Alva Noto - Unitxt

after finishing the transall cycle and introducing the series of xerrox, alva noto makes a move back to his more rhythmic approach in unitxt. it could be seen as a kind of continuation to the transspray ep from 2004. a preview of unitxt concept was already released as a remix track for the björk cd-s release innocence produced by björk/timbaland, from her latest album volta (2007). unitxt was recorded during raster-noton japan tours 2006 and 2007. it was reviewed and edited in berlin early 2008. unit—the initial working title of the album—is the name of club unit in tokyo. the way of composing the tracks in the grid of 120 pbm and out of different rhythmic units or modules recombined, as well as to express the text component of the recordings that developed in collaboration with the french sound poet anne-james chaton, changed the original title to unitxt. after the first ten tracks that can be regarded as the core recordings of unitxt, there are 15 more tracks generated from converting pure data of programs, jpgs or other digital files into sound material. these tracks could be considered as source code 'solos' to be played on top of the first ten tracks or  to be regarded as sonified concept recordings.

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