Birth name Peter Kuhlmann Labels FAX +49-69/450464 Origin Frankfurt, Germany Name Pete Namlook | Genres Ambient, Electronic Role Music composer Occupation(s) Producer, Composer Record label FAX +49-69/450464 | |
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Born November 25, 1960 ( 1960-11-25 ) Died November 8, 2012, Traben-Trarbach, Germany Albums The Dark Side of the Moog, The Dark Side of the Moog XI, Outland, SHADO, Sultan Osman Similar People Tetsu Inoue, Klaus Schulze, David Moufang, Bill Laswell, Wolfram Spyra | ||
From within pete namlook richie hawtin a million miles to earth
Pete Namlook (born 25 November 1960 as Peter Kuhlmann [ˈkuːlmaːn] in Frankfurt, Germany, died on 8 November 2012) was an ambient and electronic-music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversaw. Inspired by the music of Eberhard Weber, Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chopin, Wendy Carlos, Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd, and most important klaus Schulze; He composed and produced his albums while many in collaboration with others.
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- From within pete namlook richie hawtin a million miles to earth
- Pete namlook lorenzo montan labyrinth 1 5 full albums
- Projects
- Yesterday Tomorrow
- References
As of August 2005, Namlook and company had released 135 albums (excluding re-releases, vinyl singles, compilations of existing material, and FAX releases beginning with PS, in which he personally is not involved in the music making).
Pete Namlook released many solo albums, as well as collaboration albums with notable artists such as Klaus Schulze, Bill Laswell, Geir Jenssen (alias Biosphere), Gaudi, Atom Heart, Richie Hawtin, Tetsu Inoue, Atom™, and Tying Tiffany.
"Namlook" is "Koolman", a phonetic rendering of his real name, spelled backwards.
Kuhlmann died on 8 November 2012 after suffering a heart attack.
Pete namlook lorenzo montan labyrinth 1 5 full albums
Projects
These are all of Namlook's project series on the FAX label, with the number of albums in each series. For one-shot albums, the title is given without a number after it.
(Note: These are only the CD releases. Vinyl singles and EPs are not included. There are no full-length LPs on FAX.)
Yesterday & Tomorrow
This was a short-lived sub-label of FAX that was created to showcase a more classical side of ambient music. On these releases he goes by Peter Kuhlmann, his real name, rather than Pete Namlook.