Stay True Sounds presents ‘Stay True Cutz Vol. 9’, the ninth vinyl edition in the label’s ‘Cutz’ series, curated by Kid Fonque. Drawn from the label’s most recent catalogue, this selection brings together four essential South African house cuts for discerning ears and dancefloors.
Side A opens with beatsbyhand ft. Sio – ‘Trick Me’, a deep house reinterpretation of Kelis’ classic, reshaped into a soulful, floor-ready anthem carried by Sio’s assured vocal. It’s followed by Tea White’s ‘Earth Over Us’, a textured and emotive 3-step instrumental that leans into a more ambient, introspective space.
On the flip, Thabo Tonick’s ‘The Source’ delivers forward-facing 3-step with signature sampling and tight, purposeful builds. Closing the release, Nutty Nys offers ‘Never’ - a low-slung, heavyweight deep house cut layered with blues-tinged soul and unmistakable South African groove.
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- A1: 栄養 Boys
- A2: (Eiyō Boys: Nutrient Boys)
- A3 1: Blood Sunday 4:15
- A4 2: Bad Man 4:11
- A5: From Blood Sunday / Bad Man (1982)
- A6 3: Untitled 1 0:49
- A7 4: Untitled 2 2:57
- A8 5: Untitled 3 2:38
- A9 6: Untitled 4 1:28
- A10 7: Untitled 5 0:42
- A11 8: Untitled 6 1:35
- A12 9: Untitled 7 1:42
- A13 10: Untitled 8 1:37
- A14: From = (1981)
- B1: 栄養 Boys
- B2 1: Asia In Japan -You Know? 6:10
- B3 2: Mad Call 4:53
- B4: From Asia In Japan (1981)
- B5: Duppi
- B6 3: 三千の夜 (Three Thousand Nights) (Velvet Night) 5:10
- B7 4: はつねつのみやこ (Hatsune No Miyako: Capital Of The First Song) 5:17
- B8: From Velvet Night (1986)
Vol.1[22,06 €]
The second chapter of the journey through the bamboo forests, sounds, and visions of some of the most eccentric artists who remained in the shadows of Japanese new wave. Between Kraut and electronic impulses, chamber music for glass dolls and avant-garde club tightrope walkers.
- A1: 月光慰問客
- A2: Gekko Imonkyaku (Moonlight Comforter)
- A3 1: W9 Bc (Sakyū Nite: At The Sand Dunes) 3:53
- A4 2: 迷子(Maigo: Lost Child) 2:33
- A5: From 月がでたので (Tsuki Ga Detanode: Because The Moon Has Come (1986)
- A6: Popsong's Factory
- A7 3: D'ameja 452
- A8: From My Pops / D'améja (1981)
- A9: Funeral Party
- A10 4: Double Platonic Suicide 5:47
- A11 5: Dream Of Embeyo (サンド・ノイズにまける子等)
- A12: (Sando Noizu Ni Makeru Kora: Kids Defeated By The Sand Noise) 7:06
- A13: From Dream Of Embryo (1986)
- B1: Anima
- B2 1: Logical Nation 2:38
- B3 2: Not Only One 4:16
- B4: From Cities (1983)
- B5: D.r.y. Project
- B6 3: Bizarre Tastes 3:44
- B7 4: Value Another 3:11
- B8 5: A Pompful Of Horses 3:23
- B9: From Bizarre Tastes (1986)
- B10: 東京ギョギョーム
- B11: Tōkyō Gyogyōmu (Tōkyō Fish-Oom)
- B12 6: ナンタラッタ・カンタッタ(Nantaratta Kantatta) 1:36
- B13 7: サイコ・レボリューション(Psycho Revolution) 2:16
- B14 8: 人面疽 (Jinmenso: The Human-Faced Sore) 2:48
- B15: From エレキのテロリスト(Electric Terrorist) (1988)
Vol.2[22,06 €]
From the depths of the most independent and revolutionary underground, a handful of tracks from the repertoires (often limited even to a single flexi disc) of some of the heroes who rode the wave, extracting from it—more for themselves and expressive necessity than for us—its most mystical and expressionist essence. New and No Wave, minimal and minimalist electronics, Avant Wave from the land where the sun still rises for now.
