Pete Namlook - Biography

August 16th, 2003 by Koldo Barroso
Pete Namlook

Pete Namlook

Born in Frankfurt, Peter Kuhlmann, alias Peter Namlook, is one of the most important names in the ambient music of the 90’s and one of the most prolific electronic artists.

Pete Namlook is one of the artists who has developed the heritage of the German electronic artists from the 70’s, such as Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream. Creator of the Fax label, Namlook has been also combined the experimenters of the modern digital techniques with the German analog synthesis tradition.

During the 90’s, Pete Namlook started a long-term alliance with Klaus Schulze with the “Dark Side of the Moog” series, having released up to 10 volumes since 1994. Namlook has also worked with numerous artists of the electronica and experimental scene now and again, such as ,Geir Jensen, Bobby Bird, Tetsu Inoue, Bill Laswell, Mixmaster Morris, Pascal Feos, Jonah Sharp,Richie Hawtin, and Atom Heart, to name just a few.

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