Felix Kubin

Felix Kubin
Birth name	Felix Knoth
Born	1969 Hamburg, Germany
Genres	Electronic
Years active	1980s - present
Labels	A-Musik, Gagarin Records, Diskono, Meeuw Muzak
Associated acts	Klangkrieg
Website	myspace.com/fkubin
Notable instruments
Korg MS-20

Felix Kubin (born Felix Knoth, 1969, Hamburg, Germany) is an electronic musician. He has been involved with music since he was 8 years old, when he studied piano, organ and glockenspiel. His youthful experiments really took off in 1980 when he got a Korg MS-20 synthesizer. His early works have been released under the title The Tetchy Teenage Tapes of Felix Kubin. During this time he also played in a punk band Die Egozentrischen 2. In 1987 Felix Kubin co-founded an experimental noise group Klangkrieg with Tim Buhre. His first solo album Filmmusik was released in 1998 by Gagarin Records, Felix's own label founded in the same year.

Kubin regularly collaborates on theatric and animation productions, writes radio plays and is a self-described dadaist. His musical influences include contemporary classics such as Karlheinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti, as well as groups such as Kraftwerk and DAF.

Discography

• Antarktis Slow Rock - 7", Meeuw Muzak (1998)
• Filmmusik - LP/CD, Gagarin Records, A-Musik (1998)
• Die Pein vom Haupt entfernen - LP/zootrope object, Rund um den Watzmann (1999)
• Jane B. ertrinkt mit den Pferden - 10", Diskono (2000)
• Tesla's Aquarium (with singer Pia Burnette) - LP, Storage (2000)
• Schnitzler - 7", pop'eclectic (2000)
• Ipsomat Legrand (with Reznicek, Mark Mancha) - 10", Disaster Area (2001)
• Jetlag Disco - EP/3"CD, A-Musik (2001)
• Superlake Beat (with Aavikko) - 7", Diskono (2001)
• The Tetchy Teenage Tapes of Felix Kubin 1981-85 - LP/CD, A-Musik, Skipp (2002)
• I hate art galleries - 7", Meeuw Muzak (2003)
• Die kulturelle Revolution - 7", A-Musik (2003)
• Matki Wandalki - LP/CD, A-Musik (2004)
• Der Aufstand der Chemiker (die Egozentrischen 2) - LP, Was soll das? Schallplatten (2004)
• Idiotenmusik - 7", Ultraeczema (2005)
• Territerrortorium (with Wojtek Kucharczyk) - 7", Gagarin Rec. + Mik.Musik (2005)
• Anaerobic Robots (with Mark Boombastik, Jake Basker) - EP, Gagarin Records (2005)
• Atoma Exi Mono (Best of FK) - CD, Solnze (2006)
• There is a garden (with Coolhaven) - 7", A-Musik (2006)
• Suppe für die Nacht (with Coolhaven) - CD, Kormplastics (2006)
• House of National Dog (with Mariola Brillowska) - CD, A-Musik (2007)
• Detached from all objects (with Pia Burnette) - LP/CD, Gagarin Records + Stora (2007)
• The Pataphysical Tape Club (Split-LP with IFCO) - LP/art mag., BIGMAG#2 (2007)
• Axolotl Lullabies - CD/LP, Oral (2007)
• Felix Kubin & das Mineralorchester: music for theatre and radio play - CD/LP, Dekorder (2008)
• Die Inhaberin des Chlorophyllmandats überwacht den Ausgleich von Licht und Schatten - Audio Cassette, ALKU (2008)
• Felix Kubin compilation - CD, Nuevos Ricos (2009)

External links

• Felix Kubin on Myspace
• http://gagarinrecords.com/ Gagarin Records
• http://www.felixkubin.com/ (last update: 2005)
• Felix Kubin at Acetone Magazine (English-Spanish)
• Felix Kubin discography at Discogs
• Parasol Elektroniczny. Rumours from the Eastern Underground Podcast series on the underground sound production in Eastern Europe, curated by Felix Kubin for Ràdio Web MACBA
• Deutsche Kassettentäter. The rise of the German home-recording tape scene Podcast series on the Neue Deutsche Welle, curated by Felix Kubin for Ràdio Web MACBA