Namlook, Pete

Artist: Bill Laswell
P: 1996
Like the title says. This album does a wonderful job of conveying these vibes. Dark and massive.
Each of the 16 tracks on this album has something diferent to offer. The Terre Thaemlitz track, as expected, vibrates the house with its deep bass rumbles. The Tetsu Inoue and MJ Harris collaborations and the two Laswell solo's are my other highlights of a satisfying 'Ambient' entree.

Enter the 'Ambient, Bass and Drums' disc. The two Laswell solos are again highlights, along with the Jah Wobble and Jeff Bova, Automaton and Jonah Sharp collaborations. This second CD is great chillout music, good for sitting in the sun and drinking something cool - the sky seems bluer, the trees seem greener, the birdsong sweeter!

Artist: Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell
P: 1996 / 2002
AW 025
From a voyage to Africa Bill Laswell brought with him two things: Some DATs full with material for an Ethnic oriented collaboration and - a *cold*. After a day with Bill in the studio coughing his way through the recording sessions Pete felt that he had the cold as well...a strange virus and nobody was safe from it...within days the whole FAX environment had a cold and so the whole production process was slowed down. This influenced this Electronic Sonata as there was automatically "more time" to re-listen to the elements being used and FABiA Kuhlmann had her recording debut with a nadhaswaram intro. This virus was special... in the evening you felt like Dark Ambient at 0.5 BPM and in the morning nothing could be energetic enough...a quite different and vivid music found its way to the CD. African and Indian music on and off...beats on and off...monochrome soundscapes...quite a virus...

Artist: Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell
P: 2003
MP3 003
LTD: 1000
The third MP3 - CD on FAX and still no other label in the electronica/Chill-Out and Ambient scene has released this kind of product.
We love to sell innovative products..
Again the length of the CD is around 5 hours at highest MP3 quality. This project has a certain development from the start in 1993 through 2002 (Psychonavigaton 5) which makes it an ideal candidate for an MP3 release.
From mysterious Dub-Ambient to early Trip-Hop and Ethno-Dub-Trance Fusion.. always ahead of its time and with two masters of the genre.
This release gives you the real Psycho-Navigation while listening to it.. enough said.. the music speaks for itself.
All the original CD releases are sold out. So this *is* a collectors item encoded at the highest possible rate 320kbps.

Artist: Pete Namlook, Klaus Schulze & Bill Laswell
P: 1997/ 2003
AW 029
After Pete moved to his new studio the choice was easy which project would be the first to start a new era in FAX production with. Klaus Schulze was asked and didn`t hesitate to come to the small town at the Mosel river (144 KM away from Peter`s homebase Frankfurt). The recording sessions took place and the features (as well as the difficulties) of a new studio created a life on their own. What came out is a recording that shows the aspects of vintage space music combined with the innovations of today to a further creation of Electronic Fusion Music.

Artist: Pete Namlook, Klaus Schulze & Bill Laswell
P: 1998/ 2004
AW 032
Pushing the limits, Klaus and Peter combined 70ies Space Music with the new (old) school Electro sounds. Part III of this CD features Bill Laswell whose ethno-oriented sounds add perfectly to this space music opus.
Listening to this music is like watching a movie... just close your eyes and find out yourself... we take you with us on a journey through the universe of sounds to our musical world.

Artist: Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze
P: 1994 / 2016
LTD 5 CD Set
Now in a Jewel Case Box!
Complex re-release of the most remarkable and worldwide sought afterSeries The Dark Side Of The Moog by German electronic pioneers Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook (aka Peter Kuhlmann) in three slip lid boxsets, each with 5 CDs, incl. bonus material and new linernotes. The first box contains Vol. 1 to Vol. 4 and the Best Of-Album The Evolution Of The Dark Side Of The Moog. Their relationship between Klaus and Pete and the exchange of ideas was unorthodox from the beginning of their co-operation, in that they rarely met personally. The most remarkable contacts they had were outside of their studios, for instance their concert of April 1999 at the Jazz Festival in Hamburg , which was released as an edited version on 'Dark Side Of The Moog, Vol.8' (will be released in the second Boxset) - the interplay and chemistry between them is clearly evident, and it becomes even clearer on the un-edited version of the concert (which will be released as bonus CS on the third boxset). The influence Namlook had on Klaus's music in the middle of the nineties should not be taken lightly, because although Klaus dearly loved those early-analogue elements from his own music, they had become, to an extent, lost. It was Pete who fortified him to go back to the analogue charm of his early albums and it was Pete who supported him in the modification of his analogue instruments, leading finally to the epoch-making Schulze album from 1996 - Are You Sequenced? And so a legendary series of recordings was born. 'Dark Side Of The Moog' grew more or less unplanned to a sprawling, stately-sized series of eleven volumes recorded between 1994 and 2008, only ending with the early, tragic death of Pete on November 8th 2012.

