''Xerrox Vol.3'' is the eighth solo studio album by German

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Alva Noto Carsten Nicolai (born 18 September 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz) is a German artist, musician and label owner. As a musician he is known under the pseudonym Alva Noto. Life and career Carsten Nicolai was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Ch ...

. The record was released on 31 March 2015 via

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label, continuing his ''Xerrox'' pentalogy.

Background

The two previous albums in the series are: '' Xerrox Vol.1'' (2007) and '' Xerrox Vol.2'' (2009). In a statement, the author described the album as a "cinematographic emotion of a soundtrack to a film that actually does not exist in reality." It was inspired by childhood memories of the '70s films ''

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'', directed by

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in 1972, and '' La isla misteriosa y el capitán Nemo'', directed by

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and Henri Colpi in 1973.

Reception

Paul Simpson of

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commented "Alva Noto's Xerrox series of albums take a break from the overwhelming glitchcore of some of his other releases (particularly ones that begin with Uni- or Trans-), instead opting to explore more ambient pastures. The series is particularly themed around copying and data manipulation, and previous volumes had a hazy, corroded edge to them. Xerrox, Vol. 3, however, focuses on dreams and childhood memories, and is much more serene than the previous volumes, coming closer to Alva Noto's work with Ryuichi Sakamoto". Alex Hudson of ''

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'' wrote "Like past instalments in the series, ''Xerrox Vol. 3'' was created by using extensive reproduction (a bit like the document copying company Xerox, in other words). This allowed Nicolai to create new sounds by rendering the source recordings unrecognizable... In a statement, Nicolai described the album as a "cinematographic emotion of a soundtrack to a film that actually does not exist in reality".

Track listing

Credits

*Design – Studio Carsten Nicolai *Sounds (all samples xeroxed by) – Carsten Nicolai

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2015 albums Alva Noto albums Raster-Noton albums