Name: ΚepaynoΣ
Brand: Novi Sad

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RM198

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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4260115991983

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Novi Sad

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Raster

Raster-noton.archiv für ton und nichtton, also known as Raster-Noton, is a renowned electronic music label based in Germany. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of two previous labels: Rastermusic and noton.archiv für ton und nichtton. These labels had been collaborating on releases since 1996.

Rastermusic was founded by Olaf Bender and Frank Bretschneider with the aim of publishing a series that focused on repetitive or minimal music with pop influences. On the other hand, noton.archiv für ton und nichtton was established by Carsten Nicolai as a platform for conceptual and experimental projects in music, art, and science. They introduced the clear series and later launched the innovative 20' to 2000 CD magazine.

After celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2017, Raster-Noton underwent restructuring. The label split into two entities: Raster, managed by Olaf Bender, which handles the back catalog of Raster-Noton/Raster-Music; and Noton, overseen by Carsten Nicolai representing all past and future projects of Alva Noto. The label also has a sublabel called Kangaroo dedicated to releases by Ilpo Väisänen from Pan Sonic fame. Additionally, Raster-Noton serves as the exclusive distributor for Ivan Pavlov's Wavetrap label.

In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus was the king of the Olympian gods and the supreme deity. He was the god of the sky, lightning, thunder (KEPAYNO∑), law, order, and justice. The Cyclopes were three, orb-eyed, immortal giants who forged the thunderbolts of Zeus. The lawless Titans, encouraged by Gaia, tried to wrestle control of the world from the Olympian gods in a ten-year battle known as the Titanomachy. The Titans were the brothers and sisters of Cronus and it was only through the help of the Cyclopes (who made Zeus his thunderbolts) and the hundred-handed giants or Hecatoncheires (Briareos, Cottus and Gyges) that Zeus was finally able to imprison the Titans in Tartarus, the deepest part of the underworld. Making himself ruler of the skies, Zeus then gave dominion over the seas to Poseidon and of the underworld to Hades. 

KEPAYNO∑was one of the most powerful symbols in ancient Greece – if not the most powerful. As contemporary science proved, the thunders that dominated the earth before the creation of life gave birth to the primordial substances by enhancing the production of nitrogen and thus amino acids which are essential for the production of proteins and life. In numerous civilisations they believed that the overlord of thunder was a deity. 

In Celtic mythology, Taranis was the god of thunder. In Slavic mythology it was Perun and in Scandinavian it was Thor. In India, the god of thunder was Indra and in Finland it was Ukko. In China, Lei Gong was worshipped as the deity of thunders and in Rome the people who died because of thunder were considered as blessed. Inkas believed that thunder was the son of the sun and the moon and in Christianity thunder is the voice of god. 

The music of KEPAYNO∑ was composed by using environmental sounds and field recordings from the five continents: OCEANIA | Tarkine Rainforest ASIA | Okinawa EUROPE | Ancient Olympia and Iceland AFRICA | Uganda, Botswana and Namibia AMERICA | Amazon Rainforest and Niagara Falls KEPAYNO∑ is released on occasion of their 25th anniversary in October 2021 

ΚepaynoΣ

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