Marco Haas (born 1975) is a

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DJ known by the stage name T.Raumschmiere. He has released two albums of aggressive

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and has worked with

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and

Ellen Allien Ellen Fraatz, known professionally as Ellen Allien, is a Berlin-based German electronic musician, music producer, and the founder of BPitch Control music label. Her album '' Stadtkind'' was dedicated to the city of Berlin, and she cites the cu ...

, and helped found the

Shitkatapult Shitkatapult is a German record label which focuses on electronic music, spanning both intelligent dance music, IDM and techno. The label was founded by Marco Haas (T. Raumschmiere) and Marcus Stotz in 1998 in music, 1998, and is now run by Haas ...

record label. He is also partly responsible for the mid-2000s resurgence of the schaffel beat.

Career

In the early 1990s, Marco was the drummer for a

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group called Zorn, who performed more than 300 shows around Europe, and released two albums on Maximum Voice Records (Leipzig). In 1997, his rock band Stormbow released their debut record, the first on

. Marco founded this now-famous label with

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. At the same time, Marco was also working on a project called ''shrubbn!!'', based on

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, together with Ulli Bomans. In the same year, Marco got his solo moniker for

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: ''T.Raumschmiere''. In 1998, Marco moved to

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. The first tracks under the name "T. Raumschmiere" were released on the compilation series Cozmick Suckers, also on Shitkatapult. Around this time, he began work on a stage project called

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featuring

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, and started a monthly event called Erlösung Durch Strom (salvation through electricity). In 2000, the first T. Raumschmiere records were released. These records gave him the title of King of Gnarz ( is a German expression for the sound of a record's endless loop). The first releases were based almost completely on samples of these sounds, tuned up or down to get bass or treble. He also started drumming again, with his

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band Mos Eisley Rock. In 2001, Raumschmiere played more than 150 live and DJ gigs all over the world. In 2002, Shitkatapult bundled together the best of T.Raumschmiere's Greatest Gnarz Hits on ''the Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle''. A little later, the album ''Anti'' was released by

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). The debut album, ''Radio Blackout'', followed. In 2004, more remixes followed, including one for his American friend Quasimodo Jones. After touring continuously since 2003, T.Raumschmiere tried something new. He enlisted drummer Dirk Mielenhausen and bass player Andreas Paruschke, along with sound engineer Allert Aalders, as his stage cover band for all live concerts and started to sing. The T.Raumschmiere band toured all over Europe, playing festivals in

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, the

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and Germany. In 2005, the brand new album ''Blitzkrieg Pop'' was released on novamute. After a hiatus, in October 2006, T.Raumschmiere released the track "Die alte Leier" that had been produced in 1996 in Heidelberg with Alex Cortex. After the 2005 album "Blitzkrieg Pop" and the 2006 release "Random Noize Sessions, Vol. 1", T.Raumschmiere is finally releasing his next album: "I Tank U" in 2008. In December 2009 T. Raumschmiere did the famous bottle of Held Vodka interview with proud magazine, a berlin based music, fashion and lifestyle magazine.

Name

The name ''T.Raumschmiere'' is a cut-up from the German title of the short story "The Dream Cops" by

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: "Die Traumschmiere". The German title contains several different meanings: * TRAUM = dream, subconscious * RAUM = room, space, venue * SCHMIERE = grease, lubricant, smear, spread

Influences

T.Raumschmiere has mentioned

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Big Black Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded first as a solo project by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band became a trio with an initial lineup that included guitarist Santiago Dur ...

, Coil,

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, The Misfits,

RKL Rich Kids on LSD (RKL) is a Californian hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Montecito, California, a suburb of Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara. They were associated with Punk rock in California#Nardcore, the "Nardcore" scene of West Co ...

, Esplendor Geometrico,

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, Black Flag,

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, and

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as inspirational.

Discography

Albums

* 2002: ''Anti'' * 2002: ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'' * 2003: ''Radio Blackout'' * 2005: ''Blitzkrieg Pop'' * 2006: ''Random Noize Sessions, Vol. 1'' * 2008: ''I Tank U'' * 2015: T.Raumschmiere * 2017: Heimat

Singles

* 2003: "Monstertruckdriver" * 2003: "Rabaukendisko" * 2004: "A Million Brothers" * 2005: "Sick like Me" * 2005: "Blitzkrieg Pop" * 2005: "Very Loud Lullaby" * 2006: "Die Alte Leier" * 2008: "E" * 2008: "Animal Territory/Brenner"

References

External links

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Shitkatapult Record Label

Artist profile on Shitkatapult

Artist profile on mute.com

Official website

A bottle of Held Vodka with t.raumschmiere for proud magazine
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