Artist description a certain frank, that`s F. Fenstermacher and Kurt aka "Pyrolator" Dahlke. This duo make up 2/3 of Der Plan who together are the two halves forming the Düsseldorf-based "Ata Tak" label.In addition to this Frank was a founding member of the group Fehlfarben and Kurt with another German New Wave band, DAF.Both produce and orginise the vast majority of Ata Tak/Das Büro productions - for example Andreas Dorau, DAF, Syph, Element Of Crime, Oval, The Bad Examples and many others.

Music Style electronic, lounge, downbeat, easy listening

Similar Artists tosca, kruder&dorfmeister

Artist History Frank Fenstermacher is the founder of ‘Der Plan’ and ‘Fehlfarben’, head of his own Ata Tak label, multi-(non)-instrumentalist on innumerable productions, and counts along with Kurt 'Pyrolator' Dahlke as one of the pioneers and forerunners of modern electronic music.Kurt ‘Pyrolator’ Dahlke was the co-founder of the band ‘Deutsch-Amerikanische-Freundschaft’, at the beginning of the ‘Neue Deutsche Welle’ era and went on to become the third member of ‘Der Plan’. He produced for Ata Tak, as well as other labels, bands such as Andreas Dorau, Element of Crime, Stereo Total and the Bad Examples, and is today one of the most sought after music producers in the country.Young bands like ‘Kreidler’, ‘Mouse on Mars’ or ‘Schlammpeitziger’ relate strongly to the Düsseldorf school of Pyrolator and Der Plan.

Group Members F.FenstermacherKurt "Pyrolator" Dahlke

Instruments synthesizer, computer, drums, bass, vocals

Albums 3long-play CD`s, several 12"

Press Reviews CD of the month in Keyboard, 5 stars in Musikexpress, articles in Rolling Stone and Skug (Vienna), great reviews in Spex, De-bug, Jazz-thing, Wire, Jazzthetique, Raveline, Nr.1 in the Wire radiocharts in november 98, record of the month in spanish PC Actual, for months in several french radiocharts and japanese clubcharts + + +)

Location Duesseldorf, NRW - Germany

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).