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Artist:	NAMLOOK, PETE
Title:	The Namlook Collection II
Label:	FAX (GERMANY)
Format:	MP3 CD
Price:	$34.00
Catalog #:	MP3 010CD

"This MP3 CD represents a special phase in the history of FAX. Pete Namlook who was on stage a lot during the '80s playing jazz standards and a lot of his own repertoire with his jazz-rock-fusion formation Romantic Warrior wanted to make a difference with the live performance of his ambient/chill-out sound. As a lot of artists in the techno/ambient scene at this time just pressed 'play to start the tape' he sought a greater challenge, composing an entirely new set while playing live on stage. Collecting some sounds during the pre-performance soundcheck and probing for the lowest possible tone that let the glasses at the bar dance and off he went. Often technical problems before and during the set caused trouble, so it was a journey into sound and composition against all odds. All CDs have been recorded live (VI - Zurich, Switzerland, VII - Berlin (Interference-Loveparade), Germany, VIII - Brussels, Belgium, IX - Amsterdam, The Netherlands, X - Ft. Lauderdale, USA and XI - Berlin (Interference-Loveparade), Germany). Recent developments in mastering technology allowed Pete Namlook to improve the sound of the original releases for this MP3 collection by completely remastering each set. Of course, original cover graphics are again included in the 12-page color booklet, and, as all the original releases are sold out, you will find them on the internet only for a lot of money."

Artist:	HECKMANN, THOMAS P.
Title:	The Lost Tales Vol. II
Label:	FAX (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	PS 08/114

"Between 1990 and 2008, Thomas P. Heckmann produced and recorded several hundred tracks, released countless singles and CDs and made his name in techno/electro/minimal/industrial/EBM/ambient/acid and so on, but this series on FAX consists of the tracks that, for whatever reason, were never released, but were favorites of Heckmann and the people around him. TPH: 'Sometime in the mid '70s I got hold of some electronic albums from my father's collection and was soon absorbing the atmospheres and sounds of early Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Jarre aso. At some stage I wanted to know how the hell they did all this and what instruments they used. And on the back of Jarre's Oxygene and others there were things written like Moog, EMS, ARP, Eminent, but in those days there were only a few places were you could see, let alone touch them... especially for a 7 year-old kid. The rest is history and all I can say, that a little kid's dreams came true for me and the results of insane collecting and producing music for myself is contained on this volume II of my Lost Tales series of unreleased recordings from 1991 to 2007."

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