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German electronic musicians
Ralf Hütter, Hanin Elias, Alec Empire, Klaus Schulze, Conny Plank, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Ulrich Schnauss, Stephan Mathieu, Roger Shah, Alva Noto, Stefan Eichinger, Max Goldt, Dieter Bohlen, Klaus Wiese, Uwe Schmidt, Christoph Brüx
ISBN/EAN: 9781156996683
Umbreit-Nr.: 6766133
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 62 S.
Format in cm: 0.4 x 24.6 x 18.9
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 26.05.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
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- Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 61. Chapters: Ralf Hütter, Hanin Elias, Alec Empire, Klaus Schulze, Conny Plank, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Ulrich Schnauss, Stephan Mathieu, Roger Shah, Alva Noto, Stefan Eichinger, Max Goldt, Dieter Bohlen, Klaus Wiese, Uwe Schmidt, Christoph Brüx, Ellen Allien, DJ Delicious, Alexander Hacke, Timo Maas, Oliver Huntemann, Edgar Froese, Marcus Schmickler, Florian Fricke, Gas, Paul Kalkbrenner, Harald Blüchel, Oskar Sala, Karl Bartos, Peter Baumann, Pete Namlook, Jerome Froese, Barbara Morgenstern, F.M. Einheit, Gary D., DJ Dean, Daniel Fichelscher, Gina V. D'Orio, Felix Kubin, Karunesh, Bernd Friedmann, Tom Novy, Jens Gad, Christopher Franke, Apparat, To Rococo Rot, Wolfgang Flür, Kosmonova, Matthias Menck, Isolée, Michael Mayer, Pole, Mirko Uhlig, Scot Project, Pantha du Prince, Florian Hecker, Christoph De Babalon, Märtini Brös, Markus Löffel, Popnoname, Tommi Stumpff, Console, Wolfram Spyra, Gudrun Gut, Chris Liebing, Cryostasis, Jan Wayne, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Tilo Wolff, Klaus Röder, Schneider TM, Alpha Boy, Rolf Ellmer, DJ Taucher, Bernward Malaka, E.Stonji, Ulf Lohmann, Geroyche, Martillo Vago. Excerpt: Alec Empire (born Alexander Wilke-Steinhof on 2 May 1972 in Charlottenburg, West Berlin) is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot. Also a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ, he has released well over a hundred albums, EPs and singles and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk. He was also the driving force behind the creation of the digital hardcore subgenre and the record labels Digital Hardcore Recordings and Eat Your Heart Out. Wilke's father was a working-class socialist, himself the son of a radical activist who perished in the concentration camps of the Second World War. His maternal grandfather, Karl Steinhof, was a self-made millionaire who patented the first domestic hand-knitting appliance during the economic boom in Germany in the 1950s. Wilke grew up during the Cold War near the Berlin Wall, which he would pass every day on his way to school. The frequent sight of patrol guards with guns influenced his outlook on life from an early age. He describes Berlin at the time as: "Probably the most left radical place in Germany in the 70s, terrorists, a lot of demonstrations, and probably the first address to hear the latest American music, because of the radio shows the US soldiers brought to Berlin." At the age of ten, Wilke's love of rap led to a vogueing career on the streets of Berlin. Later disillusioned by that genre becoming increasingly commercial, he left it behind in favour of a completely different form of musical expression. He had played guitar since the age of eight which coupled with his politically-charged upbringing eventually led him to punk music; he formed his first band, Die Kinder, at age twelve. By sixteen, however, Wilke came to believe that the punk movement was "dead" (though the anti-establishment punk attitude would figure significantly in his subsequent output). After leaving Die Kinder, he began listening to classical music and experimen