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If most artists in contemporary electronica are like islands unto themselves, turning out tracks in relative anonymity, Pete “Namlook” Kuhlmann was a complete continent. A dizzyingly prolific composer who continuously built up a whole market around his Frankfurt-based Fax label, Namlook’s name was inextricably associated with the post-rave resurgence of …

From Within can be an unlikely ambient techno cooperation between Canadian acidity techno star Richie Hawtin and prolific ambient composer Pete Namlook, whose collaborative companions also contains such artists as Klaus Schulz, Mixmaster Morris, Tetsu Inoue, Bill Laswell, and Burhan Ocal, among twelve others. From Within combines Namlook’s personal sweeping …

Although of British and Canadian origins, Plastikman’s Richie Hawtin is carefully linked to the Detroit techno picture associated with numbers such as for example Kenny Larkin, Stacey Pullen, Eddie Fowlkes, and Derrick Might. His Plus 8 label — co-owned and managed with John Acquaviva — is among the most important …