- 1: Can't Get Enough (Scorpions)
- 2: Nausea (X)
- 3: Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll (Blue Öyster Cult)
- 4: Rotten To The Core (Rudimentary Peni)
- 5: Mother Mary (Ufo)
- 6: Tragedy (Bee Gees)
- 7: Bloodstains (Agent Orange)
- 8: Beat My Head Against The Wall (Black Flag)
- 9: St. Vitus Dance (Black Sabbath)
- 10: Foreign Policy (Fear)
- 11: Rocket Ride (Kiss) (Bonus Track)
NEON GREEN VINYL[24,58 €]
There comes a point in every bands life when originality stops being a virtue and honesty takes the wheel. On their 11th long-playing record: Forgeries (72-84)-(16)- return to the impulse that first dragged them into loud rooms and bad ideas: the urge to steal what we love and make it semi-unrecognizable through devotion. We have partnered with Heavy Psych Sounds Records to release a collection of covers that function less as homage and more as a possession to be given away. The artworkrendered by the ever-amazing Maraldcompletes the ritualiconicunsettlingand unafraid. Weve always believed that a great cover is not mimicry but revelation. Its finding a song that's already lived inside you since youth and letting it crawl outbruised and changed. From the early 90s onward-(16)- have treated covers as translations rather than as replicasacts of tribute and emulationfiltered through distortionfatigueand lived experience. These are songs that taught us how to standhow to falland how to keep going. In our collective headthis album exists because these songs demanded it. Because they screamed copy meand we listened. In the endForgeries (72-84) stands as both a thank you note and a thefta reminder that all music worth a damn is borrowedbrokenand passed on between friends. The selections on Forgeries 72-84 span eras and attitudesunified not by genre but by necessity. Each track is a document of obsessionof influence absorbed and re-expressed without permission.
- 1: Can't Get Enough (Scorpions)
- 2: Nausea (X)
- 3: Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll (Blue Öyster Cult)
- 4: Rotten To The Core (Rudimentary Peni)
- 5: Mother Mary (Ufo)
- 6: Tragedy (Bee Gees)
- 7: Bloodstains (Agent Orange)
- 8: Beat My Head Against The Wall (Black Flag)
- 9: St. Vitus Dance (Black Sabbath)
- 10: Foreign Policy (Fear)
- 11: Rocket Ride (Kiss) (Bonus Track)
Black Vinyl[21,81 €]
There comes a point in every bands life when originality stops being a virtue and honesty takes the wheel. On their 11th long-playing record: Forgeries (72-84)-(16)- return to the impulse that first dragged them into loud rooms and bad ideas: the urge to steal what we love and make it semi-unrecognizable through devotion. We have partnered with Heavy Psych Sounds Records to release a collection of covers that function less as homage and more as a possession to be given away. The artworkrendered by the ever-amazing Maraldcompletes the ritualiconicunsettlingand unafraid. Weve always believed that a great cover is not mimicry but revelation. Its finding a song that's already lived inside you since youth and letting it crawl outbruised and changed. From the early 90s onward-(16)- have treated covers as translations rather than as replicasacts of tribute and emulationfiltered through distortionfatigueand lived experience. These are songs that taught us how to standhow to falland how to keep going. In our collective headthis album exists because these songs demanded it. Because they screamed copy meand we listened. In the endForgeries (72-84) stands as both a thank you note and a thefta reminder that all music worth a damn is borrowedbrokenand passed on between friends. The selections on Forgeries 72-84 span eras and attitudesunified not by genre but by necessity. Each track is a document of obsessionof influence absorbed and re-expressed without permission.
