Kurt Dahlke
Kurt Dahlke (born April 29, 1958 ) is a German musician from Wuppertal and also known under the pseudonym Pyrolator .
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He is co-founder of the music label and music publisher Ata Tak (more than 150 publications since 1979), member of the music performance groups " Der Plan " (until 1992), " Fehlfarben ", "Bombay 1", he was also a founding member of DAF and played on their debut " A product of German-American friendship " from 1979 with. He has produced more than 250 records and CDs and has worked as a composer, musician and software developer on over 150 publications. His main instruments are the MIDI controllers "Thunder" and "Lightning II", built by the synthesizer pioneer Donald Buchla , in which the music is controlled by moving or pressing the hands.
Productions, concerts and installations since 1980 in Korea, Japan, USA, Argentina, West & North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe.
Publications (excerpt)
- Solo under the name Pyrolator :
- Inland (D, LP 1979, reissue 2001)
- Abroad (D, LP 1981)
- Wunderland (D + Japan, LP / CD 1984, reissue 1992)
- Traumland (D + Japan, LP / CD 1987)
- Neuland (CD 2011)
- With A Certain Frank :
- no end of no (Germany + Japan, CD 1996)
- Nobody? No! (FRG, CD 1998)
- remixed by ... (FRG, 12 "1999)
- Nothing (CD 12 "2001)
- Wildlife Live (CD 2006)
- With off colors :
- Monarchy and Everyday Life (FRG, CD 1980)
- Knee-deep in the dispo (Germany, CD 2002)
- Club of beautiful mothers (FRG, single CD 2002)
- Alcohols (CD single 2003)
- 26½ (CD 2006)
- Handbook for the World (CD 2007)
- Here and now (Live, CD 2009)
- Luck Machines (CD 2010)
- Xenophonie (CD 2012)
- About ... people (CD 2015)
- With Bombay 1 :
- The Identity Thing (FRG, CD 2001)
- Q (FRG, Maxi-CD & 12 "2001)
- Me Like You (Germany + GB, CD 2002)
- Strobl (FRG + GB, CD 2005)
- With the plan :
- Geri Reig (FRG, 1980, reissue 1999)
- Normalette Surprise (FRG + USA, LP 1981)
- The last revenge (FRG, LP 1983, reissue 2000)
- Japlan (Japan, LP 1985)
- Fat Years (FRG, LP 1986)
- It's a strange and strange world (FRG, LP 1987)
- Perlen (Germany + Japan, CD 1988)
- The Whip of Life (FRG + Japan, LP / CD 1989)
- Live At The Tiki Ballroom ... (Germany + Japan, 1993)
- Other:
- DAF "A product of German-American friendship " (FRG, LP 1979)
- Klosowski / Pyrolator "Hometaping Is Killing Music" (FRG, LP 1984, reissue 2000)
- Trash museum "I'd Rather Die Young ..." (FRG, LP 1985)
- Pyrolator / Sharrock / Samba "Every 2nd" (FRG, CD 1989), with Michael Jüllich (telaraña)
- Air-Weaving (FRG, CD 1995)
- telaraña "Spring Awakening" (FRG, CD 1996)
- telaraña "Soulbird" (FRG, CD 1996)
- telaraña "the song of the spirit over the waters" (FRG, CD 1996)
- beta foly (FRG, CD 1997) (with Lukas Ligeti and traditional percussionists from West Africa)
- Pascal Plantinga (Live CD 2006)
- burkina electric (BK, CD 2006) (with Lukas Ligeti)
- a tribute to anthony braxton (BRD, LPO 2016), with Conrad Schnitzler / Wolfgang Seidel / Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer and others
- as producer:
- 08/15 "1000 yellow tennis balls / half a thing" (FRG, 7 "1980)
literature
- Rüdiger Esch: "Electri_City. Electronic Music from Düsseldorf 1970-1986", Suhrkamp Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-51846464-9
- Sven-André Dreyer , Michael Wenzel, Thomas Stelzmann: No breathing space - music from Düsseldorf. Droste, Düsseldorf 2018, 192 pages, ISBN 978-3-7700-2067-6
Web links
- Ata Tak: Label from Pyrolator, Der Plan uA (bilingual)
- Personal weblog
- Buchla: [1] , [2]
- Kurt Dahlke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kurt Dahlke at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dahlke, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pyrolator (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1958 |