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technical overview | professional affiliations | full-length albums
12" ep's | 7" singles | radio dramas & broadcasts
dj mix albums | collaborations | compilations
remixes | films | special engagements | awards
technical overview
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Emphasis on direct digital signal processing on the PowerMacintosh platform. Software packages include: IRCAM AudioSculpt, Hyperprism, Csound.ppc, OverSYTE/ROSSTOOLS, SoundHack, LemurPro, Out of Phase, Opcode Studio Vision Pro, Sound Designer II.

professional affiliations
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1993 - Present Comatonse Recordings, Soul Proprietor.
1996 - Present Mille Plateaux, Recording Artist.
1995 - 1997 International Computer Music Association [ICMA], Member.
1995 - 1996 Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique [IRCAM] Analysis/Synthesis Group, Member.
1993 - 1996 Instinct Records, Recording Artist.

full-length albums
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midtown 120 blues cd cover DJ Sprinkles: Midtown 120 Blues

Japan: Mule Musiq, 2008, MMD7

you? again? cd cover Terre Thaemlitz presents... You? Again?

Japan: Mule Electronic, 2006, MED05

k-she cd cover K-S.H.E (Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion): Routes Not Roots / Ruutsu De Ha Naku Ruuto.

Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2006, C.013.CD

trans-sister radio cd cover Trans-Sister Radio.

Portugal: Grain of Sound/Base Recordings, 2005, GOS018/BRCD00505. Originally a radio drama (Germany: Hessischer Rundfunk Radio, Channel HR2, Frankfurt M, 2004)

lovebomb dvd cover Lovebomb / Ai No Bakudan.

Double Disc DVD & Audio CD Re-issue.
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2005, D.001.

lovebomb cover Lovebomb / Ai No Bakudan.

Germany: Mille Plateaux, 2003, MP117.

oh, no! it's rubato cover Oh, No! It's Rubato.

Germany: Mille Plateaux, 2001, MPCD103/MPLP103.

interstices cover Interstices.

Germany: Mille Plateaux, 2000, MP94.

fagjazz cover Fagjazz

US: Comatonse Recordings, 2000, C.007.

replicas rubato cover Replicas Rubato.

Germany: Mille Plateaux, 1999, MPCD71 and MPLP71.

love for sale cover Love For Sale.

Germany: Mille Plateaux, 1999, MPCD53.

means from an end cover Means From An End.

Germany: Mille Plateaux, 1998, MPCD44.

g.r.r.l. cover G.R.R.L.

US: Comatonse Recordings, 1997, C.003.

couture cosmetique cover Couture Cosmetique.

US: Caipirinha Productions, 1997
Japan: Daisyworld Records, 1997.

die roboter rubato cover Die Roboter Rubato.

Germany: Mille Plateaux, 1997, MP34.

soil cover Soil.

US: Instinct Ambient, 1995, AMB:007-2
Belgium: KK Records, 1995, IAE 007 CD.

tranquilizer cover Tranquilizer.

US: Instinct Ambient, 1994, EX-283-2.


12" ep's
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DJ Sprinkles: Grand Central (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remixes) (Japan: Mule Musiq, 2009).
 
grand central pt.1 cover DJ Sprinkles: Brenda's $20 Dilemma (Kuniyuki Remix)

Japan: Mule Musiq, 2009, MM034

grand central pt.1 cover DJ Sprinkles: Grand Central, Pt. I

Japan: Mule Musiq, 2008, MM033

you? again? ep2 cover Terre's Neu Wuss Fusion: She's Hard Remixes

Japan: Mule Musiq, 2007, MM019

you? again? ep2 cover You? Again? 3.

Japan: Mule Electronic, 2006, M025

you? again? ep2 cover You? Again? 2.

Japan: Mule Electronic, 2006, M020

you? again? ep1 cover You? Again? 1.

Japan: Mule Electronic, 2006, M019

k-she ep3 cover K-S.H.E (Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion): Route 3 EP.

Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2006, C.013.EP3

k-she ep2 cover K-S.H.E (Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion): Route 2 EP.

Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2006, C.013.EP2

k-she ep1 cover K-S.H.E (Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion): Route 1 EP.

Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2006, C.013.EP1

comatonse.000.r2 Comatonse.000.R2.

Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2004, C.000.R2.

the opposite of genius or chance cover The Opposite Of Genius Or Chance.

