T.Raumschmiere 'Radio Blackout' album

Since 1997 T. Raumschmiere (the moniker is lifted from the William S. Burroughs short story, 'The Dreamcops', 'Die Traumschmiere' in his native German) has released music on a variety of labels, though predominantly on his own - the wonderfully named Shitkatapult, based in Berlin, but also for Cologne's Kompakt, and Hefty Records.

The Monstertruckdriver returns for his debut full-length road trip...

T. Raumschmiere, the latest gunslinger signed to novamute, releases his new album, "Radio Blackout", on 22nd September 2003.

Without doubt, the T.Raumschmiere experience is best sampled live: for him the live arena is as crucial as the studio, his full- on 'stay-anti' motto confirming his punk based refusenik stance. He is a one man 'electro-punk' movement.

'Radio Blackout' remains conceptually and stylistically stubborn in its refusal to be pigeon-holed and reveals a sparkling diversity: punk, electro, hip-hop, rock and electronic atmospherics are all summarily despatched with such gusto, you begin to wonder what this enfant terrible will turn his machete to next.

'I'm Not Deaf, I'm Ignoring You' begins the chaos, belting corporate media conglomerates over the head with rock-hard hard metal riffage. Next up, and moving into the outside lane is the blistering single 'Monstertruckdriver', is it glam or punk or techno? Who cares? 'Someday' finds us locked in the same padded cell as Dabrye and Prefuse 73 with only a pinball machine for company.

For 'The Game Is Not over' Raumschmiere enlists Miss Kittin for punk vox, screaming a go-go, possibly her most unhinged guest performance to date. Digi-punk-rock. 'Drown In the Sea While Watching The Stars' is the evolving dramatic dream of melancholic junkies yearning for respite after ODing on downer beats. Next up: mosh to the tech-rock antics of future single 'Rabaukendisco' a pogo-meisterwork. 'Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Strom' is crack-house music for cable TV kids.

Glasgow-based female guest star MC Soom T. (courtesy of Monkeytribe) waxes lyrical and vocalises seductively in and old skool flavour on the gorgeous 'A Million Brothers (Blah Blah Blah)'.

Next up, the stomping 'Querstromzerspaner' provides us with an eco-friendly method of desposing with open air Goa types and Chai sippers. Following this, the title track brings us back down to earth with the total shut down of all lines of communication, transmissions without receivers. A beautiful track.

To close the album, T.Raumschmiere signs off on the self descriptive "MuSick Boy' in which a coarse and crackling red thread drags itself through the industrial biosphere back into a human being chained to machines. 'U make me sick, I make MuSick.'

Discography

a.k.a. marco haas bio
current base: berlin / germany
style: musick
labels: shitkatapult, novamute

past: various vinyl releases in the punkrock underground.
1997: founding the recordlabel 'shitkatapult' with marcus stotz.
starting his solo project `t.raumschmiere`. the word was taken from a short story by william s. borroughs. (english title: the dream cops)
also starting the side project shrubbn!! with ulli bomans.
1998: moving to berlin. working on dirty noises and eternal reverbs.
1999: starting the side project 'pop poisoned poetry' feat. miss tigra. a mixture of reading, perfomance and soundscapes with english and danish poems&lyrics.
2000: first solo release 'stromschleifen' on shitkatapult ("rockin' shuffletechno from the new king of gnarz") 'bolzplatz' on kompakt ("gnarz-shockers from hell")
and 'himmel ueber berlin' ("with the smash-hit h-babe") on sender records.
also starting the eventseries 'erloesung durch strom' at the nbi (berlin).
t.raumschmiere and guests bring salvation in the form of crispy ambient scapes. marco haas is on the drums again with mos eisley rock and releases the 7" ?high on the heels of love? on the bands own label bender entertainmanet.
2001: 'zartbitter ep' on shitkatapult ("fucking brilliant! goosebump warning!")
'musick' on kompakt ("a piece of rock history")
various compilation tracks for bpitch control, nbi, salo, wmfrec, hefty records. playing more then 150 live- and dj gigs all over the world.
remixes for slicker (hefty records), rechenzentrum (data error)
and jacob fairley (dumb-unit), komeit (monika enterprise), sythis (third ear)
2002: recording new tracks with ?mos eisley rock?.
more remixes for: 2raumwohnung (goldrush/bmg), marc marcovich (fein raus)
?the great rock?n?roll swindle? ep/cd on shitkatapult.
("...sid vicious would have been proud")
?anti? 2x12"/cd on hefty records/chicago
("if the new rock has no guitars, then this is its elvis presley")
2003: remixes for goldfrapp (mute), das bierbeben (shitkatapult)
?monstertruckdriver? 12" (novamute) will be released in june 2003.

future: stay anti!

albums / 12"s

2003 monstertruckdriver 12" (june2003) (novamute124)
2002 anti - cd/2x12" (hefty records039)
the great rock?n?roll swindle - ep 12"/cd (shitkatapult 32)
2001 musick - ep 12" (kompakt 37)
zartbitter - ep 12" (shitkatapult 16)
2000 himmel ueber berlin - ep 12" (sender004)
bolzplatz ep - 12" (kompakt 21)
stromschleifen mini lp - 12" (shitkatapult 08)

remixes

2003 for goldfrapp (mute)
for das bierbeben (shitkatapult)
2002 for sythis (third ear/tokyo)
for 2raumwohnung (goldrush/bmg)
for marc marcovic (fein raus)
for rechenzentrum (data error)
for komeit (monika_enterprise)
for k.lakizz (sender-records)
2001 for jacob fairley (dumb-unit)
for slicker (hefty records)

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T.Raumschmiere - Radio Blackout