Asmus Tietchens (born 3 February 1947, in
Hamburg), who also records under the
monikersHematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of
avant-garde music.
Tietchens became interested in
experimental music and
musique concrète as a child, and began recording sound experiments in 1965 with
electronic musical instruments,
synthesizers and
tape loops. In the 1970s he met producer
Okko Bekker, and the two formed a decades-long partnership.
Peter Baumann (of
Tangerine Dream) heard a recording of Tietchens' music and offered to produce an album; the result was Nachtstücke, Tietchens' 1980 offering on
Egg Records. His early recordings feature more accessible synthesized music, but beginning with Formen Letzer Hausmusik, his 1984 release for
Nurse With Wound's label
United Dairies, he began moving toward more abstract sound collages.[1] He has taught
acoustics in Hamburg since 1990.
Asmus Tietchens (born 3 February 1947, in
Hamburg), who also records under the
monikersHematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of
avant-garde music.
Tietchens became interested in
experimental music and
musique concrète as a child, and began recording sound experiments in 1965 with
electronic musical instruments,
synthesizers and
tape loops. In the 1970s he met producer
Okko Bekker, and the two formed a decades-long partnership.
Peter Baumann (of
Tangerine Dream) heard a recording of Tietchens' music and offered to produce an album; the result was Nachtstücke, Tietchens' 1980 offering on
Egg Records. His early recordings feature more accessible synthesized music, but beginning with Formen Letzer Hausmusik, his 1984 release for
Nurse With Wound's label
United Dairies, he began moving toward more abstract sound collages.[1] He has taught
acoustics in Hamburg since 1990.