Ekkehard Ehlers

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Ekkehard Ehlers (* 1974 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German musician , DJ and sound artist . His music draws on influences from electronic music, free jazz and folk. In addition to publications under his real name, Ehlers uses pseudonyms such as Auch , Betrieb and Ferdinand Fehler to publish his music. With Sebastian Meissner he produces under the project name Autopoieses and together with Albrecht Kunze as March .

Life and career

Ehlers first studied philosophy in his hometown, but then quickly turned to music production. From 1999 to 2002 he realized various ballet music for the choreographer William Forsythe . His debut album Betrieb was released in 2000 on the Frankfurt record label Mille Plateaux . Starting in 2002, Ehlers published his Plays series homages to artists such as the jazz musician Albert Ayler , the blues singer Robert Johnson , the director John Cassavetes , the writer Hubert Fichte and the composer Cornelius Cardew . The publications were combined in 2002 as a compilation album, provided with liner notes by Diedrich Diederichsen and Thomas Meinecke and re-released on Staubgold. In the same year, the first album of his March project was released , which also received good reviews internationally.

In 2005 Ehlers and the musician David Toop produced the compilation Childish Music with "naive music" by Kazumasa Hashimoto , Lawrence , Devendra Banhart , Kammerflimmer Kollektief , Dr. Rockit , Maher Shalal Hash Baz , FS Blumm , Anne Laplantine and World Standard .

He teaches at the Saar College of Fine Arts and at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart. Ehlers lives in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin .

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • 2000: Ekkehard Ehlers - company ( Mille Plateaux )
  • 2000: Also - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye ( Force Inc. Music Works )
  • 2001: Stephan Mathieu . Ekkehard Ehlers - Heroin ( Staalplaat )
  • 2001: Ekkehard Ehlers & Joseph Suchy - White Cube Jazz (En / Of)
  • 2000: Also - Remix Tomorrow Goodbye (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 2002: Ekkehard Ehlers / Sebastian Meissner / Thom Willems - Music For William Forsythe (Whatness)
  • 2002: Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays (Staubgold; compilation album)
  • 2003: Ekkehard Ehlers - Politics Needs No Enemy (Dust Gold)
  • 2004: Ekkehard Ehlers / Joseph Suchy / Franz Hautzinger - Soundchambers (Staubgold)
  • 2006: Ekkehard Ehlers - A Life Without Fear (Staubgold)
  • 2009: Ekkehard Ehlers & Paul Wirkus - Ballads (dust gold)
  • 2012: Ekkehard Ehlers - Adikia ( Dust Gold )

Singles and EPs

  • 2000: Also - Krautrock (Audio.nl)
  • 2000: Also - Laptop Ethics (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 2000: Also - International Breakfast EP (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 2000: Ekkehard Ehlers - (This) (Falls)
  • 2001: Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays Albert Ayler (Staubgold)
  • 2001: Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays Robert Johnson (Bottrop-Boy)
  • 2001: Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays John Cassavetes (Dust Gold)
  • 2001: Company - Harmolodic House ( sound electronics )
  • 2001: Operation - Balthus EP (Klang Elektronik)
  • 2002: Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays Hubert Fichte (Staubgold)
  • 2002: Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays Cornelius Cardew (Bottrop-Boy)
  • 2002: Company - Bad Vörbilder (sound electronics)
  • 2003: Operation - Bubifunk EP (Klang Elektronik)
  • 2004: Company - Sekt EP (Klang Elektronik)
  • 2005: Ferdinand Fehler - Hearth (Meteosound)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Zero 'n' one - biographies of the participants at adk.de, accessed on March 11, 2012
  2. ↑ The new albums by Ekkehard Ehlers and März: Put a sign in the middle at berliner-zeitung.de, accessed on March 11, 2012
  3. ↑ March at laut.de , accessed on March 11, 2012
  4. ↑ Various Artists - Childish Music (Staubgold) at melancholyrhino.com, accessed on March 11, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Ehlers, Ekkehard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Also (pseudonym); Company (pseudonym); Ferdinand Fehler (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, DJ and sound artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main