Pete Namlook(born 25 November 1960 asPeter Kuhlmann[ˈkuːlmaːn]inFrankfurt,West Germany, died on 8 November 2012[1]) was anambientandelectronic musicproducer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record labelFAX +49-69/450464,which he oversaw. He was inspired by the music ofEberhard Weber,Miles Davis,Antonio Carlos Jobim,Chopin,Wendy Carlos,Tangerine DreamandPink Floyd,and most importantlyKlaus Schulze.
Pete Namlook | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Peter Kuhlmann |
| Born | November 25, 1960 |
| Origin | Frankfurt,West Germany |
| Died | November 8, 2012(aged 51) |
| Genres | Ambient,electronic,techno |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, Composer |
| Labels | FAX +49-69/450464 |
Pete Namlook released many solo albums, as well as collaboration albums with notable artists such asKlaus Schulze,Bill Laswell,Geir Jenssen(Biosphere),Gaudi,Richie Hawtin,Tetsu Inoue,Uwe Schmidt(Atom™), Amir Abadi (Dr. Atmo), andDavid Moufang(Move D).
By August 2005, Namlook and collaborators had released 135 albums (excluding re-releases, vinyl singles, compilations of existing material, and FAX releases beginning with PS, in which he personally was not involved in the music making).[citation needed]
"Namlook" is "Koolman", a phonetic rendering of his real name, spelled backwards.
Kuhlmann died on 8 November 2012 after suffering a heart attack.[2][3]
Projects
editThese 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.)
- Solo
- 4Voice(3 releases; 4Voice with Maik Maurice as "arrangement assistant" on two tracks; 4Voice III with Marc Romboy on one track)
- Air(5 releases)
- Atom
- Electronic Music Center
- Music for Ballet
- Namlook(25 releases)
- Season's Greetings(4 releases; 1 compilation titledThe Four Seasons)
- Silence(3 releases of 5 total; first two are with Dr. Atmo)
- Syn(2 releases)
- Music for Babies
- with Dr. Atmo
- Escape
- Silence(2 releases of 5 total; latter three are Namlook solo)
- withAtom Heart
- Jet Chamber(5 releases)
- withKarl Berger
- Polytime
- with Dandy Jack
- Amp(2 releases)
- Silent Music
- withGaudi
- Re:sonate
- with DJ Brainwave
- Limelight
- with DJ Criss
- Deltraxx
- Sequential(one track is Namlook withTetsu Inoue,not DJ Criss)
- with DJ Dag
- Adlernebel
- with Pascal F.E.O.S.
- Hearts of Space
- Minimalistic Source
- with Rob Gordon
- Ozoona
- withRobert Görl
- Elektro(2 releases)
- withRichie Hawtin
- From Within(3 releases)
- with Hubertus Held
- Pete Namlook/Hubertus Held
- S.H.A.D.O(2 releases)
- withTetsu Inoue
- 62 Eulengasse
- 2350 Broadway(4 releases)
- Sequential(only one track)
- Shades of Orion(3 releases)
- Time²
- withGeir Jenssen
- The Fires of Ork(2 releases)
- withBill Laswell
- The Dark Side of the Moog(4 releases of 11 total also withKlaus Schulze;other seven are only Namlook and Schulze)
- Outland Series:1,2,3,IV,5
- Psychonavigation Series:1,2,3,4,5
- withMixmaster Morris
- Dreamfish(2 releases)
- withDavid Moufang
- Koolfang(3 releases)
- Move D / Namlook(23 releases)
- with New Composers
- Planetarium(2 releases)
- Russian Spring
- with Burhan Öçal
- Sultan(3 releases)
- withJochem Paap
- pp-nmlk
- with Peter Prochir
- Miles Apart
- Possible Gardens
- with Ludwig Rehberg
- The Putney(2 releases)
- with Robert Sattler
- Kooler
- withKlaus Schulze
- The Dark Side of the Moog(11 releases)
- withJonah Sharp
- Alien Community(2 releases)
- Wechselspannung(2 releases)
- withWolfram Spyra
- Virtual Vices(6 releases)
- withSteve Stoll
- Hemisphere
- A New Consciousness(2 releases)
- Create(2 releases)
- with Lorenzo Montanà
- Labyrinth(5 releases)
Yesterday & Tomorrow
editThis 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.
- Passion,with Jürgen Rehberg
- Wandering Soul,with Alban Gerhardt
- The Sunken Road,with Jürgen Rehberg and Lucia Mense
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Lynch, Will (2012-11-15)."RIP Pete Namlook".Resident Advisor.Retrieved2018-12-13.
- ^Fuller, Terrence (2013-07-26)."Pete Namlook's family releases official statement on his death".Resident Advisor. Archived fromthe originalon 15 December 2018.Retrieved2018-12-13.
- ^"Fabia Kuhlmann Relates Circumstances of Father's Death".Archived fromthe originalon 23 October 2013.
External links
edit- Pete NamlookonBandcamp
- Pete Namlookdiscography atDiscogs
- Discography of his FAX recordings
- FAX Lyrics - Samples &Quotesat theWayback Machine(archived 2012-02-04)
- 2350.org - a FAX +49-69/450464 review siteat theWayback Machine(archived 2017-01-07)