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"Here is the map. Where you go is up to you."

Otherwise — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:12:36 -0800

Pete Namlook, electronic music producer and ambient pioneer, has died.

Pete founded the label Fax +49-69/450464, known for its prodigious and eclectic output of electronic music. Beyond producing his own solo work, he collaborated extensively with others, including Klaus Schulze, Bill Laswell, David Moufang, Geir Jenssen (Biosphere), Jonah Sharp, and Tetsu Inoue. .

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:19:09 -0800

By: zer0render

zer0render — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:30:19 -0800

By: littlejohnnyjewel

littlejohnnyjewel — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:33:13 -0800

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:45:12 -0800

By: kersplunk

kersplunk — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:45:30 -0800

Dang. Found him through Ambience For The Masses (PN page), way back in the day, around the same time I started lurking here, but a while before I signed up. Both helped me through some serious insomnia...

By: lalochezia

lalochezia — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:46:21 -0800

fuck. loved his stuff. .

By: davebush

davebush — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:47:21 -0800

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:57:21 -0800

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By: FeralHat

FeralHat — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:13:28 -0800

By: vibrotronica

vibrotronica — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:15:35 -0800

By: lord_wolf

lord_wolf — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:21:57 -0800

By: evilDoug

evilDoug — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:32:22 -0800

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:38:26 -0800

Aw crap. Not ok. Go in peace and be one with the dub.

By: thatwhichfalls

thatwhichfalls — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:40:33 -0800

You are rain...yes Silence of the universe I am beautiful and all is beautiful around me You bring light,the heartbeat of light,of silence...yes We are all part of the universe Seasons will come and go (Omid/Hope, with Dr. Atmo)

By: univac

univac — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:54:52 -0800

By: migurski

migurski — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:57:53 -0800

Oh no. His collaborations with Richie Hawtin and Geir Jenssen are genius.

By: Mike Mongo

Mike Mongo — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:45:48 -0800

I just clicked the first link to see what was going on. It was so beautiful I sat and watch the whole thing. Now I am listening to a Namlook & Richie Hawtin collaboration! ...then I read the rest of the post. .

By: Mike Mongo

Mike Mongo — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:46:52 -0800

Oh no. His collaborations with Richie Hawtin and Geir Jenssen are genius. Clearly this is that kind of thread.

By: Unicorn on the cob

Unicorn on the cob — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:48:53 -0800

Ugh, more than 100 albums and so little ego. He was truly one of the best. Rest in peace, ambient gangster. In Heaven

By: ead

ead — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:56:28 -0800

Oh no. No!

By: tservo

tservo — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:23:49 -0800

I spent many a night passing out to Biotrip or The Ambient Cookbook II. Really impressive work, well worth the trouble of finding it.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:25:16 -0800

. Gah phooie, I also found about the recent death of Martin Dawson linked from the same page. Sic transit gloria mundi.

By: palmcorder_yajna

palmcorder_yajna — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:59:30 -0800

Aw, no. His collaboration with Burhan Öçal is one of my favorite albums. .

By: iotic

iotic — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:06:03 -0800

By: runehog

runehog — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:32:32 -0800

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:17:24 -0800

By: asok

asok — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:44:11 -0800

Always looked forward to FAX releases. .

By: acb

acb — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:11:57 -0800

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:13:07 -0800

:( .

By: beaucoupkevin

beaucoupkevin — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:43:38 -0800

So sorry to hear that. He was, deservedly, a legend and I'm glad he was as prolific as he was visionary. Thanks, Pete.

By: symbioid

symbioid — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:46:13 -0800

Fuck. Such a legend and pioneer. RIP .

By: pashdown

pashdown — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:14:54 -0800

I travelled to San Francisco around 1994 to see Pete Namlook and Irresistible Force play. I spent most of the concert lying on the floor with everyone else. It was dreamy and something I will not soon forget. Good work Namlook.

By: mkb

mkb — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:57:37 -0800

By: mubba

mubba — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:33:57 -0800

:( .

By: egypturnash

egypturnash — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:49:52 -0800

By: charlesminus

charlesminus — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:26:12 -0800

By: 40 Watt

40 Watt — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:46:39 -0800

It's really hard to write what I want to say. I don't want to just post a dot, although given that we're talking about one of the icons of ambient music it'd probably be somewhat appropriate. I've been listening to the Fax output for going on 20 years now and it's been such an influential part of my musical knowledge that now that Peter's gone I'm not sure where to look next. His music was the main reason I got into DJing as a hobby, and I think I may even have Pete Namlook to thank for my career as a librarian, at least in part. I've reserved an entire section of my music storage to the huge amounts of fascinating music Pete released. Way back in the dark, cold days of the early '90s, there was no way to get much information about these strange, oddly labeled discs by artists with equally strange names. We did the best we could with the limited information available on Usenet and primordial websites, but part of the Fax fascination was that it seemed intentionally mysterious, as if to direct attention more to the music itself than the people behind it. We were obsessed with this stuff- at some point in the late '90s, timing and I created a site that collected reviews about the Fax records output just so we'd have a way to keep track of it all. When I was stuck in a crappy game development job and was casting ideas around for something else to do, I thought about how much I enjoyed cataloging and researching those Fax discs and the idea of becoming a librarian popped into my head. I used Namlook's music as the theme song for a radio show of ambient music that I produced for almost 10 years in Chicago, and I'd try to feature something off the label at least once per show if I could. Not everything worked, of course- I remember that for the longest time the solo album Namlook III seemed to be the butt of many jokes due to its perceived lack of quality- but more often than not, there was always something wonderful inside those discs with the circle motifs. In addition to his monumental output, Peter also had a pretty weird sense of humor, or at least let us know that he was in on the joke with some of the releases as well- Song titles like "I've Got Chillness Illness" and "Senior Knob Twiddlers", the pun-laden "Dark Side of the Moog" series... He was also fond of interacting with his fans, and popped up repeatedly on a discogs.com forum to talk about what he was up to. My main regret is that I never got a chance to meet Peter in person. I just figured it'd happen someday. I'm trying to think of something else to say, but I'm at a loss and just too sad. RIP, Peter. Thanks for the music.

By: Twang

Twang — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:01:20 -0800

such a fine sound ... solch ein feiner klang

By: eendje

eendje — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:54:28 -0800