- A1: The Centre Cannot Hold (Lovefingers Chemical Dub)
- A2: Innocent Money (Lovefingers Root Of All Evil Dub)
- B1: Love Insurrection (Black Science Orchestra Dub)
- B2: Ready To Go Home (Hardway Bros Meet Monkton Uptown Dub)
- C1: Innocent Money (Radio Slave Remix Instrumental)
- C2: Innocent Money (Pet Shop Boys Remix Dub)
- D1: Ready To Go Home (Terry Farley, Wade Teo Dub Mix)
- D2: Love Insurrection (Terry Farley, Wade Teo Dub Mix)
For the first time on LP vinyl, Come Ahead: The Remixes Vol.2 (Dubs) brings Primal Scream’s club-ready reinventions into full analog glory. Originally released in FLAC format in 2025, this second volume dives deep into dub territory, reimagining tracks from Come Ahead with hypnotic grooves and spacious textures. Featuring reinterpretations by Lovefi ngers, Black Science Orchestra, Radio Slave, and Pet Shop Boys (in dub mode), each track pulses with low-end warmth and rhythmic experimentation. From the acid-drenched swirl of “The Centre Cannot Hold” to the narcotic haze of “Innocent Money,” this is Primal Scream at their most psychedelic and dancefl oor-minded. Specially mastered for vinyl, the sound is immersive and tactile — perfect for DJs, collectors, and audiophiles alike.
Eight tracks, nearly an hour of music, and a sleeve that nods to rave-era design make this a must-have for fans of dubwise house and experimental club culture. Limited pressing. Maximum impact. Come Ahead: The Remixes Vol.2 (Dubs) is available as 2LP Black Vinyl.
- A1: 10-22-38 Astoria
- A2: Haloid Xerrox Copy 4
- A3: 03-10-06 Astoria
- A4: Haloid Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris)
- B1: 03-10-06 Astoria 2
- B2: Haloid Xerrox Copy 2 (Airfrance)
- B3: Haloid Xerrox Copy 6
- C1: 05-10-06 Astoria
- C2: Haloid Xerrox Copy 11
- C3: Haloid Xerrox Copy 1
- D1: 02-10-06 Astoria 1
- D2: Haloid Xerrox Copy 111
- D3: 09-10-19 Astoria
- D4: Haloid Xerrox Copy 9
Xerrox Vol. 1 is the third studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It was released in 2007 as part of the ongoing Xerrox pentalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
Using the process of copying as a basis, the Xerrox series deals with the manipulation of data through endless reproduction. Due to the inherent fallacy of making copies from other copies, everyday sounds become so altered that they are hardly associated with their source material. As a result, entirely new sounds are created: copies of originals become originals themselves.
Together with Christoph Brünggel, Nicolai designed a "sample transformer" that takes audio fragments and manipulates them beyond recognition. In this process of taking something familiar and defamiliarizing it, samples from obvious sources-advertising jingles, airport tones, telephone hold music, and film soundtracks-were used and altered, resulting in sounds totally unlike their original source. The result is a series of haunting, intricately realised pieces that recontextualise Nicolai's "glitches and bass" sound into extended, cinematic, organic, and almost orchestral works.
Xerrox Vol. 1 was followed by Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009), Xerrox Vol. 3 (2015), Xerrox Vol. 4 (2020), Xerrox Vol. 5 (2024). This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 10-22-38 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:19
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500001
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 4
Playtime: 00:03:53
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500002
(P):
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:38
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500003
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris)
Playtime: 00:11:17
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500004
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 03-10-06 Astoria 2
Playtime: 00:00:36
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500005
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 2 (Airfrance)
Playtime: 00:05:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500006
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 6
Playtime: 00:06:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500007
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 05-10-06 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500008
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 11
Playtime: 00:03:40
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500009
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 1
Playtime: 00:09:16
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500010
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 02-10-06 Astoria 1
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500011
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 12
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 111
Playtime: 00:07:56
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500012
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 13
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: 09-10-19 Astoria
Playtime: 00:00:18
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500013
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 14
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Haloid Xerrox Copy 9
Playtime: 00:11:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500014
(P): 2007 2007
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
Xerrox Vol. 2 is the sixth studio album, released in 2009 by German electronic artist Alva Noto. It is the second installment of the Xerrox penthalogy, based on the concept of digital replication of source material.