Germany: EN/OF, 2003, EN/OF 013.

teriko cover Teriko: Hystoric Trace ("Fake")

Germany: Hysteric Trace, 2003, INEX-002.

c.010 cover Terre's Neu Wuss Fusion: A Crippled Left Wing Soars With The Right

Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2002, C.010.

c.009 cover Social Material: Class/Consciousness

Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2001, C.009.

c.008 cover DJ Sprinkles: Bassline.89

Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2001, C.008.

c.006 cover DJ Sprinkles: Sloppy 42nds

US: Comatonse Recordings, 1998, C.006.

c.004 cover Terre's Neu Wuss Fusion: She's Hard

US: Comatonse Recordings, 1998, C.004.

c.000.r1 cover Comatonse.000.R1.

US: Comatonse Recordings, 1997, C.000.R1.
Translucent vinyl re-issue of C.000 with previously unreleased outro "Pretty Mouth (He's Got One)".

c.000 cover Comatonse.000.

US: Comatonse Recordings, 1993, C.000.
Contains "Raw Through A Straw" and "Tranquilizer."


7" singles
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a big 7-inch cover Chugga: A Big 7-Inch.

Austria: Klanggallerie, 2003, GG73.

selling cover Selling.

Netherlands: Bottrop-Boy, 2000, B-BOY 003.

a-muzak cover A-Muzak.

Germany: A-Musik, 1999, A-14.


radio dramas & broadcasts
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Audio contributor to 15 Minutes of Sounds of the War on the Poor (Greece: 1st Athens Biennial, 2007). Premier airdate September 7 2007. Curated by Ultra-red for the Ctrl_Alt_Del Radio Festival, sponsored by the1st Athens Biennial 2007 exhibition "Destroy Athens."

laurence rassel show cd cover The Laurence Rassel Show.

Radio drama with Laurence Rassel.
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2007, C.016.CD. Released in collaborations with Constant vzw (Belgium), and made available for free download from Public Record (US: publicrec.org, 2-01-014).

ENTHUSIASM! On the theme of "Communism" (UK: Resonance FM, 104.4FM, 2006). Premier airdate October 13 2006. Part of a four-day series of broadcasts titled ENTHUSIASM!, on the theme of communism, curated by Grant Watson and Sarah Pierce. Broadcast live from the Frieze Art Fair.

trans-sister radio cd cover Trans-Sister Radio.

Germany: Hessischer Rundfunk Radio, Channel HR2, Frankfurt M, 2004. Premier airdate November 17, 2004. Hörspiel, Redaktion: Manfred Hess. Also released on CD (Portugal: Grain of Sound/Base Recordings, 2005, GOS018/BRCD00505).


dj mix albums
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you? again? release party DJ Sprinkles: You? Again? Release Party.

Recording of DJ set from "Mule Musiq Presents Endless Flight Extra," at Club Module, Tokyo, August 18 2006.

deeperama module party 14 DJ Sprinkles: Deeperama (Module Party 14).

Recording of DJ set from "Deeperama," at Club Module, Tokyo, March 11 2005.

deeperama module party 10 DJ Sprinkles: Deeperama (Module Party 10).

Recording of DJ set from "Deeperama," at Club Module, Tokyo, July 9 2004.

deeperama module party 9 DJ Sprinkles: Deeperama (Module Party 9).

Recording of DJ set from "Deeperama," at Club Module, Tokyo, May 14 2004.

pastime paradise DJ Sprinkles: Pastime Paradise.

Recording of DJ set from "Pastime Paradise," at United Underground Tsuru-no-aida, Osaka, April 17 2004.

deeperama module party 8 DJ Sprinkles: Deeperama (Module Party 8).

Recording of DJ set from "Deeperama," at Club Module, Tokyo, March 12 2004.

deeperama module party 5 DJ Sprinkles: Deeperama (Module Party 5).

Recording of DJ set from "Deeperama," at Club Module, Tokyo, November 14 2003.


collaborations
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zeitkratzer cover Zeitkratzer: Terre Thaemlitz (Electronics 2).

Album with Zeitkratzer.
Germany: Zeitkratzer Records, 2009, ZKR0005.

60project cover [60]Project.

Collaboration between over 60 computer music producers, curated and arranged by Mathew Adkins.
France: Empreintes Digitales, 2008, IMED 0898.

laurence rassel show cd cover The Laurence Rassel Show.

