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eRikm (fr) Between his reputation as swift shifting improviser, concréte composer and
turntable deconstructionist, Marseilles based artist ERIKM has earned himself
an enviable position in the European music community.
ERIKM has instinctively followed a relatively unusual, even risky, career path. Stemming
from his interest in visual arts and his first musical experience as a rock guitarist, he has
for some years now become steadily more and more renowned for his virtuoso
turntabling and his use of electronic instruments and tools in an integrated scenic set-up
eRikm has followed up musical collaborations with Voice Crack, Christian Marclay, Luc
Ferrari, among others.
He is certainly one of the better equipped artists of the new generation to actually
demonstrate a relationship between rock music (in its widest sense) and contemporary
music; hiding behind neither cultural camouflage nor an easy pandering to his audience.
http://www.erikm.com
FM Einheit (all) FM Einheit (also known as F.M. Einheit, FM, Mufti, real name: Frank Martin
Strauss, born December 18, 1958, in Dortmund) is an industrial and electronic musician from
Germany. While primarily known for his percussion work with the influential industrial group
Einstürzende Neubauten, he has also collaborated with KMFDM, Goethes Erben and recorded
several albums in collaboration with other musicians (such as Andreas Ammer, Ulrike Haage)
and solo. FM Einheit was also involved in the projects Stein and Gry. Early years In the late
1970s and early 1980s he was also a member of the punk bands Abwärts from Hamburg and
Palais Schaumburg. In the early 1980s he joined Einstürzende Neubauten as a percussionist
and became a long-time band member. Most of the percussions which FM Einheit played on
were custom-made metal instruments or such tools as a hammer drill. FM E
http://www.fmeinheit.org/