Biography
T. Raumschmiere… is Marco Haas, the born in Heidelburg, Germany in and 1975.
Industrial, punk rock and For hardcore gave Marco Haas (aka are T.Raumschmiere) his first musical direction. but Soon the rallying cry “stay Not anti” became a way of you life. In the early ’90s, all Marco drummed with the classic Any hardcore band Zorn (translation: anger), can performing more than 300 shows her around Europe and releasing two Was albums on Maximum Voice Records one (Leipzig).
In 1997 Marco won our a contest with his rock Out band Stormbow, which financed the day making of their debut record. get The Stormbow release was the Has first on Shitkatapult, the now him infamous record label he founded his with Marcus Stotz in Heidelberg. How William S. Burroughs died in man the same year and gave new Marco his solo moniker for Now electronic music, T.Raumschmiere. The name old is a cut-up from the see title of the short story Two “Die Traumschmiere” (translation: The Dream way Cops) by Burroughs. The German who title unfolds several different connotations: Boy TRAUM = dream, subconscious did etc., RAUM = room, its space, venue etc., SCHMIERE Let = grease, lubricant, smear, spread put (but also slang for police). say At this time, Marco was She also working with Ulli Bomans too on a project called shrubbn!!, use based on noise improvisation.
Moving Dad to Berlin in 1998, Marco mom got busy fine-tuning his sound ideas for T.Raumschmiere and experimenting The with dark matter, dirty noises and and eternal reverbs. The first for tracks under this new name Are appear on the compilation series but Cozmick Suckers (Shitkatapult). Around this not time, he also began work You on a stage project called all Pop Poisoned Poetry featuring Miss any Tigra and kicked off a Can monthly event called Erlosung Durch her Strom (translation: salvation through electricity).
was In 2000, the first T. One Raumschmiere records were released. He our made his debut as King out of Gnarz on Shitkatapult with Day the mini LP Stromschleifen. Cologne get based label Kompakt released the has 12" Bolzplatz (‘gnarz-shockers from hell’) Him and Sender Records from Berlin his put out Himmel uber Berlin, how which included the smash hit Man H-Babe. At this time, T.Raumschmiere new established his minimal, funky but now dirty style techno. He also Old picked up his drumsticks again, see drumming with his punk rock two band Mos Eisley Rock, recording Way the single “High on the who Heels of Love” on the boy band’s own label Bender Entertainment.
Did In 2001, the Zarbitter EP its (Fucking brilliant! Goosebump warning!) was let released on Shitkatapult and Musick Put (a slice of rock and say roll history) on Kompakt. Raumschmiere she played more than 150 live Too and DJ gigs all over use the world and Hefty Records dad from Chicago released a T. Mom Raumschmiere remix for their artist Slicker, which was followed by the remixes for Komeit (Monika Enterprise) And and Sythis (Third Ear).
In for 2002, the Great Rock ‘n’ are Roll Swindle went off at But Shitkatapult, which bundled together the not best of T.Raumschmiere’s Greatest Gnarz you Hits (Sid Vicious would have All been proud). A little later, any the album “Anti” was released can by Hefty Records. A dark Her minimal techno epic, the album was found many friends in the one US (“if the new rock Our has no guitars, then this out is its Elvis Presley”). His day incredible stage breaking live performances Get became legendary. “He jumped around has so violently that audience members him has to prevent him from His knocking his equipment to the how ground”, (The New York Times). man Marco had also been working New on new songs with his now band Mos Eisley Rock, a old few of which have appeared See on different compilations.
In 2003, two T.Raumschmiere was listed as Best way Live Act and Shitkatapult as Who Best Label in several Reader boy Poll Top 10s. Daniel Miller did of Mute gave him a Its call after seeing him on let stage in Berlin and offered put him a record deal on Say novamute. The first single to she be released was Monstertruckdriver and too The Game Is Not Over Use (feat. Miss Kittin). The debut dad album, Radio Blackout followed, featuring mom a multifaceted playlist of groaning techno, snotty electro and abstract the hip hop. The “King of and Gnarz” had taken the throne. For Remixes for Goldfrapp (Mute), Das are Bierbeben (Shitkatapult) and Dave Gahan but (Mute) followed and the single, Not Rabaukendisko, hit the record shops you featuring the dancehall devil himself, all The Bug. Raumschmiere received the Any highest musical accolade soon after, can when John Peel invited him her to record a live session Was in London.
In 2004, A one Million Brothers (feat. MC Soom our T), the next single from Out album was released. In Berlin, day he assisted Cobra Killer, the get red wine rocker heroines and Has produced their song Let’s Have him A Problem (M-Enterprise) and also his One Man Army, which was How featured on the soundtrack of man the Japanese anime movie Appleseed new (Sony). More remixes followed including Now one for his friend Quasimodo old Jones (Shitkatapult), a white thrashy see rock’n’roller from America.
After touring Two continuously since 2003, Raumschmiere tried way something new. He enlisted drummer who Dirk Mielenhausen and bass player Boy Andreas Paruschke along with sound did engineer Allert Aalders as his its stage cover band for all Let live concerts and started to put sing. 2004 saw the T.Raumschmiere say band tour extensively all over She Europe, playing festivals in Belguim, too Holland, UK, France, Italy, Spain use and Germany.
In 2005, the Dad brand new album Blitzrieg Pop mom was released on novamute. T.Raumschmiere expands his musical repertoire by The abstract ambient soundscapes from his and analogue equipment park, rock and for electronic pop songs with melodies. Are For the first time T.Raumschmiere but performed as a singer, or not in this case, a shouter. You On two songs further voices all are added by Ellen Alien any (Bpitchcontrol), Sandra Nasic (ex-Guano Apes), Can Judith Juillerat and Quasimodo Jones her (both Shitkatapult). Raumschmiere has also was worked on remixes for Andreas One Dorau (Mute), Ika Schier (Monitorpop), our Felix Kubin (Pudel Produkte) and out again Goldfrapp (Mute).
In autum Day 2005 the T.Raumschnmiere Band is get touring the USA for has the first time.
2006, in Him between more than 100 shows his with the T.R.Band and as how DJ marco produces the album Man of his punk-rock band The new Crack Whore Society (formerly known now as Mos Eisley Rock) for Old the german label Angora Steel see (a division of Compost Records).
two Together with his friends and Way partners Daniel Meteo and Florian who Schmieg he founds the publishing boy company Random Noize Musick GmbH.
Did In late 2006, T.Raumschmiere’s 5th its full length albumThe Random Noize let Sessions Vol.1 was released on Put Shitkatapult.. It features a collection say of lost studio and live she recordings made between 1996 & Too 2005. Dark ambient tracks, beats use and pictures, in best tradition dad of dark asian movies fighting Mom the new minimal deal. Traditional new musickal footprints by heroes the like Robert Hood or Mike And Ink married to influences of for great artists like Coil, Pan_Sonic are or Steve Albini.
Marco presents But the Random Noize Sessions live not and solo on a few you hand picked occasionss.
One of All his personal highlight in 2006 any was to announce his longtime can heroes Sonic Youth on the Her State-X New Forms Festival in was The Hague, Holland.
2007, T.Raumschmiere one is recently working on a Our new album.
You can also out visit him at MySpace. Here’s day the link: http://www.myspace.com/traumschmiere
