Xerrox Vol. 4

Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto, one of the best-known minds in the electronic music scene since the 1990s, composed the fourth part of his "Xerrox" series in 2020. Now, together with Alva Noto as soloist, the Ensemble Modern is realising an instrumental version of "Xerrox Vol. 4" arranged especially for the ensemble as a commissioned work for the Frankfurt Positionen 2021. The multimedia work, which combines music with video and light installations, will be developed at the Frankfurt LAB in early April 2021. Due to the extended event ban, the Ensemble Modern will stream the concert recording online as a premiere on 17 and 25 April 2021 (8.30 p.m. each day) as part of the Frankfurter Positionen and "Tonlagen - Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik".

Based on the concept of digital replication of source material, the "Xerrox" project deals with the manipulation of data (melodies) by means of endless reproduction. A production process of copies from copies, in other words, whose sounds are changed in such a way that they can hardly be associated with the source material. This creates a sound spectrum of completely new sounds: copies of originals become originals themselves. In 2020, after "Xerrox Vol. 1" (2007), "Vol. 2" (2009) and "Vol. 3" (2015), Carsten Nicolai continued his "Xerrox" journey with "Xerrox Vol. 4". The idea of an edited version with instrumental instrumentation has already existed since the release of the first volume. After the great success with the work "utp_" (2007), Carsten Nicolai continues the collaboration with the Ensemble Modern in cooperation with Max Knoth.

Alva Noto: XERROX VOL. 4 – Ensemble Modern Version (arrangiert von Max Knoth) Ensemble Modern, Alva Noto (Electronics), Simon Mayer (Video), Matthias Rieker (Licht), Norbert Ommer (Klangregie), Big Cinema (Videoprojektion)