As with the first Xerrox album, the starting point is a set of samples culled from external sources. This time, snippets and recordings from Sunn O))) collaborator Stephen O'Malley and composer Michael Nyman are featured, as is an excerpt from the 2004 Insen tour with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
While Alva Noto's oeuvre is predominantly affiliated with pristine sound design, the Xerrox series holds more intimate gestures and emotional sensibility. This volume moves further from the conceptualism and orderliness of prior musical outputs, ranging from heart-warming elegies to mind-bending sci-fi projections in extrasolar territories.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Phaser Acat 1
Playtime: 00:12:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500015
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Rin
Playtime: 00:00:51
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500016
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Soma
Playtime: 00:07:11
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500017
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Meta Phaser
Playtime: 00:06:23
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500018
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Sora 1
Playtime: 00:06:54
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500019
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 1
Playtime: 00:08:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500020
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 2
Playtime: 00:05:31
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500021
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion
Playtime: 00:02:03
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500022
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Teion Acat
Playtime: 00:05:26
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500023
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Tek Part 1
Playtime: 00:05:27
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500024
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Monophaser 3
Playtime: 00:06:14
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500025
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
Raw afterhours house rooted in the early 90s New York warehouse sound.
Heavy MPC-driven drums, deep sampled pads and stripped grooves designed for long late-night sets. A functional 12" moving between raw house energy and deeper afterhours moods. Limited pressing of 200 hand-stamped copies. No repress. No digital.
"From The Kitchen To Your Ears" is the debut Various Artists release from Home Kitchen Records, a project rooted in the same spirit as cooking: raw ingredients, patience, instinct, and creativity. Like a dish made with care, each track has been shaped and refined to deliver its own sonic identity.
This VA brings together a special selection of artists, including a track from the label’s founder Z-ID, alongside Briki, Ghazi, Ahmet Mecnun, Shkedul & Salma, all connected through a shared passion for music. Each contribution brings its own flavor, forming a diverse yet cohesive journey from the studio to your ears
Way back in 1998, following five years DJing and organising free parties as part of Sheffield's Smokescreen Soundsystem, Andy Riley and Laurence Ritchie joined forces in the studio as Inland Knights. They went on to deliver a huge amount of high-grade UK house music, but it was on this EP - here reissued for the first time in remastered form - that they first showcased their distinctively chunky, DIY-influenced sound. Check first the squelch-and-bump of soul-flecked late-night roller 'Mud Substance', before getting your ears around the dubby bass, hypnotic beats and spacey licks of 'Souldoubt'. 'Deep In' is a strutting, energetic affair full of raw analogue bass and mind-mangling effects, while 'Spent Up' is a tougher and looser slab of deep house funk.
The fifth transmission in the XTRICTLY ELEKTRO series connects the past and future of the genre in one powerful statement.
Side A channels the sharp, forward-driven pulse of the new school — EC13, Elektrotechnik, and Parand deliver cutting-edge vibes built for the modern floor. Side B pays tribute to the roots with Calagad 13, DJ Overdose, and Motorobot — a legendary alliance between Bass Junkie and Dynamik Bass System, returning for only their second-ever collaboration.
A bridge between eras: classic heritage meets futuristic sound design — timeless, synthetic, and deeply interconnected.
Limited edition of 150 copies.
OTON releases limited edition vinyl and CD box set of Alva Noto's Xerrox series.
Pioneering in his approach to digital sound and its materiality, Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai) began his ongoing exploration of sampling, degradation and recontextualisation with the Xerrox series in 2007. Over the years, the project has evolved into one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary electronic music, situated between minimalism, experimental sound art and digital abstraction.
Across five albums, Xerrox Vol.1 (2007), Xerrox Vol.2 (2009), Xerrox Vol.3 (2015), Xerrox Vol.4 (2020), and Xerrox Vol.5 (2024), Nicolai's method evolves from sample-based work toward original composition as he deconstructs and reassembles source material into precise, sculpted sound worlds that are at once minimal and emotive.
Remastered in collaboration with Bo Kondren of Calyx Mastering, the Xerrox recordings of Volumes 1, 2, and 3 are made available alongside Volumes 4 and 5 on vinyl and CD under the title 'reMASTER', presented in a beautifully designed box featuring original artwork by Carsten Nicolai.
Xerrox Vol. 3 is the eighth solo studio album by German electronic artist Alva Noto, released in 2015 as part of the ongoing Xerrox penthalogy, which began with Xerrox Vol. 1 (2007) and Xerrox Vol. 2 (2009).
Inspired by formative influences such as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Solaris, La Isla Misteriosa y el Capitán Nemo by Juan Antonio Bardem, and Henri Colpi, Carsten Nicolai exchanges austerity for cinematographic lushness in the remarkably widescreen third volume of his Xerrox series.
