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Popnoname

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Popnoname is the artist name of Jens-Uwe Beyer (born 1978 in Fehmarn). He lives in Cologne.

Apart from his regular releases on Kompakt's Pop Ambient series, he has had a number of 12" releases on Cologne-based labels, including 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.[citation needed] The last album was Surrounded by Weather (Italic) along with two 12" Remix Maxis and a Bonus Ep. He recently remixed Eurythmics and Brian Eno & Cluster for the German Recordlabel Grönland.

Concerts

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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).

Collaborations

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He is member of Cologne Tape (Barnt, Crato, Jan Philipp Janzen (Von Spar), Michaela Dippel (Ada), Axel Willner (The Field), Jörg Burger (The Modernist) and John Stanier (Battles) and Co-Founder of the Label Magazine.

Discography

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  • 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
  • Conny Plank Tribute (CD,LP) 2013
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