Bochum Welt is the stage name of the Italian electronic musician Gianluigi Di Costanzo. The name Bochum Welt is a combination of the German word for "world" (''welt'') and the name of a high-powered astral telescope.The European Southern Observatory website
The Bochum 0.61-metre telescope Di Costanzo has released numerous records on established

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s. His first single for

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's Rephlex label,

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, Discography "Scharlach Eingang" (1994), published by Warner/Chappell Music, was sufficiently accomplished that the British music magazine ''

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'' ran an article claiming that Bochum Welt was another of Aphex Twin's myriad alter egos. Di Costanzo's first album on Sony Music Japan,Sony Music Japan website
Bochum Welt in the Sony's Artists roster "''Module 2'' / ''Desktop Robotics''"
Sony Music press release collecting his first recordings, was followed by a double CD Rephlex release ''Robotic Operating Buddy'', nominated in 2009 as a top 15 electronica album by the British music magazine ''

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2009 Top 15 Electronica Records BMG UK signed him to a long term worldwide publishing deal in 2009. Rephlex Records released his new full length in 2013, “Good Programs (To Be Coloured in Yellow)”,Good Programs (To Be Coloured in Yellow)
Good Programs (To Be Coloured in Yellow) as well as a collaborative EP with Heinrich Muller aka Gerald Donald from the Detroit group Drexciya, nominated in 2013 by

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in the 50 greatest 10″ records of FACT’s lifetime.Fact
The 50 greatest 10″ records of FACT’s lifetime Both of the records were published by BMG. "April", a 17 studio track album, is one of the official Record Store Day releases in April 2017, released by Studio K7 and published by BMG. After a Bochum Welt live performance on Halloween on the roof of the

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, formerly the "United Artists Theatre",

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“sometimes member” Joshua Eustis and Bochum Welt meet and decide to collaborate. More live performances follow at the Ace Hotels in New York, Chicago, Palm Springs and London. In 2019 and 2020 "Seafire", an album and remixes released by CPU Records / BMG, includes collaborations with Joshua Eustis and EOD. CPU and BMG Records (

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) released Bochum Welt “F.O.A.S. / Desktop Robotics” and “Module 2”Module 2
BMG Records / Module 2 special edition albums in 2022 and 2024. In addition to releasing his own music, Di Costanzo has worked with

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's Headspace and Beatnik Inc., the Hollywood companies that completed multimedia productions for

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and others.

Discography

Albums

* ''R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)'' (2008) * ''Good Programs (To Be Coloured In Yellow)'' (2013) * ''April'' (2017) * ''Seafire'' (2019)

EPs

* ''F-JX1'' (1994; split EP with Xyrex) * ''Scharlach Eingang'' (1994) * ''Les Dances D' Été'' (1995) * ''Phial'' (1995) * ''Telestatt'' (1995) * ''Module 2'' (1996) * ''Desktop Robotics'' (1997) * ''Feelings On A Screen'' (1997) * ''Program 11'' (1998) * ''Martians and Spaceships'' (1999) * ''Fashion'' (2001) * ''Eldar'' (2001; split EP with The Modernist) * ''Quadscreen'' (2002; billed as Portamento feat. Bochum Welt) * ''Kissing A Robot Goodbye'' (2004) * ''Elan'' (2005) * ''Robotic Operating Buddy'' (single) Notes: the 3 tracks from the split ep are included on ''Scharlach Eingang''. These releases don't call themselves EPs but clock in at under 35 minutes.

References

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