Paul Kominek

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Paul Kominek (* 1978 in Gliwice ) is a musician and DJ in the field of electronic music known by project names such as Turner and Pawel . Together with the musicians Carsten Jost and Peter M. Kersten he is the operator of the record label Dial Records . In addition, Kominek devotes himself to acting and publishes a travel magazine.

Life

Paul Kominek was born in Poland in 1978 and grew up in Frankfurt am Main . Since the early 1990s he has been involved in electronic music such as Chicago house and Detroit techno . He mentions the German record labels Playhouse and Klang Elektronik as well as the early releases of the British IDM labels Warp Records and Rephlex Records as important influences .

After graduating from school, Kominek moved to Hamburg, where he lived in a shared apartment with Tocotronic bassist Jan Müller .

His first single under the pseudonym Turner was released in 1998 on the Hamburg record label Ladomat 2000 . In the same year, Ladomat 2000 was followed by his debut album Lukin Orgel , which mainly contained pop house pieces.

In 2000 the second album Disappearing Brother followed , on which Kominek first experimented with singing. The single Been Out , which was released from the album, developed into a small electro-pop hit.

While Kominek published his club-compatible pieces from then on under the alias Pawel , the quieter pieces belonging to the genre of Indietronic , often with vocals and classical instrumentation, continued to appear under the pseudonym Turner .

In 2000, Kominek founded the record label Dial Records together with the musicians Carsten Jost and Peter M. Kersten (Lawrence) , on which, in addition to the three founders, Pantha du Prince , Efdemin , Phantom / Ghost and Isolée also released.

In 2002 the third Turner album A Pack Of Lies (Ladomat 2000) was released, which Turner presented as the opening act for Tocotronic on their tour for the album Tocotronic .

After a long break, the fourth album Slow Abuse was released in 2005 . The first album as Pawel was released on Dial in 2010.

In the meantime, Kominek devoted himself to acting and took on the role of Paul in Claudia Rorarius ' 2009 film Chi l'ha visto - Where are you .

Also in 2009 he founded the magazine The Travel Almanac with Dial musician John Roberts , which deals with travel from the perspective of well-traveled artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers. The magazine received the German Design Award for best editorial design in 2017.

In addition to his own publications, Kominek is also active as a remixer and has provided reworkings for Yoshinori Sunahara ( Journey Beyond The Stars , 1998), Tocotronic ( The Gift , 1999), Quarks ( Queen , 2000), Golden Boy with Miss Kittin ( Rippin Kittin , 2001), Ellen Allien ( Stadtkind , 2001) or Martin L. Gore ( The Song of the Lonely Girl , 2001).

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • 1998: Turner - Lukin organ ( Ladomat 2000 )
  • 2000: Turner - Disappearing Brother (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2002: Turner - A Pack Of Lies (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2005: Turner - Slow Abuse (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2010: Pawel - Pawel (Dial)

Singles and EPs

  • 1997: Keni Mok - Biocenter EP (Poets Club Records)
  • 1998: Turner - Imschwung (Ladomat 2000)
  • 1999: Turner - Multiorgel & Porze (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2000: Turner - Been Out (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2000: Turner - Head In The Sky (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2001: Pawel - Into Pieces (Dial)
  • 2002: Turner - My Airplane Mania (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2004: Turner - After Work (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2004: Drama Society feat. Turner - Crying Hero (Turbo)
  • 2004: Alexander Kowalski with Turner - Lock Me Up (Voidcom)
  • 2004: Pawel - Grab It EP (Dial)
  • 2005: Turner - When Will We Leave (Ladomat 2000)
  • 2006: Pawel - Ceramics (Dial)
  • 2007: Pawel - Jujuy & Salta (Orphanear)
  • 2008: Turner - She Was Sent Remixes (Orphanear)
  • 2009: Pawel - Lines & Curves EP (Ransom Note US)
  • 2009: Pawel - Berkeley (Dial)
  • 2010: Pawel - The Remixes (Dial)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Turner at laut.de , accessed on August 17, 2011
  2. ↑ a b Pawel: The split of Paul Kominek at raveline.de, accessed on August 17, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Paul Kominek alias Turner ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at salzburg.com, accessed on August 17, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salzburg.com
  4. ↑ Turner - A pack of lies  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at intro.de, accessed on August 17, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.intro.de  
  5. ↑ Chi L'Ha Visto ... the rest is improvised  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at intro.de, accessed on August 17, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.intro.de  
  6. ↑ Chi l'ha visto - Where are you at startnext.de, accessed on August 17, 2011
  7. ↑ The Insider | Paul Kominek at nytimes.com, accessed August 17, 2011
  8. ↑ German Design Awards at German Design Awards, accessed on February 12, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Kominek, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turner (pseudonym); Pawel (pseudonym); Keni Mok (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, label owner and actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Gliwice