsten Nicolai. In 2017, the label has split up back into two distinct entities: Raster, which would continue to be run by Bender and Noton, focusing on Nicolai's output.
“raster-noton. archiv für ton und nichtton” is meant to be a platform — a network covering the overlapping border areas of pop, art and science. It realizes music projects, publications and installation works. A common idea behind all releases is an experimental approach — an amalgamation of sound, art and design, which is not only apparent in the music, but also visible from the artwork and cover design.
The collective label's aesthetic focus is on rhythmic, minimal electronic music alternating between playful pop and introspection.

Artists

Catalogue

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. This series received the "Golden Nica" award from Ars Electronica in 2000.
monthartist
JanuaryKomet
FebruaryIlpo Väisänen
MarchRyoji Ikeda
AprilCoH
MayByetone
JuneSenking
JulyThomas Brinkmann
AugustRobin Rimbaud
SeptemberNoto
OctoberMika Vainio
NovemberWolfgang Voigt
DecemberELpH: elph.zwölf