RASTER-NOTON SHOWCASE with SIGNAL + ALVA NOTO, FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER , + BYETONE

This month's electronic Music Discussion group is dovetailing with the upcoming Raster-Notron showcase at the Middlesex Lounge. It's going to be an excellent night of intense, atmospheric minimal yet trance-like sounds which I think will appeal to a wide range of em lovers.

Following is the info about the show posted on Non-Event. I encourage you to listen to the posdast that features all of the artists' current work. It's very well put together. Non-Event (http://nonevent.org/... ) is definitely an organization to keep your eye on....)

The show starts at 10pm. I will be there by 9pm. If you RSVP, we can make sure we grab enough table and chair space. I don't think this is going to be a dance evening, but will be definitely be very interesting and enjoyable experience.

RASTER-NOTON SHOWCASE

Presented by Goethe-Institut Boston, Basstown, and Non-Event.

with SIGNAL + solo sets by
ALVA NOTO, FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER, and BYETONE

Listen to a podcast, featuring music by all four acts here: http://www.rarefreque...

21+ / Admission: $10

RASTAR Norton (http://www.raster-not...)

SIGNAL is Raster-Noton?s supergroup, featuring Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto), Olaf Bender (aka Byetone), and Frank Bretschneider. The trio performs intense, hypnotic music to a spectacular backdrop of graphical information that reveals the complex geometry of the sounds in play. Most of their sound sources are taken from a huge memory bank of music from long jamming sessions dating from the early days of Raster-Noton. These are processed and folded into a taut and energetic web of electrostatic rhythmic clicks, bristling static, and deep bass pulses that are unexpectedly sensuous and undeniably funky. Their most recent release Robotron came out in 2007. This will be SIGNAL?s Boston debut.

Video: Signal Live in Copenhagen--http://www.youtube.co...

Musician and visual artist CARSTEN NICOLAI (http://www.carstennic...) (aka ALVA NOTO) works in the transitional area between art and science. In his intensely dynamic work, Nicolai plays with the rules of physicality. Clicks and glitches are not used as ornamental additions, but make up the essential elements of the work, which is often structured around the rhythmic grooves of hip-hop and R&B. Nicolai has performed in many of the world?s most prestigious spaces including The Guggenheim, MOMA SF, MOMA Oxford, NTT Tokyo, Tate Modern, and Venice Biennial. This will be Nicolai?s Boston debut.

FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER (http://www.frankbrets...) is a founding member of Raster-Noton and one of the pioneering figures in ultra minimal post techno. Using the most basic sound sources (sine waves and white noise), Bretschneider creates minimal, flowing pieces with delicate textures and complex rhythmic patterns. Described as ?abstract analogue pointilism,? ?ambience for spaceports,? and ?hypnotic echochamber pulsebeat,? Bretschneider?s subtle and detailed music is echoed by his visuals: perfect translations of the qualities found in music into visual phenomena.

Video: Frank Bretschneider Live (http://www.youtube.co...)

OLAF BENDER ( (aka BYETONE) is a founding member of the Raster-Noton label, as well as its lead designer. Bender creates his music digitally, assembling sine tones into complex sound fabrics of deep sub-bass and rhythmic clicks and crackles. He creates abstract animations to support his abstract music ?transforming the rhythm of the music into a graphic equivalent, which he controls in real time. His new album, D.O.A.T. (Death of a Typographer), is due out on Raster-Noton shortly.