phon°noir

PHON°NOIR //



phon°noir is berlin-based musician matthias grübel, born 1982. he started producing under this moniker in early 2004, releasing his critically acclaimed debut album PUTTING HOLES INTO OCTOBER SKIES two years later on quatermass. a 2nd album entitled THE OBJECTS DON'T NEED US followed in late 2007, on quatermass motherlabel SUB ROSA. hong-kong based experimental label lona records released a limited 3" cd of collected phon°noir instrumentals later the same year. late october 2008 will see the release of a free download EP entitled COUNTING RAINDROPS: THE REMIXES featuring reworked versions of tracks from the 2md album. phon°noir's collaborations and remix activities include works with or for uzi & ari, calika, mikhail karikis, alexander veljanov, tg mauss, jenana, sea of love, anna-lynne williams, that summer and others. please visit phononoir.de for a detailed discography. in early 2008 grübel started a 2nd solo project, telekaster, focusing on the more ambient and textured side of his work. a first abum is to be released as a 12" vinyl on panic arrest in early 2009. beyond phon°noir and telekaster grübel is composing and producing as one half of german radioplay/performance duo phonofix - their works for radio have been broadcasted on Bayerischer Rundfunk, WDR 1Live, SWR2, Radio Bremen and Deutschlandradio - as well as for the theatre stage. he contributed music to productions at schaubühne berlin, maxim gorki theater berlin, HAU berlin, bat berlin and staatstheater mainz.



VIDEO //



untitled miniature 2

directed by gulnara petzold



my paperhouse on fire

directed by sebastian haslauer & sebastian koch

(shakeyourtree.com)



RELEASES //



free download release! click HERE to download.

counting raindrops: the remixes (mp3, phononoir.de 2008)

release: 27 october 2008

artwork by päivi kaikkonen.



tracklisting:

01 gullhomen (calika bass mix)

02 you are the eskimo (tg mauss mix)

03 we still miss the future (mikhail mix)

04 my paperhouse on fire (uzi & ari mix)

05 a different kind of january (karl stirner mix)

06 we still miss the future (eraze the borders mix)

07 we still miss the future (alok mix)



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the objects don't need us (CD SR258, subrosa 2007)

artwork by florian bayer

(shakeyourtree.com)



you can order the album on [deutschland] amazon.de

[UK] boomkat.com [UK] posteverything

[france] orkhestra

[US] amazon.com

[japan] p*dis

[sweden] dotshop



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putting holes into october skies (CD QS162, quatermass 2006)

artwork by florian bayer and sebastian haslauer

(shakeyourtree.com)

purchase links:

[uk] posteverything.com [deutschland] amazon [france] orkhestra [us] amazon [france] fnac music (mp3) [world] itunes (mp3)

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no more sad dreams (Locd39r, lona records 2007)

artwork by sebastian haslauer

(shakeyourtree.com)



4 track EP as part of the lona records 3" cd single series.

release november 20th, 2007.



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