Artist: Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze
P: 1995/ 2003
AW 008
Already the third Namlook-Schulze collaboration and still different to the rest. This time a combination of alien-choires and arias, typical Schulze chords and basses, Namlook at guitar, spacey sounds and electro-minimalist beatoriented parts which all build a climax in part IV. Go on your one hour journey with Phantom Heart Brother and don't forget to... "Hör zu..."

Artist: : Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze
P: 2002
PK 08/163
LTD: 3000
The disc starts us off in dark droney tunnels. The tone changes rather quickly. Slow moving brilliance, building to some chilled beats. There are some more upbeat elements similar to alien community I+II's beat oriented material. The music is deep and emotional sounding. With -7:30 in part one, Klaus Schulze shines. This mixes with (at -4:55) an amazing synth combination, that will make you smile. Hypnotic mind trance. The journey slows into a klaus schulze ambient fadeout.
part two -
Again, drones building into something moving, and something impending. A rather intense piece that never seems to let you go. It hovers and haunts.
part three -
A brighter beginning, leading way to an upbeat sequence. There are some nice tangerine dream moments throughout. A beautiful ambient dream swells within. With -1:40, schulze emerges again.
part four and five -
Ambience with a nice build. The beat like sequences slowly tease us with a short coming climax (starting -8:15). A single loop builds with intensity, only to fade away. At -6:53, some electronic tangerine dream synths swirl around the backdrop beat. The cd closes on with some heavenly samples. Slow moving namlook loops, build slightly, and come back down. With -6:53, schulze breaks into the foreground. A slow funky bass lurks through the electronics creating a chilled environment. Again there are some elements from the alien community series.
part six -
A nice highlight of schulze and namlook to end a wonderful journey (even though rather short).

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Artist: Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze
P: 1999/ 2004
AW 034
Recorded Live .. for the first time Klaus and Peter joined forces to perform in front of an enthusiastic crowd on the 23.Jazz (!) Festival Hamburg. The musical variety is immense on this album. From slow and mellow to fast and haunting... always a surprise around the corner ... the best of what you expect from their eighth collaboration: Klaus Space-chords, typical 70ies sequences from his big modular system, huge atmospheres as well as Peter playing the Trautonium (Live for the first time (!)), Rhythms between Electro, Jazz and Jungle. The music on this CD is quite a trip, the frenetic applause even in the set (you can hear this ringmodulated through the EMS VCS3 of Pete Namlook).

Artist: Pete Namlook & Move D
P: 2008
PK 08/181
LTD: 500
Our lives influence our dreams as our dreams influence our lives. The subconscious mind lives on in our dreams. exploring worlds impossible in our own. But what happens when those worlds and minds collide? Live the dream or dream the life?
Subconscious Worlds dives deep into this theme and is, like our dreams and our life, bouncing constantly between driving rhythms, dreamscapes & intense atmospheres. Never superficial, always intense. Sometimes calm, sometimes moving.

Artist: Pete Namlook & Move D
P: 2003
MP3 004
LTD: 1000
The fourth MP3 CD and this time the length is 5hours and 55minutes at high encoding rates between 256kbps and 292kbps. This CD includes the first 6 Live and Live studio collaborations of Move D and Namlook edited by Move D and mastered by Pete Namlook.
Includes Neo-Jazz, Ambient and Ancient Electronica as well as innovative beats ahead of their time. Often defined as Lounge music. This nearly 6 hours of music never lead to an aggressive musical environment. Everything stays smooth and powerful at the same time. Never superficial, never "just" modern.
Most of the original CD releases are sold out and have never been reissued. So this again *is* a collectors item already. And as our first MP3 releases sold very fast we guess you don't want to miss this one. Of course original cover graphics are again included in the 16 page color-booklet.

Artist: Pete Namlook & New Composers
P: 2005 / 2016
The New Composers from St.Petersburg who started the Ambient movement of Russia in the early 90's came together with Pete Namlook to combine their forces to create a great and timeless Environmental Ambient/Chill-out record. Low bass and guitar, environmental sounds, speech, synth and deep emotional energy formed this music.
After a long winter, there is spring in Russia, and an immense spirit is awakening, culminating in a very special common feeling. This is about the new freedom to be achieved and to behold.
Thirteen different, soft, soothing and emotional soundpaintings in one go that take you from the sea to the land on a timeless journey through Russia in spring.