Radio drama with Laurence Rassel.
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2007, C.016.CD. Released in collaborations with Constant vzw (Belgium), and made available for free download from Public Record (US: publicrec.org, 2-01-014).

yesterday's heroes cover Yesterday's Heroes: 1979.

Album with Haco.
France: La Louche Qui Fait Deborder Le Vase, 2004, LOUCH 001.

below code cover Various: Below Code: Comatonse Recordings 10th Anniversary Compilation 1993-2003.

Includes collaborations with Haco, Robin Rimbaud (Scanner), Simon Fisher Turner and SND. Complete album available for free download.
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2003, C.012.

zeitkratzer cover Super-Superbonus.

Album with Zeitkratzer.
Germany: Kirschbier Records, 2002, K.001
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2002, C.011.

gift cover "Sometimes A Girl Loves A Boy."

Song with Hanayo, on the album, Gift.
Germany: Geist, 2000, Geist-013CD.

cover Institutional Collaborative.

Album with Jane Dowe.
Germany: Mille Plateaux, 1998, MPCD53.

web cover Web.

Album with Bill Laswell.
US: Subharmonic Records, 1995, SD 7010-2.


compilations
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Abstract Workshop 2, (US: Shadow Records, 1996, SDW009-2). * **

Ambient Boxed, (US: Instinct Records, 2002, INS590-2).

Ambient Intermix, (US: Instinct Ambient, 1995, AMB:1002-2). *

Ambient Senses, Volume 3, (UK: Jumpin' + Pumpin', 1995, CDTOT23).

Ambient Systems, (US: Instinct Ambient, 1995, AMB:002-2).

Ambient Systems 2, (US: Instinct Ambient, 1996, AMB6005-2). *

Ambient Systems 3, (US: Instinct Ambient, 1997, AMB6007-2).

Ambient Systems 4, (US: Instinct Records, 1999, EX.411.2).

Atlantic Waves 2007 Festival Sampler, (UK: Atlantic Waves/Calouse Gulbenkian Foundation, 2007).

Axiom Ambient: Lost In The Translation, (US: Island/Axiom Records, 1994, 314-524 053-2). *

below code cover Various: Below Code: Comatonse Recordings 10th Anniversary Compilation 1993-2003.

Includes collaborations with Haco, Scanner, Simon Fisher Turner and SND. Complete album available for free download.
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2003, C.012.


Chill Out Phase Two, (US: Instinct Records, 1994, EX-268-2).

Cloudwatch, (US: Sonic Soul Recordings, 1997, 001).

Club Transmediale 04: Fly Utopia, (Germany: Data Error, 2004, 005).

Coast2Coast: Âme, (UK: NRK Records, 2007, NRKCD032).

Compact Vinyl 2, (Japan: Cisco Stevier/Soundscape Corp., 2006, STVCD-002).

Computer Music Journal Sound Anthology Vol. 24, (US: MIT Press, 2000).

Daft Electro, (US: Instinct Records, 2000, INS253-2).

Digital Space, (UK: Lovebytes, 2000, DSP1). *

Distributed Shared Memory, (US: Mindspore Records, 1996). *

DOIS, (UK: Disorient, 2003).

Electronic Thisturbance, (Portugal: Thisco, 2004, Thisk.15).

Enjoy the Silence: Part 2 of Mule 5th Anniversary Release, (Japan: Mule Electronic, 2009, MED16[JP]/MECD15[EU]).

Freezone: The Phenomenology of Ambient, (Belgium: Crammed Disk, 1994, SSR 129).

Groove #107/No.16, (Germany: Groove Magazine, Juli/August 2007, Issue 107).

Haunted Weather: Music, Silence and Memory, (Germany: Staubgold, 2004, staubgold 52).

I'm Starting to Feel OK, (Japan: Mule Musiq, 2008, MMD06).

Incidental Amplifications, (Australia: Room 40, 2006).

James T. Russel Compilation, (Spain: Alku, 2001, Alku-15). *

Maschinelle Strategeme, (Germany: Mille Plateaux, 2000, RIT 10).

Modulation & Transformation 3, (Germany: Mille Plateaux, 1998, MP CD 43).

Modulation & Transformation 4, (Germany: Mille Plateaux, 1999, MP 3CD 61).

