Stefan Goldmann

Stefan Goldmann ( born June 1, 1978 in Berlin ) is a composer of electronic music, DJ and producer.

Youth and studies

Stefan Goldmann grew up in Berlin and Sofia. His father was the composer and conductor Friedrich Goldmann, his mother is the Bulgarian concert critic Lina Semowa - Goldmann. He first played bass guitar in several bands, but also appeared, still in his school days, first as a drum -and- bass DJ on. He studied acoustic communication in Berlin and wrote his master's thesis on the psychoacoustics of overlapping rhythms. He then studied law, also in Berlin and specialized in economic and intellectual.

First publications

From about 1999 he began to produce electronic music, especially techno and house, but also electro acoustic through-composed works. First singles, EPs and remixes released on labels as of 2001 in the UK and the USA. Since 2005 he published for the Berlin label Perlon and Innervisions, and began as a result, increasingly international, and especially in the Panorama Bar Berlin club Berghain act as DJ. In Japan, he worked with the label Mule Musiq. In 2007, Goldmann the label macro that presents not only his own productions and works by other artists. There his first CD The Transitory State appeared at the same time with an album of electro-acoustic compositions, Voices Of The Dead. For the live presentation, he developed the " Electroacoustic Salon", which is continued as a series of events at Berghain.

The tracks of this period are characterized by independent approaches which were new for the club cultural context, but this remained closely linked. So with Sleepy Hollow, Lunatic Fringe, Art Of Sorrow or The Maze arose partly underground hits, the avant-garde had yet achieved Poll rankings. Through their use of melodies, samples and rhythmic designs, these tracks are considered today as the dominant influence of the so-called post- minimal techno.

Conceptual approaches

What these tracks foreshadowed, Goldman began to transfer to broader publications from 2009. The greater part of his work since then has been influenced by concepts that support equally to musical content ( eg, rhythmic and harmonic systems ) as production-related or media-specific properties (eg, by use of continuous grooves of vinyl records or issues of digitization ). These include, inter alia, his remixes for Igor Stravinsky's " Le Sacre Du Printemps ," and Christian Fennesz, the mix CD Macrospective, the album 17:50 as well as the ballet The Grand Hemiola, that was listed by the choreographer Kevin O'day. His job, he describes this as the " locating and closing gaps. " Some of this work is hardly perceived as techno, but are usually derived from its characteristics. The former restriction to electronic sound production has been extended through collaborations, including with ensembles for contemporary music or the band Elektro Guzzi. In addition to his appearances as a DJ now occur to an increased commissions for cultural institutions and festivals, such as the National Theatre Mannheim, Ny Musikk Norway or the BASF culture program. 2012 Goldmann was Artist in Residence at the Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto, Japan.

Texts

Since 2007, he wrote articles for various media and especially digitization, sociology of music and artistic strategies. International attention was paid to his article "Everything popular is wrong " (Eng. published as "Everything Popular is wrong " ), in which he describes the "failure of democracy " musical uses of the Web 2.0. Since 2011 he has written a monthly column for the Berghain program booklet.

Works

Albums

  • The Transitory State ( Macro 2008 double CD)
  • Voices Of The Dead ( Macro 2008, 5x7 "Box Set)
  • Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps Edit ( Macro 2009, CD)
  • 17:50 ( Macro 2012, 2x12 " / CD)

Mix CDs

  • The Empty Foxhole ( Mule Electronic 2009 Mix CD )
  • Macrospective ( Macro 2011 Mix CD ), with Finn Johannsen

DVD

  • Parameters ( Macro 2012, DVD)

Singles & EPs

  • The Shnic Shnac EP (Classic 2002, 12 ")
  • Macroply / Submerge (Classic 2003, 12 ")
  • Pain ( Classic 2004, 12 ")
  • Shimmer EP ( Ovum 2004, 12 ")
  • Life Cycle EP ( Front Room 2004, 12 ")
  • Blood ( Perlon 2005, 12 ")
  • Sleepy Hollow ( Innervisions 2006, 12 ")
  • Aurora / Beluga ( Macro 2007, 12 ")
  • Lunatic Fringe ( Macro 2007, 12 ")
  • Radiant Grace ( Macro 2008, 12 ")
  • Wolverine ( Mule Electronic 2008, 12 ")
  • Art Of Sorrow ( Victoriaville 2009, 12 ")
  • Under The Beam / Yes To All ( Cocoon 2009, 12 ")
  • The Maze ( Macro 2010, 12 ")
  • Remasters Vol.1 ( Victoriaville 2010, 12 ")
  • The Grand Hemiola ( Macro 2011, 2 x 12 ")
  • Emptying The Vaults Vol 1-3 ( Victoriaville 2011, 3 x 12 ")
  • Adem EP ( Macro 2012, 12 ")
  • Ghost Hemiola ( Macro 2013, 2 ​​x 12 ")

Texts

  • "Everything popular is wrong ", published by LittleWhiteEarbuds.com, German translation: "Everything Popular is wrong " TAZ in the daily newspaper, August 6, 2011; Czech translation: Umelec Magazine, September 2011; Spanish translation: Indio, October 16, 2012
  • " Presets " which was published in Groove magazine 139, November 2012
  • "Quality is overrated ", published by LittleWhiteEarbuds.com, November 2011
  • " Get out of the comfort zone - New Music and Techno", published in: Groove Magazine 131, July 2011
  • "On Amza Tairov and retuning scales ", published by Modifyer.com, Process series 246, 2010
  • "Berlin", published in: Faith Magazine, November 2007
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