In line with the series' focus on "using the process of copying as a basis," the eleven compositions of this volume can be heard as copies of memories, exploring emotional data patterns that are reflected as melodic vectors and noise.
This remastered version will be reissued on NOTON in 2026
Tracklisting
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 1
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Atmosphere
Playtime: 00:01:22
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500026
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 2
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Helm Transphaser
Playtime: 00:06:45
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500027
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 3
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol
Playtime: 00:03:44
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500028
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: A // Track: 4
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Radieuse
Playtime: 00:06:00
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500029
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 5
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox 2ndevol2nd
Playtime: 00:05:04
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500030
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 1 // Side: B // Track: 6
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Isola
Playtime: 00:08:07
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500031
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 7
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Verrox Solphaer
Playtime: 00:06:08
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500032
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: C // Track: 8
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Mesosphere
Playtime: 00:05:55
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500033
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 9
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spark
Playtime: 00:06:10
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500034
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 10
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Spiegel
Playtime: 00:03:32
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500035
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
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Medium: 2 // Side: D // Track: 11
Artist: Alva Noto
Title: Xerrox Exosphere
Playtime: 00:03:47
Explicit Lyrics: No
ISRC: DE1N62500036
(P): 2025 NOTON
Country: Germany
Composer: Carsten Nicolai
Nu Groove spotlights the artists that made this cult NYC label a favourite of crate diggers then and now with this special vinyl release of their vital tracks revisited by leading selectors of today. The label, born in 1988 by Frank and Karen Mendez as an outlet for the experimental works of the Burrell Brothers, quickly became a home for up-and-coming genre pioneers. ‘Nu Groove Edits, Vol. 8’ opens with DJ Steaw’s Autumn Reshape of ‘Window Guards’, originally by N.Y. House’n Authority - a moniker of Rheji Burrell. Next up is Steve Mac’s remix of NYC favourites The Sound Vandals’ ‘Tonight’s The Night’, followed by another seminal N.Y. House’n Authority record, ‘APT. 3B’ remixed by Dazzle Drums. A third track from the mind Rheji Burrell closes out this vinyl collection of future record box staples, with Seamus Haji reworking The Utopia Project’s ‘File #1’.
FELICIA ATKINSON & CHRISTINA VANTZOU
REFLECTIONS VOL. 3: WATER POEMS
Auf ,Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems" bringen Félicia Atkinson und Christina Vantzou ihre Freundschaft und ihre atmosphärische Kunstfertigkeit in einem feierlichen Fokus zusammen. Gesprochene Worte und orchestrale Fantasie fließen wie Nebenflüsse in einen einheitlichen Strom und ergeben eine Sammlung traumhafter Lieder und Klanglandschaften, die im Meer, im Himmel und in den Steinen verankert sind. Mit elektroakustischen Instrumenten, Gesang und Umgebungsgeräuschen lädt Water Poems die Zuhörer in einen unbewussten Raum ein, irgendwo zwischen alltäglicher Intimität und dem Geheimnis des Ozeans, aus dem alles Leben entsteht. Atkinson und Vantzou haben sich 2009 kennengelernt und seitdem immer mal wieder