Welcome back to another quarter of Worship the Glitch. By next week I'll have started podcasting episodes, so you can listen anything you want! As for the stuff played this week, I seem to love everything that gets put out on the German label Raster-Noton. Founded in part by Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto), and Olaf Bender, who along with Frank Bretschneider, make up Signal. Rater-Noton is not so much a traditional record label, but rather conceived as a platform where the intersections between pop, science, and art can be explored. One way this mindset is shown is through Raster-Noton's exquisite packaging. Well weighted, buttery smooth cardstock makes up the digipacks in which most of their releases are packaged in. Fine attention to detail are noticeable not only in the typography and design, but fabrication of the cases themselves. For example, the two discs that make up COH's Strings are housed in what at first appears to be complex folded paper casing. However, upon unfolding the object its simplicity is beautifully exposed. A single piece of cardstock with slits cut in to hold each disc is then folded over itself twice to make a package that is not only artful, but also efficient to mass produce and distribute.
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