Pete Namlook


Pete Namlook was an ambient and electronic-music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversaw. Inspired by the music of Eberhard Weber, Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chopin, Wendy Carlos, Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd, and most important Klaus Schulze; He composed and produced his albums while many in collaboration with others.
, Namlook and company had released 135 albums.
Pete Namlook released many solo albums, as well as collaboration albums with notable artists such as Klaus Schulze, Bill Laswell, Geir Jenssen, Gaudi, Atom Heart, Richie Hawtin, Tetsu Inoue, Atom™, and Tying Tiffany.
"Namlook" is "Koolman", a phonetic rendering of his real name, spelled backwards.
Kuhlmann died on 8 November 2012 after suffering a heart attack.

Projects

These are all of Namlook's project series on the FAX label, with the number of albums in each series. For one-shot albums, the title is given without a number after it.
;Solo
;with Dr. Atmo
;with Atom Heart
;with Karl Berger
;with Dandy Jack
;with Gaudi
;with DJ Brainwave
;with DJ Criss
;with DJ Dag
;with Pascal F.E.O.S.
;with Rob Gordon
;with Robert Görl
;with Richie Hawtin
;with Hubertus Held
;with Higher Intelligence Agency
;with Tetsu Inoue
;with Geir Jenssen
;with Bill Laswell
;with Mixmaster Morris
;with David Moufang
;with New Composers
;with Burhan Öçal
;with Jochem Paap
;with Peter Prochir
;with Ludwig Rehberg
;with Robert Sattler
;with Klaus Schulze
;with Jonah Sharp
;with Wolfram Spyra
;with Steve Stoll
;with Charles Uzzell-Edwards
;with Lorenzo Montanà
This was a short-lived sub-label of FAX that was created to showcase a more classical side of ambient music. On these releases he goes by Peter Kuhlmann, his real name, rather than Pete Namlook.