FAX +49-69/450464

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FAX +49-69/450464
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Founded1992 (1992)
Founder Peter Kuhlmann
Defunct2012 (2012)
StatusInactive
Genre Ambient, Techno, Trance
Country of origin Germany
Location Traben-Trarbach

FAX +49-69/450464 (also known as simply Fax or Fax Label [1] [2] ) was a German record label founded in Frankfurt [3] in 1992 by ambient musician Peter Kuhlmann [4] (who recorded as Pete Namlook, a phonetic inversion of his surname). It was originally devoted to Namlook's collaborations with other German electronic artists, primarily in hard trance and hardcore [5] styles, but soon expanded with the debut of the ambient Silence and Air projects; [1] [6] consequently, ambient and downtempo music became the predominant focus of the label. [6]

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The label's full logo

Recordings

Main label

The main label had three principal subdivisions, indicated by the first two letters of a given record's catalog number. [4]

• PK was typically for Namlook's solo releases.

• PW (Peter's World) was for collaborations with international artists – including Turkish folk musician Burhan Öçal as Sultan, English DJ Mixmaster Morris as Dreamfish and Japanese ambient artist Tetsu Inoue as Shades of Orion, 2350 Broadway and 62 Eulengasse.

• PS (Peter's Sub-label) released records by other artists [1] [4] —without Namlook—of diverse nationalities and idioms, including US guitarist Robert Musso, bassist Bill Laswell, German techno producer David Moufang (aka Move D), and Canadian sound artist Chris Meloche. [4]

• PI (Peter's iTunes) released exclusives for iTunes, such as Music for Babies.

Sub-labels

In addition to these divisions, there were three sub-labels: Yesterday & Tomorrow (YT), Ambient World (AW) and Rather Interesting (RI).

• The Yesterday & Tomorrow sub-label issued a series of albums juxtaposing ambient and the "ambient side" of classical chamber music [7] (which was unofficially discontinued in 1995).
• Ambient World was dedicated to the re-issuing of otherwise out-of-print Fax discs, particularly those from the 1990s. [8]
• Rather Interesting was a label maintained by German IDM musician Uwe Schmidt, with the vast majority of its catalog being his solo material, issued under a multitude of aliases. [1] [9]

Further details

Until the creation of the Ambient World sub-label and the subsequent release of its discography on the iTunes Store, [10] all FAX records were issued in extremely limited quantities, with typically 500–1,000 pressings, depending on the project. [1] [4] This resulted in FAX originals fetching high prices on eBay and other online auction Web sites. [1]

Label founder Pete Namlook died of a heart attack on 8 November 2012. [11] No official statement regarding the label's future was ever made. [12] [13] [14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 barcodexl. "Peter Namlook Interview". Barcodezine.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "FAX +49-69/450464". Music.hyperreal.org. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Pete Namlook Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Fax +49-69/450464 – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "FAX +49-69/450464". Music.hyperreal.org. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Information about FAX +49-69/450464". Music.hyperreal.org. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Yesterday & Tomorrow – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Ambient World – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Rather Interesting—CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "FAX +49-69/450464". Namlook.de. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "NMLK: A tribute to Pete Namlook and Fax Records: Pete Namlook – Official statement". 20 July 2013.
  12. ↑ Si Truss (16 November 2012). "German synth pioneer Pete Namlook passes away". MusicRadar. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "RIP Pete Namlook · News ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "R.I.P. Pete Namlook". Stereogum. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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