Rastermusic was founded by Olaf Bender and Frank Bretschneider in 1996. The main interest was to release repetitive minimal-music following the direction of pop. The priority is to publish series with focus on a specific philosophy of music/sound composing.

Noton.archiv für ton und nichtton was founded by Carsten Nicolai more as a platform for conceptional and experimental related projects in music, art and science.

Raster-Noton has a sublabel named Kangaroo, which is reserved for releases by Ilpo Väisänen (of Panasonic fame) only.

Raster-Noton releases have been charted by Ada, Perc, Lucy, Shifted, Daniel Avery, Giorgio Gigli, Gary Beck, Brendon Moeller, The Black Dog, Lucy, Giorgio Gigli, The Black Dog, Cio D'Or, Peter Van Hoesen, Xhin, Ryan Crosson, The Black Dog, Adultnapper, The Black Dog, Lucy, The Black Dog, Giorgio Gigli, Phil Kieran, Giorgio Gigli and 199 others.

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