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s. His first single for

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's Rephlex label,

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, Discography "Scharlach Eingang" (1994), published by

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, was sufficiently accomplished that the British music magazine ''

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'' ran an article claiming that Bochum Welt was another of Aphex Twin's myriad alter egos. Di Costanzo's first album on Sony Music Japan,Sony Music Japan website
Bochum Welt in the Sony's Artists roster "''Module 2'' / ''Desktop Robotics''"
Sony Music press release collecting his first recordings, was followed by a double CD Rephlex release ''Robotic Operating Buddy'', nominated in 2009 as a top 15 electronica album by the British music magazine ''

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2009 Top 15 Electronica Records BMG UK signed him to a long term worldwide publishing deal in 2009. Rephlex Records released his new full length in 2013, “Good Programs (To Be Coloured in Yellow)”,Good Programs (To Be Coloured in Yellow)
Good Programs (To Be Coloured in Yellow) as well as a collaborative EP with Heinrich Muller aka Gerald Donald from the Detroit group DREXCIYA, nominated in 2013 by

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in the 50 greatest 10″ records of FACT’s lifetime.Fact
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former member Telefon Tel Aviv and EOD. Telefon Tel Aviv
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's Headspace and Beatnik Inc., the Hollywood companies that completed multimedia productions for

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and others.

Discography

Albums

* ''R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)'' (2008) * ''Good Programs (To Be Coloured In Yellow)'' (2013) * ''April'' (2017) * ''Seafire'' (2019)

EPs

* ''F-JX1'' (1994; split EP with Xyrex) * ''Scharlach Eingang'' (1994) * ''Les Dances D' Été'' (1995) * ''Phial'' (1995) * ''Telestatt'' (1995) * ''Module 2'' (1996) * ''Desktop Robotics'' (1997) * ''Feelings On A Screen'' (1997) * ''Program 11'' (1998) * ''Martians and Spaceships'' (1999) * ''Fashion'' (2001) * ''Eldar'' (2001; split EP with The Modernist) * ''Quadscreen'' (2002; billed as Portamento feat. Bochum Welt) * ''Kissing A Robot Goodbye'' (2004) * ''Elan'' (2005) * ''Robotic Operating Buddy'' (single) Notes: the 3 tracks from the split ep are included on ''Scharlach Eingang''. These releases don't call themselves EPs but clock in at under 35 minutes.

References

External links

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