Popnoname is the artist name of Jens-Uwe Beyer (born 1978 in

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). He lives in Cologne. Apart from his regular releases on

Kompakt Kompakt ( Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known ...

's ''Pop Ambient'' series, he has had a number of 12" releases on Cologne-based labels, including

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and Italic. His debut album ''White Album'' (Italic) was released in 2007, and got loads of positive reviews from the German and international press. The last album was ''Surrounded by Weather'' (Italic) along with two 12" Remix Maxis and a Bonus Ep. He recently remixed Eurythmics and Brian Eno & Cluster for the German Recordlabel ''Grönland''.

Concerts

Jens-Uwe Beyer can already look back on a number of live performances, e.g.: Monterrey (Mexico, Aura Club), Thessaloniki (Liebe.!), Porto (Passos Manuell), Amsterdam (Paradiso), Vienna (Icke Micke), Moscow (Solyanka, Propaganda), Hamburg (Übel & Gefährlich), Berlin (Panorama Bar), New York (Bunker), Cambridge (Middlesex Lounge), Tokio (Seco) and London (The End).

Collaborations

He is member of ''Cologne Tape'' ( Barnt, Crato, Jan Philipp Janzen (Von Spar), Michaela Dippel (Ada), Axel Willner ( The Field),

Jörg Burger Jörg Burger (born 1962) is a German record producer who has had several releases on Kompakt as Triola, including an album, ''Triola im Fünftonraum'', in 2004. He is also in a duo with Wolfgang Voigt. References * J. Burger AMG Biography* John Stanier (Battles) and Co-Founder of the Label ''Magazine''.

Discography

*Piece (12") Firm 2005 *You Are Popnoname (12") Italic 2006 *I Want You For Popnoname (12") Firm 2006 *Credits (12") Italic 2006 *London Paris New York (12") Italic 2007 *White Album (CD,2xLP, Album) Italic 2007 *Surrounded by Weather (CD,LP, ALBUM) Italic 2008 *Surrounded by Weather REMIX 1 (12") Italic 2008 *Surrounded by Weather Bonus Ep (12") Italic 2008 *Spaces (12") Pop! 2009 *Hello Gorgeous (12") Kompakt 2010 Popnoname appears on: *Pop Ambient 2005 (CD,LP) Gold Kompakt 2004 *Pop Ambient 2006 (CD,LP) Wandel Kompakt 2005 *Pop Ambient 2007 (CD,LP) Hafen Kompakt 2006 *Pop Ambient 2008 (CD,LP) Fembria Kompakt 2007 *Pop Ambient 2009 (CD,LP) Nightliner Kompakt 2009 *Pop Ambient 2010 (CD,LP) Deutz Air Kompakt 2010 *Conny Plank Tribute (CD,LP) 2013

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control German electronic musicians Living people 1978 births