Raster-Noton was a German

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. It was established in

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. By the mid 2010s, it had become known as "one of Europe’s most revered and reliable hubs for experimental electronic music, IDM and audio-visual art." Raster-Noton emerged from the fusion of Rastermusik, founded by Olaf Bender and

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in 1996, and Noton (''Archiv für Ton und Nichtton''), a sub-label that was run by

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. The label focused on the overlapping border areas of pop, art, and science, releasing music albums, publications, and installation works focused on rhythmic, minimal electronic music. In 2017, the label split into two entities: Raster, to be run by Bender, and Noton, focusing on Nicolai's output.

Artists

Catalogue

20' to 2000

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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 (pictured). This series received the " Prix Ars Electronica, Golden Nica" award from

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in 2000.

References

External links

Official Site

Music guide to Raster-Noton by pontone.pl
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