specially produced for the wire magazine, »archiv 1« is a new and exclusive compilation featuring material released by the german electronic music imprint raster-noton. pressed on a transparent (c-thru) disc, this cd contains 18 tracks by the likes of mika vainio, robert lippok, william basinksi, COH/christopherson/balance, ryoji ikeda, noto, signal, komet, senking and more.
the cd is given away to all subscribers to the wire magazine with copies of issue 238 december 03.
because of the great demand, the label decided to sell a limited number of this cd. besides two unreleased tracks (noto.mm, signal.spiral), the compilation documents the release policy of the previous years.
