TAGS 'FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER'

  • FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER

    ARTISTS

    "Frank Bretschneider works as a musician, composer and video artist in Berlin. His work is known for precise sound placement, complex, interwoven rhythm structures and its minimal, flowing approach. Described as „abstract analogue pointilism“, „ambience for spaceports“ or „hypnotic echochamber pulsebeat“, Bretschneider‘s subtle and detailed music is echoed by his…"

  • .AIFF

    RELEASES

    "A collection of .aiff audio from digital sound designers around the globe.the structuring code for the future of synthetic environments. .aiff is a brief look into the near future of 12k showcasing new artists and samplings of upcoming full-length releases. This compilation is also an important landmark in 12k's evolution:…"

  • RAUSCH

    RELEASES

    "Komet, aka: Frank Bretschneider, is one of the founders of Germany's Raster.Music label and has become an important contributor to the world of microscopic sound and digital sonic art. Recently, he has been releasing material on labels such as Raster, 12k, and Mille Plateaux, among others. Rausch (roughly: white noise,…"

  • BETWEEN TWO POINTS

    RELEASES

    "Between Two Points is the first release between 12k and LINE showcasing the audio aesthetics of each label on two separate discs. All of the tracks on Between Two Points are previously unreleased and represent the current and future rosters of the labels, encompassing an international selection of accomplished artists…"

  • TWO POINT TWO

    RELEASES

    "Over the course of 7 and 4 years, respectively, 12k and LINE have been at the forefront of minimalist digital music. They have established themselves not only as a home for some of the most important contemporary electronic sound artists but also as labels who are not afraid to introduce…"

  • LOOPING I-VI (AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVESONGS)

    RELEASES

    "12k is very proud to announce a new release by one of electronic music’s most unique and well known artists, Frank Bretschneider. Bretschneider is a founder of Germany’s art/music collective Raster-Noton and has released some of the most engaging albums of the decade. Following last year’s Gold (raster/noton) and the…"

  • REMIXES

    RELEASES

    "The Moskitoo remix cd is a 4-track single featuring remixes from Moskitoo's full length cd Drape (12k1041). Released as a limited edition of 500, the remix cd features "Wham & Whammy" remixes by Raster/Noton founder Frank Bretschneider and SND's Mark Fell. 12k's Taylor Deupree remixes "Skie" and the album version…"

  • BALANCE

    RELEASES

    "This is a digital-only reissue of the Balance CD originally released in 2002 by Mille Plateaux (DE). Balance is the first collaborative release from Frank Bretschneider (Berlin) and Taylor Deupree (Brooklyn). Both of these artists are no strangers to the ears of many; Taylor Deupree is one of New York's…"

  • FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER: BOSTON’S WEEKLY DIG (2001)

    INTERVIEWS

    ""I would not use the word minimal to describe my music," declares Berlin based musician Frank Bretschneider (AKA Komet). "This is a fixed term for other music from other times. I'd rather call it economic and, maybe, microscopic.""

  • FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER: SINTESI FESTIVAL (2005)

    INTERVIEWS

    "For the visual part of his live performance he will show a movie. Actually it isn´t a film or music video, but a visual realization of the frequency- and amplitude behaviour of the music. As always he tried to create complexity from simplicity. So he built the visuals just from horizontal and vertical lines, which - driven by and synchronized to the music - produce graphic patterns, looking like moving testcards."

  • FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER: BBC (2005)

    INTERVIEWS

    ""I always had this visual sense of my music on the screen; the moving bars, dots, lines.""