zusammengearbeitet, aber ein Konzert 2019 in der Philharmonie in Paris hat dieses Projekt richtig in Gang gebracht. Da beide jetzt an der Küste leben (Félicia am Ärmelkanal, Christina am Mittelmeer), wurde das Meer natürlich zu ihrer Muse. ,Das Meer wurde nicht als monolithische Postkarte betrachtet", erklärt Atkinson, ,sondern eher als eine Person an sich; eine Energie, ein Geheimnis, ein komplexer Charakter, dem wir als Menschen, die am Meer leben, jeden Tag begegnen." Im Dialog mit dem Land und der Küste nahmen ihre Sprache und ihre Klänge einen sakramentalen Charakter an. ,Ein feierliches Gefühl, ein Gefühl des Dienens, zieht sich tief durch dieses Album", bemerkt Vantzou, ,ich habe das schon einmal gespürt, aber hier, in der Zusammenarbeit mit Félicia, ist es stärker." Stimme, Atem und wässrige Texturen prägen den Ton des maritimen Mysteriums von Water Poems. Neu in Vantzous Praxis und seit langem ein prägendes Merkmal von Atkinsons Werk, gewinnen ihre gesprochenen Worte hier an relationaler Intimität, indem sie sich gegenseitig und die Uferpromenade ansprechen. Die Texte wurden über zwei Jahre hinweg gemeinsam zusammengestellt. Mit radikaler Unschuld lenken sie das Bewusstsein auf die verborgene Auftriebskraft und die unbewussten Strömungen, die durch das Leben fließen: ,Wie kann ein Boot schwimmen? Wie kann ein Flugzeug fliegen? Wie kann ein Körper schwimmen? Wie kann ein Mensch träumen?" Was mit nah aufgenommenen Stimmen und Feldaufnahmen begann, wurde um Synthesizer, Gongs und Metallophone, Klavier, Vibraphon, Rhodes, Gitarren und Mellotron erweitert. Das Gezeitenklavier des Eröffnungstracks ,Film Still / The Sea" zieht uns in die unbewussten Gewässer des Albums. Enthalten sind Feldaufnahmen, die Vantzou in Delphi in der Nähe des legendären Orakels von Pythia aufgenommen hat - ihr griechisches Erbe verleiht diesem Ort der Vorfahren eine zusätzliche Dimension. Dieser Track und ,Water Poems" als Ganzes sind Ausdruck unseres geologischen Erbes und rufen zum Schutz der Küsten und zu einer Vertiefung unserer Beziehung zu unseren Küsten auf. Ein Teil der Einnahmen aus dem Album geht an Arion, ein gemeinnütziges Naturschutzprogramm für das griechische Mittelmeer. Der langjährige Freund und Mitstreiter John Also Bennett hat bei ,Scorpio Purple Skies", dem kosmischen Finale des Albums, mit E-Gitarre, Lap-Steel-Gitarre und Gesang mitgewirkt. Diese üppige Instrumentierung passt super zu den Science-Fiction-Visionen und der feierlichen Atmosphäre des Albums. Water Poems wurde in The Old Carpet Factory, einem Herrenhaus aus dem 18. Jahrhundert auf der griechischen Insel Hydra, in der Villa Medici aus dem 16. Jahrhundert in Rom und in Les Dunes, Atkinsons Heimstudio in der Normandie, aufgenommen. Mehr als das historische Prestige dieser Orte war es die spürbare Geschichte ihrer Landschaft, die die Musik geprägt hat. Atkinson sagt, dass sie sich zu ,Orten mit seltsamer Anziehungskraft" hingezogen fühlten. In der Villa Medici ,haben Steine und Mineralien das gesprochene Wort beeinflusst", bemerkt sie. ,Wir beide legen Wert auf Gefühl, Atmosphäre und Klang", fügt Vantzou hinzu, ,was er hervorruft und was er bewirkt. In unserem Fall konzentrieren wir uns auf die grundlegenden Elemente: Wasser, Luft, Fels, Kosmos - allesamt lebenswichtig.» Von der Insel Kreta aus arbeitete Vantzou den finalen Mix fertig und tauschte dabei Dateien mit Atkinson aus. Immer noch mit der Küste verbunden, verlief der Mixing-Prozess geduldig und wurde von wichtigen Pausen geprägt. Water Poems spiegelt wider, was die Meeresbiologin Rachel Carson uns in Erinnerung ruft: ,Am Rande des Meeres zu stehen bedeutet, Wissen über Dinge zu haben, die so nahezu ewig sind, wie es das irdische Leben nur sein kann." Es zelebriert rituell dieses ozeanische Gefühl als wichtige Quelle der Gelassenheit und Intelligenz. In einer Welt, die von hitzigen Meinungen und ökologischer Vernachlässigung geprägt ist, lenkt Water Poems unsere Aufmerksamkeit auf ,die Quellen der Quellen". Damit schafft es Raum, um uns wieder mit unseren elementaren, animalischen Instinkten zu verbinden und uns auf tiefere Strömungen einzustimmen. Water Poems von Félicia Atkinson und Christina Vantzou ist der dritte Band von Reflections, einer Reihe zeitgenössischer Kollaborationen von RVNG Intl..




















