Thomas Fehlmann (born 1957) is a Swiss composer/producer who lives in Berlin, Germany, and has been active in
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
since the 1980s.
He is currently active on the
Kompakt
Kompakt (Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer (musician), Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal t ...
record label based in Germany. Fehlmann is an on-and-off member of
Sun Electric and
The Orb
The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential 19 ...
.
Notable releases include ''Visions of Blah'' on the Kompakt label, The Orb's 2004 ''
Bicycles and Tricycles
''Bicycles & Tricycles'' is the sixth studio album by English electronic music group the Orb, released on 3 May 2004 by Cooking Vinyl. It brought together the group's style of the early 1990s with current electronic music, with its most prevale ...
,'' and 2010's ''Gute Luft'' album soundtrack to the TV
documentary ''24H Berlin''. His 2007 album ''Honigpumpe'' was rated 8.6 on the ''
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...
'' music review site.
In 2018, Fehlmann released three albums: A collaborative effort with Terrence Dixon titled ''We Take It from Here'' as well as two solo albums, ''Los Lagos'' and the documentary soundtrack ''1929 - Das Jahr Babylon''.
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Palais Schaumburg
Palais Schaumburg is a neoclassical-style building in Bonn, Germany, which served as the primary official seat of the German Federal Chancellery and the primary official residence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1 ...
: Fehlmann was a founding member of this
Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW, , "New German Wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences. The term was first coined by Dutch radio DJ Frits Spits on the popular nationwid ...
group.
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1957 births
Living people
Swiss electronic musicians
The Orb members
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