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Biography
Pete Namlook (born 1960 as Peter Kuhlmann IPA-de|'ku?lma?n| in Frankfurt , Germany) is an ambient music|ambient and electronic music|electronic-music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464 , which he oversees. Inspired by the music of Eberhard Weber , Miles Davis , Antonio Carlos Jobim , Frédéric Chopin|Chopin , Wendy Carlos , Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd , he also composes his own albums.
Overview
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 has released many solo albums, as well as collaboration albums with notable artists such as Klaus Schulze , Bill Laswell , Geir Jenssen (alias Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere ), Atom Heart , Richie Hawtin , Tetsu Inoue , Uwe Schmidt|Dr. Atmo , and Tying Tiffany .
“Namlook” is “Koolman” spelled backwards, which is the German pronunciation of his real name.
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.)
;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 titled The 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)
;with Uwe Schmidt|Atom Heart
Jet Chamber (5 releases)
;with Karl Berger
Polytime
;with Dandy Jack
Amp (2 releases)
Silent Music
;with DJ Brainwave
Limelight
;with DJ Criss
Deltraxx
Sequential (one track is Namlook with Tetsu Inoue , not DJ Criss)
The Dark Side of the Moog (4 releases of 11 total also with Klaus Schulze ; other seven are only Namlook and Schulze)
Outland (5 releases)
Psychonavigation (5 releases)
Outer Dark
;with Mixmaster Morris
Dreamfish (2 releases)
;with David Moufang
Koolfang (3 releases)
Move D / Namlook (23 releases)
;with New Composers
Planetarium (2 releases)
Russian Spring
;with Burhan Öçal
Sultan (3 releases)
;with Speedy J|Jochem Paap
pp-nmlk
;with Peter Prochir
Miles Apart
Possible Gardens
;with Ludwig Rehberg
The Putney (2 releases)
;with Robert Sattler
Kooler
;with Klaus Schulze
The Dark Side of the Moog (11 releases)
;with Spacetime Continuum|Jonah Sharp
Alien Community (2 releases)
Wechselspannung (2 releases)
;with Wolfram Spyra
Virtual Vices (6 releases)
;with Steve Stoll
Hemisphere
;with Charles Uzzell-Edwards
A New Consciousness (2 releases)
Create (2 releases)
;with Lorenzo Montanà
Labirynth (3 releases)
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.
Passion , with Jürgen Rehberg
Wandering Soul , with Alban Gerhardt
The Sunken Road , with Jürgen Rehberg and Lucia Mense
External links
; General
http://www.namlook.de/ Namlook.de - Official Pete Namlook Web site
MySpace|namlook|Peter Namlook
Pete Namlook photographies at http://www.discogs.com/viewimages? what=A& obid=36149 Discogs (1) - http://www.discogs.com/viewimages? what=A& obid=1910 Discogs (3) - http://www.analogue-alien.de/img/Pete_Namlook.jpg Analogue-Alien (center)
; Discographies
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p141855/discography|pure_url=yes Pete Namlook at Allmusic|AMG
http://music.hyperreal.org/labels/fax/ Discography of his FAX recordings
; Misc
http://www.faxgalleria.com/fax_facts/samples_quotes.html Samples and quotes in FAX albums (including many Namlook) at FAX Galleria
http://www.2350.org Fax Label review site
Persondata | NAME = Namlook, Pete | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1960 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Namlook, Pete Category:Ambient musicians Category:German electronic musicians Category:Living people Category:1960 births