O-Parts 2, (Japan: O-Parts Recordings, 2004, opcd-002/oplp-002).

Plug In + Turn On, (US: Instinct Records, 1994, EX-267-2). *

Plug In + Turn On x.2, (US: Instinct Records, 1994, EX-297-2).

Politronics, (Germany: Onitor, 2004, 24).

Power And Responsibility: Converted To Streaming Between Machines, (US: Leonardo Music Journal, 2000, ISAST 9).

Rough Trade Shops Electronic 01, (UK: Mute Records, 2002, CDSTUMM203).

Sampling Rage, (Germany: X-tract, 2001, X-T2002).

Shadow Masters: New, Used, & Absurd, (US: Shadow Records, 2002, SDW134-2).

Silence Broken, A, (US: Public Record, 2006, 2-04-001). Available for free download: http://www.publicrec.org/

Sounding Art, (UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004).

Synthetic Pleasures, Volume 1, (US: Moonshine Records, 1996, MM 80046-2).

Synthetic Pleasures, Volume 2, (US: Moonshine Records, 1996, MM 80046-2). * **

(Untitled), Ltd. Edition Ambient Double Vinyl Pack, (US: Instinct Records, 1994, EX-291-1). *

The Wire Tapper 2, (UK: The Wire Magazine, November 1998, Issue 177).

* Contains previously unreleased material.
** Released under undisclosed alias.

remixes
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After Dinner
"Paradaisu [Imada Kuufuku]," remix medley included on the reissue of the album Paradise Of Replicas, (UK: ReR, 2000).

Pierre-André Arcand
"Transit[ional Edit]," remix available on Ohmix, (Canada: OHM/Avatar, 2001).

c.017 cover John Cage
"Fagjazz Study for 12 Mode Sources + 6 Additions" remix of Cage's catalog available on Cage(re)mix (US: Mode Records, 2009), released on the EP JC + TT + SFT EP (Remixes by Terre Thaemlitz + Simon Fisher Turner), (Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2008, C.017).

Kim Cascone
"blue() cube [Blue Code]," remix available on blueCubism, (Japan: Digital Narcis Ltd., 2000, DNCD007).

Child's View (Nobukazu Takemura)
"Meteor," remix 10-inch EP from the album Hoshi No Koe, (Japan: Childisc, 2001, CHEP-012).

Holgar Czukay and U-she
"La Premiere (La Secondaire)," remix available as a 12-inch EP and included on the album The New Millenium, (Germany: Fünfundvierzig, 2003, 133).

Chugga
"Theme From The Buck Rogers Light Rope Dance," two remixes available on the EP Comatonse.002, (US: Comatonse Recordings, 1998, C.002).

Debussy, Claude
"Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune." (Germany: Universal Music, 2002).

Drum Komputer
"E.P.L. [Femme Machine]," remix available on Ambient Intermix, (US: Instinct Ambient, 1995, AMB:1002-2).

eureka!
"Vast [Kitty's Theme]," remix included on the album Tennis Girl, (Japan: Cardium Records/Universal, 1999, CDCD-1003).

The Golden Palominos
"Gun/Little Suicides [Brown Stain Walls, Red Jelly Corners]," remix from the album Pure, (US: Restless Records, 1994, 7 72790-2).

The Golden Palominos
"No Skin [Aural Circumcision]," remix from the album Pure, (US: Restless, 1994, 7 72790-2).

Greek Buck
"Mewtron Variation No. 5 [Meow Mix]," (Canada: Greek Buck, 2000), GLOP 004.

Hall and Oates
"Hold On To Yourself," unreleased, (US: Push Records, 1997).

Yoshihiro Hanno
"Platform: Home(Form)," remixes from the album Platform, available on the double-CD Re-Platform (Japan: Cirque, 2008, CQCD-012).

Haruomi Hosono & Bill Laswell
"Interpieces [Wakare Michi]," remix featured on the album Interpieces Organization, (Japan: Baidis/Teichiku Records, 1996, TECN-30336).

c.015 cover Juzu a.k.a. Moochy
"Morning Grow (K-S.H.E's Melancholie Grow)" and "Morning Grow (K-S.H.E's Melancholie Grow)," remixes from the album Momentos (Japan: Cross Point, 2005), released on the EP K-S.H.E vs. Juzu a.k.a. MOOCHY: Morning Grow (Melancholy Grow Remixes), (Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2006, C.015).

