Thomas Knak

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Thomas Knak
System performed live (from left to right Knak, Remmer, Skaaning) in 2006

Thomas Knak (born February 7, 1973 ) is a Danish musician, composer and label owner.

Career

Together with his friends Jesper Skaaning (Acustic) and Anders Remmer (Dub Tractor), Knak founded the group Future 3 , of which three albums and two EPs were released on April Records between 1995 and 2001. Also from 1995 he produced together with Morten Remmer as James Bong .

Knak first appeared solo in 1997 when his 1/3 & 1/2 EP was released on April Records.

In 1999, the opiate debut album Objects For An Ideal Home was released on April Records. In the same year he founded his own label Hobby Industries, on which, in addition to his own opiate publications, works by Goodiepal , Dub Tractor , Spinform and other artists appeared.

Knak then produced a few pieces for the 2001 Björk album Vespertine, alongside Damian Taylor , Guy Sigsworth , Jake Davies , Marius de Vries , Matmos , Matthew Herbert and Valgeir Sigurdsson .

In 2000 Knak founded the Future 3 successor project System with Skaaning and Remmer . The first album System was released in 2002 on the ~ scape label operated by Stefan Betke .

From 2003 Knak also worked as a composer of film and television soundtracks. Among other things, he composed music for the award-winning film Reconstruction .

Together with Carsten Nicolai , Knak released the album 2nd on Hobby Industries under the name Opto .

Under the band name People Press Play , an album of the same name was released on Morr Music in 2007 , which Knak, Skaaning and Remmer recorded with singer Sara Savery.

In 2010, after a four-year break, two new singles appeared on Knak's label Hobby Industries . Also in 2010 the second System album B was released on Rump Recordings.

Discography

Albums

  • 1999: Opiate - Objects For An Ideal Home (April Records)
  • 2001: Alva Noto + Opiate - Opto Files ( Raster-Noton )
  • 2001: Opiate / Dub Tractor - Opiate / Dub Tractor Split ( City Center Offices )
  • 2002: Opiate - While You Were Sleeping (April Records)

Singles & EPs

  • 1997: Opiate - 1/3 & 1/2 EP (April Records)
  • 2001: Opiate - Obeate EP. (Beat music)
  • 2001: Opiate / Goodiepal - Opiate / Goodiepal Split (Hobby Industries)
  • 2002: Opiate - Possible (Vertical Form)
  • 2003: Opiate - Sometimes (Morr Music)

Remixes

  • 1997: CK - The World Is A Remix (Remix by Knak)
  • 2001: Björk - Aurora (Opiate Version)
  • 2001: Bomb the Bass & Lali Puna - Clearcut Opiate Version
  • 2005: Efterklang - Swarming (Opiate Version)
  • 2006: Ryūichi Sakamoto - Motopiate (Thomas Knak Remix)
  • 2008: Nicka presents moi Caprice - Wish You Were Her (Stella Polaris Version)

Filmography

  • 2003: Reconstruction
  • 2004: Tal med Gud (TV series)
  • 2004: Jul med Gud (TV series)
  • 2005: Allegro
  • 2006: Enemies of Happiness (Vores lykkes fjender)
  • 2007: Wide Angle (TV series)
  • 2008: A Woman Among Warlords
  • 2008: 12 toners ned

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Björk - Vespertine at discogs.com, accessed November 5, 2011
  2. ↑ Back again: Hobby Industries at de-bug.de, accessed on November 5, 2011
  3. ↑ System - B at de-bug.de, accessed on November 5, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Knak, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knack, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish musician, composer and label owner
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1973