Artist: Pete Namlook & Pascal F.E.O.S.
P: 1993/ 2008
AW 048
This rare Techno Trance classic originally released between 1992 & 1993 began to fetch ridiculous high prices on Ebay so it has been reissued on CD to give access to milestones of Trance history like "With a Medium Into Trance" .
The combination of some extraordinary Chill-Out/Ambient tracks makes this production a timeless classic for the Chill-Out and the Dance crowd.

Artist: Pete Namlook
P: 2006
PK08/09
LTD: 500
Ok.. we forgot one thing.. to release this compilation back in the Dance/Vinyl times of FAX.

As a lot of artists and labels by this time copied the style of FAX and commercialized it, Pete Namlook decided to withdraw from HardTrance and concentrate more on Ambient/Chill-Out and basically innovative Electronica. Mainstream was never his aim. His approach to integrate melodies into Underground-Techno-Dance Tracks was a total taboo in 1992 when the typical FAX-sound emerged.
Things changed by the time the 5th series of Vinyl (compiled on this Double-CD) was released. This Double CD is a great example of the label's transition from Dance to electronica. While tracks like "Join Us on Our Way to the Final Fronier" by 4Voice (Namlook), "X-Ray Delta One" by Sequential (Namlook/DJ Criss) and "Supervision" by Hearts of Space (Namlook/Pascal FEOS) still focus on dancefloor themes, "Namhouse","Subconscious Power" and "Ancient History" try to focus more on listening qualities and the futuristic electronica aspect while still echoing the dance aspects.
Following the tradition of our releases during the Dance times this compilation is strictly limited to 500 items.
As a bonus, the tracks have been remastered from the original tapes to improve sound quality.

Artist: Pete Namlook
P: 2007
PK 08/177
LTD: 500
We live in municipal districts, conjunctions of human energy and industrial processes. Our mind is constantly provoked by mechanical and technically produced sounds, smells and visual impacts. We long for a place of peace and contemplation. 'Music for Urban Meditation II' guides us to our inner center. Urban sound patterns detached of known coherences, lead us back to our origin in a miraculous way. Technical and industrial striking sounds are fitted into the over all and universal order of wisdom. Former strangeness is dissolved and a new conciousness is given motive. Textures of sound are woven gently with each other, organic sound carpets arise, which wrap us up and give us shelter in this harsh and sharp-edged reality of our urban existence. With 'Music for Urban Meditation II' industry is transformed into nature and technique to our self. The album invites you to let yourself go into an up-to-date meditation which complies to our modern culture.

Artist: Pete Namlook
P: 2002
PK 08/166
LTD 2000
After Pete's first CD solely consisting of molecular sized sound bytes, it took just a blink of an eye for the Frankfurt based radio station HR 2 (cultural program of the "Hessischer Rundfunk") to ask for a Granular Synthesis session by Pete Namlook.

This session received a lot of positive feedback so there was a request for more. This third session had been broadcasted via terrestrial antenna, cable and sattelite on the 27th of September 2002. Instead of asking for a high fee we were more interested in releasing this music on CD and to present to you the third coming of Pete's monsters in sound. This time incorporating bits of environmental sound and Analog Synthesis.

This experimental music achieves full posession of your mind.. we recommend to sit/lie in a meditation tank/bathtub and to listen to the evolving organic energy at a medium to high volume for 58 minutes.

Artist: Pete Namlook
P: 2009
PK 08/192
LTD: 500
The Namlook project always has been a playground for Pete to experiment, for new ways in music. Diving deeper into drones and the nature of acoustic instruments, there is a lot to hear that had not been heard and achieved in this special way before. While the tonality remains open and wide, complete worlds of overtones unfold and create a deep atmosphere. It is a music which is archaic and modern at the same time. Pearl is like listening to the truth hidden in eternal traditions, the essence of sound.

Artist: Pete Namlook
P: 1996
SEA 00
LTD: 2000
This series started early 1994 with "Seasons Greetings =Winter=" and since then evolved to a successful series of all four seasons. This very balanced and unique product contains Peter's real definition of the word Ambient in a very explicit way.
Following the path of the great impressionist composers of the late 19th century, he improvised on the impressions that came to him during the four seasons. Of course these were brought to life with the instruments of our time: synthesizers, ringmodulators, incorporating environmental sounds.
The main sentences that formed the idea of these pieces of music are:
Winter - The silence is infinite
Spring - Nature is awakened
Summer - The intensity of the sun
Autumn - A stormy nature
This CD contains excerpts of each full lenght CD.

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