Alva Noto's sound transformation weaves electronics and orchestra into a new spectrum.
Carsten Nicolai, alias Alva Noto, has been one of the best-known names in the world of electronic music since the 1990s. This fourth part of his Xerrox series dates from 2020. Ensemble Modern, together with Alva Noto as a soloist, presents an instrumental version of Xerrox Vol. 4, but conceived as multimedia work in which the music is combined with video and light installations. Xerrox Vol. 4analyses the concept of digitally copying source material and an endless reproduction of melodies takes place. A production process based on copies of copies. The sound is distorted in such a way as to render the link with the source material barely distinguishable. In this way a sonic spectrum of completely new sounds is created, and copies of originals become original works again themselves.