Xerrox Vol. 2

VINYL FORMAT. 2x12" gatefold version. This is the second volume in the planned five volume Xerrox series by Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai), the follow-up to Xerrox Vol. 1, released in 2007 on Raster-Noton. While Xerrox Vol. 1 referred to the "old world" with its tradition deeply rooted in classical music, Xerrox Vol. 2 tries to access a "new world." It works with samples (from Michael Nyman and Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley) that have been gathered in the U.S.A., the so-called "new world" where the album was largely recorded. Vol. 2 develops an overall, linear aesthetic that refers to musical strategies of film music. Hence there are no implicitly singular pieces, but open musical structures - a journey without a predetermined target. The eleven tracks on Xerrox Vol. 2 serve as documents of an immediately experienced time or as attempts to unfold in an endless space.