Cyclo.

. (commonly known as Cyclo.) is the debut studio album by German electronic music project Cyclo., consisting of German musician Carsten Nicolai and Japanese visual and sound artist Ryoji Ikeda, released in April 2001 through Raster-Noton, a German electronic music record label. It was re-released in 2017.^[1]

Cyclo.
Studio album by Cyclo. (Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai)
Released	April 2001
Recorded	1999–2001[1]
Genre	IDM, glitch
Length	41:48
Label	Raster-Noton
Producer	Cyclo.
Ryoji Ikeda chronology
matrix (2000) Cyclo. (2001) op. (2002)
Carsten Nicolai chronology
Prototypes (2000) Cyclo. (2001) Ø + noto - wohltemperiert (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Background

Cyclo. started as a collaborative research project by Nicolai and Ikeda in 1999, focusing on the visualization of sound. The audio elements of the album would get constructed with varying frequencies that can go beyond the physical range of human hearing, generating hybrid forms of audiovisual art.^[3]

In its first publication, it included a book and CD-rom that offered interactive documentation of the audiovisual material Nicolai and Ideka created. The images in the booklet show the metering of sound bits through acoustic and illustrative potential.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"CO"	1:25
2.	"C1"	5:26
3.	"C2"	5:26
4.	"C3"	1:09
5.	"C4"	5:44
6.	"C5"	2:25
7.	"C6"	3:38
8.	"C7"	5:18
9.	"C8"	7:42
10.	"C9"	3:35
Total length:		41:48

All tracks are written by Cyclo

CD notes

Companies

• Published By – Touch Music
• Copyright © – Raster-Noton
• Made By – MPO

Credits

• Illustration [Drawings] – Takashi Hashimoto, Takashi Ikegami
• Written-By [All Tracks By] – Carsten Nicolai, Ryoji Ikeda

Notes

Published by Touch, London. © 2001 Raster-Noton. Archiv für Ton und Nichtton.

Drawings: "Active Mutations in Self-reproducing Networks of Machines and Tapes". (C) 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Artificial Life 2: 305-316 (1995).

Packaged in clear, ejector e-slimcase with a 6 pages folded insert. All info of the release are printed on the insert via transparent printing.

Barcode and Other Identities

• Label Code: lc01293
• Matrix / Runout: [MPO logo] CDR 041 @@ 01 20010302 0017 22 4
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L032
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 1240^[5]

References

1. "N-015 . Cyclo. (Ryoji Ikeda + Alva Noto) . ". noton.info. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
2. Cyclo. at AllMusic
3. "ryoji ideka - cyclo". ryojiideka.com. 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
4. "cyclo. id". gestalten.com. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
5. "Cyclo. – . (2001, CD)". discogs.com. April 2001. Retrieved November 29, 2024.