
Thomas Fehlmann - Live PA - Beats In Space - Feb 2005
Submitted By:
papshmir
Genre: Electronic
Date of Set: Feb 10th, 2005
Filesize: 64.00 MB
Total Downloads: 17
Biography of Thomas Fehlmann
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Thomas Fehlmann first came to prominence after meeting Robert Fripp in Hamburg in 1979 when the guitarist was touring his 'Frippertronics' project. In Germany 1980 he formed the synth Pop/post Punk band Palais Schaumburg with whom he recorded 3 albums.
Fehlmann's solo career kicked off in 1985 when he moved to Berlin and began experimenting with samplers and synths. It was also here that he became involved with the local techno scene and began producing other artists. In 1989 a meeting with Alex Paterson saw Fehlmann getting involved in the producing ambient band The Orb, a collaborative association that has lasted many years.
Thomas Fehlmann was later involved with the Berlin Detroit Techno scene and helped to bring DJs like Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson and Underground Resistance over to DJ in the German city. He also helped to forge a Techno alliace between Detroit and Berlin and formed the 3MB Team along with Moritz Von Oswald (aka Basic Channel) producing a serie of works with some of the best Detroit DJs like Eddie Flashin' Fowlkes and Blake Baxter. As a solo artist Fehlmann has released several Ambient EPs on the respected Belgian labels Apollo and R+S . Since 1995 he has been an activist with the legendary Berlin-based Ocean Club, which since 1998 has been broadcasting a radio show - now worldwide. After releases on ~Scape Records, Belgian labels R+S and Apollo and an album 'Visions of Blah' on Kompakt , he now appears on the wonderful LA based label Plug Research.
Rating:



(8)
Mar 11, 2005
Great spoken intro, followed by some comments by the show's host.
This is a laptop mix by Fehlman. The first 48 minutes or so is a good mix of IDM/glitchy/ambient sounds.
Then there is an interview with Fehlman and Gudrun Gut, who hosts the Ocean Club Radio show.
Around the 1:03 mark the music starts up again, a completely different mix of electro-like sounds followed by what sounds like a track from a German indy/new wave band from the 80s. The last minute or so goes back to a more electro sounds as the music fades out.
I would submit the following url to the links part of the site, but it's not in English so I can't. So I'll put it here: http://www.radioeins.de/_/sendungen/ocean_club_radio/index_jsp.html. This is a weekly 2-hour German radio show with Thomas Fehlman and Gudrun Gut. Very interesting mix of various genres of electronic music with other styles. Highly recommended. Archive goes back to 1991. Real Audio files.
P.S. The bitrate actually sems to be 112kbps.