Khan
"Black Sabbath Riot [Remix]," unreleased, (US: Temple Records).

Material
"Eternal Drift [Eternal Thaemlitz Curse]," remix EP from the album Hallucination Engine (US: Island/Axiom Records, 1994). Alternate version available on Axiom Ambient: Lost In The Translation, (US: Island/Axiom Records, 1994, 314-524 053-2).

Material & William S. Burroughs
"Soulkiller [Remote Control]," remix from the album Seven Souls, (US: Wordly Triloca, 1997, 314 534 905-2).

M.T. aka Bayaka
"Spherical Remixes," remix follow-up EP to "Spherical EP", (Japan: Life Line Records, 1998, LL-1003).

c.014 cover Parallax Beat Brothers (Pete Lockett + Scanner)
"Exhalation (DJ Sprinkles' Deep Breath Mix)" and "Autek (Dubblemixed by Scanner + Sprinkles," remixes from the album Autek (UK: AUT001, 2005), released on the EP Exhalation EP (Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2006, C.014).

Adham Shaikh
"Liquid Evolution [Sinking Canoe]," remix from the album Journey to the Sun, (US: Instinct Ambient, 1995). Available on Ambient Intermix, (US: Instinct Ambient, 1995, AMB:1002-2).

Ultra-red
"Canción de la Posada [Traduccion por G.R.R.L.]," remix by G.R.R.L. on the EP Desarrollos Sostenibles/Sustainable Developments: Translations of Structural Adjustments, (US: Beta Bodega, 2002, 06).

Ultra-red
"Cruise Control [Ultra-session]," remix on the EP Ode To Johnny Rio, (US: Comatonse Recordings, 1998, C.005). *

Ultra-red
"Curbed Behavior [No Park Queen]," remix included on the album Second Nature, (Germany: Mille Plateaux, 1999, MP62).

Ultra-red
"FS59.9," remix included on the album FS59, (US: True Classical CD, 2000).

Velma
"Vitamine [Diastolic Edit]," remix included on the album Panoramique, (Switzerland: Manskeio Records, 2002, MN-005CD).

* Released under undisclosed alias.

films
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ffwd_mag, (DVD + Magazine), (Italy: .::invernomuto::., 2005, Issue 3). Audio and photography.

lovebomb dvd cover Lovebomb / Ai No Bakudan.

(Full-length film/music videos) written, directed, filmed and edited by Terre Thaemlitz. Originally released on VHS (Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2003, V.002). In English and Japanese.
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2005/2003, D.001.NTSC | D.001.PAL.

interstices dvd cover Interstices.

(Short film/music videos) written, directed, filmed and edited by Terre Thaemlitz. Commissioned by Lovebytes and funded by the National Arts Council of England. Released with "Silent Passability" on DVD (Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2005, D.000.NTSC). Originally released on VHS (Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2001, V.001) and DVD ("Volatile Media," UK: Lovebytes, 2002, DSP2).
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2005/2001, D.000.NTSC.

silent passability dvd cover Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside.

(Music video) written, directed, filmed and edited by Terre Thaemlitz. Released with "Interstices" on DVD (Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2005, D.000.NTSC). Originally released on VHS (US: Comatonse Recordings, 1997, V.000).
Japan: Comatonse Recordings, 2005/1997, D.000.NTSC.


Modulations, (documentary) directed by Iara Lee, produced by George Gund, (US: Caipirinha Productions, 1998). Interview.

Neue Kraft, Neues Werk (Transcodeur Express), (documentary) directed by Ninon Liotet and Olivier Schulbaum, (Germany: ZDF 2002). Interview and music.

Synthetic Pleasures, (documentary) directed by Iara Lee, produced by George Gund, (US: Caipirinha Productions, 1995). Three tracks featured on soundtrack. Sound engineering for trailer.

performances
For a current list of all performances to date, please refer to the "Gigs" homepage:

    http://www.comatonse.com/thaemlitz/gigs.html

awards
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Honorable Mention In DIgital Musics, 1999 ORF Prix Ars Electronica.

Best Ambient/Experimental Artist 1997, 1997 Readers Poll Results in "URB Magazine" (US: March/April 1998).

Best DJ 1991, Underground Grammy Award from the House of Magic, Midtown Manhattan drag circuit.

 

 
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