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FM Einheit (aka Mufti ) is the artist name of Frank-Martin Strauss (born December 18, 1958 in Dortmund ), known as a member of the Einstürzende Neubauten music group and as a music producer .
Career
Frank-Martin Strauss is the younger brother of the actor Ralf Richter .
Since 1979, the year he dropped out of school, he has worked as a musician in various groups and solo projects. 1983–84 he lived in London, then in Berlin and Bavaria. At first he was a member of the bands Abwärts and Palais Schaumburg as well as drummer in the band around the singer Mona Mur . Since the early 1980s he has also been a percussionist (metal drums) and a long-term member of the Einstürzende Neubauten. FM Einheit has contributed a lot to the sound of Einstürzende Neubauten and was, alongside Blixa Bargeld , one of the dominant personalities in this group. He was also involved in the Geniale Dilletanten festival in Berlin in 1981 . FM Einheit was also part of Vladimir Estragon with Alfred Harth , Ulrike Haage and Phil Minton and producer u. a. from KMFDM and Goethe's heirs .
In 1984 Strauss played the lead role alongside Christiane Vera Felscherinow ("Christiane F.") in the feature film " Decoder " (directed by Muscha ).
From the end of the 1980s onwards he increasingly emerged as a composer of incidental music. a. for productions by Peter Zadek , Wolf Seesemann , Werner Schwab and Hasko Weber
In 1990 the CD Stein was released under his name , recorded with Ulrike Haage and Katharina Franck from the Rainbirds .
When FM Einheit left the Einstürzende Neubauten, partly because of a dispute with frontman Blixa Bargeld (mid-1990s), he worked with the Danish singer Gry Bagøien . They released two albums: The Touch Of E! (1999) and Public Recording (2001).
For his radio play work with Andreas Ammer , a. a. Radio Inferno (1993), Apocalypse live (1994), Deutsche Krieger - Tonträgeroper (1996) and Crashing Airplanes (2002), he has received several awards, most recently in 2019 with the Günter Eich Prize for their collective oeuvre.
Discography
- 1990: stone
- 1992: Stone Age (Stone: FM Einheit / Ulrike Haage )
- 1993: Prometheus / Lear
- 1993: Radio Inferno (FM unit / Andreas Ammer )
- 1994: Königzucker (stone)
- 1994: Merry Christmas (FM unit / Caspar Brötzmann )
- 1995: Apocalypse Live (FM unit / Andreas Ammer / Ulrike Haage )
- 1996: German warriors (FM unit / Andreas Ammer )
- 1996: Sensation Death
- 1998: Odysseus 7 (FM unit / Andreas Ammer / Ulrike Haage )
- 1998: Goto ( Ulrike Haage / Phil Minton / FM unit)
- 2000: Frost 79 ° 40 ' (FM unit / Andreas Ammer / Gry / Pan Sonic )
- 2002: Crashing Airplanes (FM unit / Andreas Ammer )
- 2006: Echohce (FM unit / Jamie Lidell / David Link / Saskia v. Klitzing / Volker Kamp )
- 2008: The Sallie House ( Michael Esposito / FM Unit)
- 2009: No Apologies (FM unit / Hans-Joachim Irmler )
- 2010: Evol / Ve (FM unit / Massimo Pupillo )
- 2011: Playground 3 ( Hans-Joachim Irmler / FM Einheit / Ute Marie Paul / Katie Young )
- 2013: Terre Haute (FM unit / En Esch / Mona Mur )
See also: Discography of FM Einheit with Einstürzende Neubauten (1982 to 1995)
See also: Discography of FM Einheit with Gry
See also: Discography of FM Einheit with Mona Mur
Filmography
- 1980: Gibbi Westgermany , director: Christel Buschmann (actor)
- 1984: decoder , director: Muscha (actor, music)
- 1997: Der Platz , director: Uli M Schueppel
- 1997: Im Platz , director: Uli M Schueppel
- 2008: Der Tag , directed by Uli M Schueppel
- 2009: Die Scar , West Berlin (West), director: Burkhard von Harder
- 2019: The Golden Glove , directed by Fatih Akin
Radio plays
- 1993: Andreas Ammer , FM unit: Radio Inferno based on the Comedia Divina by Dante Alighieri , director: the authors (BR / HR) awarded the Prix Futura
- 1994: Andreas Ammer, FM Einheit, Ulrike Haage : Apocalypse Live after the Revelation of John , Director: Ammer / Einheit (BR / Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, Marstall / Bayerische Staatsoper, Labor) awarded the War Blind Radio Play Prize and the Prix Italia
- 1995: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: German warriors. Recorded opera , directed by the authors, (BR)
- 1997: Andreas Ammer, FM Einheit, Ulrike Haage: Odysseus 7 - Radio Space Opera , director: the authors (BR / HR / WDR / Marstall)
- 1998: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: Frost - Robert F. Scotts Tod im Eis , director: the authors (WDR)
- 2000: Kerstin Specht : Der Flieger , director: the authors (BR)
- 2001: Andreas Ammer, FM Einheit, Sebastian Hess : Marx Engels Werke , director: Ammer / Einheit (BR)
- 2001: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: Crashing Airplanes , director: the authors (WDR / Deutschlandradio Kultur) awarded the war blind radio play award
- 2002: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: Alzheimer 2000 / Toter Trakt , director: the authors and Stefan Maurer (WDR / RB)
- 2004: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: Lost & Found: Das Paradies nach Paradise Lost by John Milton , director: the authors and Dorothea Schroeder (BR)
- 2004: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: Friedrich Miles von Schiller Davis , director: the authors (SWR)
- 2004: David Link , FM unit, Jamie Lidell : Echohce , directed by the authors (WDR)
- 2007: FM Einheit, Barbara Neureiter : Voices , Director: the authors (WDR)
- 2008: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: On the road to Mendocino , director: the authors (WDR)
- 2010: FM Unit: Zuuuuu-lagging behind! Stay behind! Stay behind! A city cantata , directed by the author (WDR)
- 2012: Andreas Ammer, FM Unit: LiMo on Tape - Modernism to take away , Director: the authors (SWR / Literaturmuseum der Moderne, Marbach)
- 2014: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: Everest , director: the authors (WDR)
- 2015: FM unit, Siegfried Zielinski ; You eat with your eyes - you cook with your ear (WDR)
- 2017: Andreas Ammer, FM unit: You speak to the Stasi , director: the authors (WDR) radio play of the month April 2017
Web links
- FM Einheit's website
- FM unit at Discogs (English)
- FM unit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | FM unit |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strauss, Frank-Martin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 18th December 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |