Buy/stream: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/PopAmbient2020SD

20 years of Pop Ambient. Already? One didn’t notice. It’s an anniversary which comes quietly. An anniversary with quiet tones. In the spirit of the special restraint of pop-elegance, it has no reason to drawn attention to itself with a big „Tam-Tam“. Or better: „Bum-Bum“. The bass drum stays outside. Nevertheless, in fast-paced, overstimulated times of moving forward, it’s a joyful occasion to look back. What strikes most by putting or listening to 20 years of pop ambient in a row is the central theme that holds together the dense aesthetic concept like the pearls of a necklace. Floral beauty for digital naturalists. Music like flowers, that don’t wilt. Timeless. Ageless.
But with all of the conceptual unity and resolution, Pop Ambient would not be Kompakt without the break, the friction, the expansion of musical boundaries in between tradition and innovation, in between conspiracy and the openness of the discourse. Aestheticism, escapism, acting in the spirit of „nevertheless“. Swans drifting by, clouds pass over, everything is floating and: „Boredom is a stylistic device“ (Andy Warhol).

Pop Ambient Music is medicine against illnesses, that you don’t even suffer from. It’s giving everything, demanding nothing. Musical lotus leafs, off which the virtual wastewater of our time is rolling like the reality is dripping off the matrix. 

In this sense, we’re happy about the pop-ambient anniversary greetings from new and old companions like Thore Pfeiffer, Max Würden, Yui Onodera, Jörg Burger, Thomas Fehlmann, Morgen Wurde, Leandro Fresco aswell as contributions from T.Raumschmiere, Andrew Thomas and, after a long break, from friends from early days like Joachim Spieth, Markus Guentner und Klimek.

Pop Ambient 2020 is released digital, as CD and of course as a chic double vinyl. Also included in the package: The whole distinctive cover-series as an art book of 44 pages. And for all of the old and young fans and collectors there is the Pop Ambient 2001 in a overhauled original version out on vinyl for the very first time.

  Breath in. Breath out. Thank you.  

Wolfgang Voigt, September 2019.

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Leandro Fresco/Thore Pfeiffer - Neo

https://thorepfeiffer.bandcamp.com

https://www.facebook.com/thorepfeiffermusik

Releases 2019:
-Exclusive Track 'BUCHT' on Grenzwellen Vier Compilation. Out May 22nd.
https://grenzwellen.bandcamp.com/album/grenzwellen-vier
-Ep HERBS 04/05/2019 via Kohdu Records
https://www.beatport.com/release/herbs/2559428
-Album UMLAND 1/1/2019 via Savvy Records
https://thorepfeiffer.bandcamp.com/album/umland


music-projects by thore pfeiffer:
-thore pfeiffer
-leandro fresco / thore pfeiffer
-the velvet circle
-gen pop
-eroht
-e-typ

“Music always surrounded me.” says Thore Pfeiffer when asked about his life.

 

Between the music emanating from his eldest brother’s bedroom and the rare electrofunk mixtapes borrowed from his sister’s DJ friend, Thore’s siblings had some of the earliest influences on his musical repertoire growing up. 

 

After that, a wave of old school hip hop and rap began to spill over from the United States. At the same time  early European and German electronic sounds started to make an impact on Thore’s life. This led Thore down a path all the way up to the most recent minimal techno music.

 

Born in 1973 in Braunschweig, Germany, Thore grew up in the Rhein-Main area near Frankfurt. In the early 1980s when Thore was only an adolescent, he joined a local breakdance crew and even landed a few gigs on stage. Around the same time Thore began practicing illegal graffiti. Although he has never been caught, this was the beginning of a new passion for painting.

 

Thore finds the alliance between art and music essential for the overall impression of an artist's work. He practices acrylic painting every so often, and used his own artwork as covers for his demos.

 

For several years Thore felt the urge produce to his own music but was missing the technical skills and connections to teach him. This changed when Thore met techno DJ and producer, Thomas Gwosdz.

 

Ever since, puzzling with bizzare samples not only became a hypnotizing habit but also a useful form of therapy.

 

“Other people might go for a jog after work. I prefer working on my tracks. I totally forget the world around me. There’s just the sample, the music and me."

﻿THORE PFEIFFER

MAINZ, DE
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