Dithmar

Born in 1968 in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Dennis Dithmar used his young years playing all sorts of air instruments at home while attending school at Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, one of the country's most highly recognized musical colleges. Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream were and still are some of Dithmars biggest sources of inspiration. From the middle of the 80's he played several synth bands and did music scores for a number of small experimental Danish films aswell as attending some exibitions on modern Danish art museums.  When jungle and drum'n bass hit the country Dithmar turned focus on that, producing and mixing for several artists aswell as releasing a solo-album under the name of Computa in 1998 with a number of guest artists - Trentemøller, N.I.S., DJ Caspar and Dj Pyro, along with Danish keyboard legend Kenneth Knudsen. The last couple of years Dithmar has been working on two separate fronts. Together with NamNam Records delivering a number of tech/club tracks, and the big acknowlegdement project making remakes and his own Zeit-tracks all inspired by the old german heroes: Kraftwerk, Schulze and Tangerine Dream. This project has now developed into his first solo release in a decade - Zodiac Zeit
Dithmar
Dithmar - Zodiac Zeit
Dithmar - Zodiac Zeit

Artist: Dithmar
P: 2009
Zodiac Zeit refers to the era in West Berlin in the late 60's and early 70's, when the biggest pioneers in what would later be known as electronic music met at the Zodiac Free Arts Lab. Conrad Schnitzler, Edgar Froese and Klaus Schulze was just a few of the great minds gathered at this small but vibrant cultural mekka. It all happened in the shade of the East German flag, as the city was literally surrounded by the East German Republic. A factor that had a huge impact on the citizens of West Berlin - not only political but very much on their culture as well. It was obvious that the West Berliners strived to be different and do things their own way.
This situation is culturally very similar to the situation in Copenhagen today. The Freetown of Christiania is surrounded by a society that wants them to do things the ordinary way, but the cultural life of Christiania keep delivering artists and acts that do things their own way. Danish electronic legend, Anders Trentemöller, is a typical product of the vibe that rules at Christiania, as is Dithmar. The two had the pleasure of working together in the eighties, as Trentemöller participated on Dithmar's first solo album, Computa, from 1998.
Zodiac Zeit is made as a tribute. It all started when Dithmar started recognizing his old German roots on the electronic music stage, and made a few remakes of TD and Schulze tracks. TD fanzone frontrunner, Chris Newman, discovered these tracks, and started playing them on his TDFZ online radiostation. The reactions on Dithmar's Myspace profile pushed him into making his own tracks and the Zeit Project was born. Dithmar chose to stick to the original sentiment - recognizing his respect for the old Berlin School music. Hence that the obvious musical link to Froese/Schulze is not a coincidence. It is indeed very close to the sound of Dithmar's old heroes.

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Nattefrost - 20 Years of Nattefrost
Nattefrost - 20 Years of Nattefrost

Artist: Nattefrost
P: 2016
A special birthday present to Bjorn Jeppsen alias Nattefrost. Various artists from the European electronic music scene interpreting compositions of Danish electronic genius Nattefrost. Among them projects as Mythos, Dithmar, Circus of Air, Herzinfarkt, Sonnenbrandt, Tor Brandt. and many others
 

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