Popnoname
POPNONAME is the artistname of Jens-Uwe Beyer (* 1978 on Fehmarn). Now he lives in Cologne.
Apart from his regular releases on KOMPAKT's Pop Ambient series, he has had a number of 12" on Cologne-based labels, among others FIRM and ITALIC. His debut album WHITE ALBUM (ITALIC) was released in 2007, and got loads of positive reviews from the German and international press. Currently being released is his new album SURROUNDED BY WEATHER ITALIC. He recently did two remixes for the German band "Klee" (Universal) following a couple of remixes and releases on different labels.
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[edit] Concerts
JENS-UWE BEYER can already look back on a number of live performances, e.g.: Monterrey (Mexico, Aura Club), Thessaloniki (Liebe.!), Porto (Passos Manuell), Amsterdam (Paradiso), Vienna (Icke Micke), Moscow (Solyanka, Propaganda), Hamburg (Übel & Gefährlich), Berlin (Panorama Bar), New York (Bunker), Cambridge (Middlesex Lounge), Tokio (Seco) and London (The End).
[edit] Cooperations
He is working with a lot of musicians such as Jan Philipp Janzen (Von Spar), Michaela Dippel (Ada), Volker Pannes (DeePulse), Axel Willner (The Field), and Jörg Burger (The Modernist), as well as artists like John Harten (Public Folder), the fashion designer Daniela Görgens (Little Red Riding Hood), Christian Schäfer (C/O Pop), Jürgen Stollhans (Dokumenta), and the theater director Christian v. Treskow (Wuppertal).
Together with the artist duo Graw Böckler (Raum für Projektion) he is presenting the video series UNAUTHORIZED COMMERCIALS as a live performance. The short films are released weekly from 11.11.08 until 21.04.09 via internet.
[edit] Discography
- Piece (12") Firm 2005
- You Are Popnoname (12") Italic 2006
- I Want You For Popnoname (12") Firm 2006
- Credits (12") Italic 2006
- London Paris New York (12") Italic 2007
- White Album (CD,2xLP, Album) Italic 2007
- Surrounded by Weather (CD,LP, ALBUM) Italic 2008
- Surrounded by Weather REMIX 1 (12") Italic 2008
- Surrounded by Weather Bonus Ep (12") Italic 2008
- Spaces (12") Pop! 2009
- Hello Gorgeous (12") Kompakt 2010
Popnoname appears on:
- Pop Ambient 2005 (CD,LP) Gold Kompakt 2004
- Pop Ambient 2006 (CD,LP) Wandel Kompakt 2005
- Pop Ambient 2007 (CD,LP) Hafen Kompakt 2006
- Pop Ambient 2008 (CD,LP) Fembria Kompakt 2007
- Pop Ambient 2009 (CD,LP) Nightliner Kompakt 2009
- Pop Ambient 2010 (CD,LP) Deutz Air Kompakt 2010
