Why did you start the label?
we did release two 12", "leupolz &
raabenstein" and "bartholomäus & raabenstein" on pauls
musique, germany, in the late nineties. 2001 nonine recordings was formed
as sublabel of pauls to create a wider range for more experimental
projects in the jazzy electronica field. soon after we decided to be
autonomous and released several albums and 12" distributed worldwide
by pp sales, hamburg, germany. with the breakdown of pp sales in 2004
nonine was not as bancrupt as many other young labels but went to sleep
for a while, reflecting on new possibilities. in 2006 we discovered
myspace as a brilliant tool to display musical ideas and to create an
artistic and public network. 2008 we relaunched nonine recordings mainly
as a netlabel with the big goal to create as much public interest to
release physical again...
What is the purpose?
we work on a individual recognisable nonine sound.
albums are the second goal. listening to an artists world in its
full creation is more than a faceless free downloaded and fast forgotten
track of whomsoever.
When you say "individual recognisable nonine sound" -
how would you describe that?
dark cinematic urban with different vibes, structures and moods
Where do you see the label in five years?
well, it takes two to tango. if we are good we'll be back with
physical releases.
Is there a release you regret having done? Or one you regret not
having done?
i have a big problem with finishing things, so i don't like each
release (i had my fingers on) at least for one year, then they slowly come
back... and each album or ep has one track where i think... could have
been done different...
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Please tell us something about yourself: what is your
“musical” history? good one. i could start with my father's mandolin worrying
my early aural spheres. did some lousy performances as a singer in a
punk band, worked with several musicians on the score of my early
films, but thats not it... mainly, i did tons of mixtapes for my
friends. in 1997 i met a fine and brillant allround musician who
taught what to do here... the rest one can listen to on www.nonine.com. You made films? What kind of films and why did you stop? i did 16mm experimental short films and stopped it for i
was to young directing a bunch of people (which has changed i hope) Do you see analogies between making films and making
albums? yes and no. there are certain similarities in editing. a
good movie sucks you in for its story, actors, dialogue and such. it
has a beginning and an end in between you spread your content.
albums that are of any interest for me do the same, they show a
chain of pearls in the right order with ups and downs, start and
finish... but you look at a movie as a whole, the audience doesn't
do that with an album... but we do so anyway... And about yourself: what is your dayjob? Your hobbies? Your
dreams and visions? my dayjob is graphic design and nonine recordings, hobbies... few time for that, dreams and visions..., to die working but laughing... i could say worldpeace but then the laugh is on me... |
There is quite a large number of bigger and smaller labels
operating in the field of electronic music with dub / ambient / drone /
experimental tones and more and more are offering this kind of music for
free on the internet. Two questions follow instantly: what makes noonine
different (please say the quality!)? How do you select what to release on
the label?
arrogance killed the cat, so i'd say nonine has character... and
i don't choose, my stomach mainly decides what to be released on nonine
How do the changes in music production and listening (illegally
sucking five thousand mp3s per month on your ipod has to have an effect on
how you listen to them...) affect the label? Your own musical behaviour?
giving the people music for free downgrades the value, makes it a
wanted but unfocused side effect. i think this all started with dj's
mixing music to an endless monoblock. in clubs to find some fun, in shops
to buy some shoes, everywhere's this sonic wiggeling carpet. people got
used to this, it becomes an everydays manor, at home, on their ipod etc.
the listener wishes to create his own atmosphere, whilst the content
becomes exchangeable.
sometimes i do listen to netradio and this effect turns on very
fast. if time be, i listen to my own record collection. i use mp3's mainly
to exchange data in the net, the only cdr's here are promos and i do buy
vinyl (if possible).
Where do the people that listen to the music you release come
from? Are the from a single region or are they dispersed all over the
world?
radiostations such as bogaloo radioshow (germany), fm4 (austria),
basic soul radio (uk), sound of swoud (netherlands), art of beats
(canada), and radiofrance (to name a few)...
on myspace, soundcloud, last.fm and our website...
Do you feel that nonine is a global label or do you feel it is
strongly connected to Berlin?
nonine started as a berlin thing and is european now. nonine will
be global (soon to be most hated word of the year) when we'll be producing
albums with african, asian or south american musicians, mixing their
origins with urban electronica...
Berlin has a very good image with young, creative people –
where does that come from? What made you go to Berlin? Could Nonine have
started any other place as well?
the creative berlin image always existed, it only changed it's
ingredients each decade. politics in the sixties, music in the
seventies... etc i came here by accident, wanted to study here for only
one year and got stuck for whatever reason... nonine could have been
started in every city.
creativity is a social phenomena depending on the people you
meet, work with, love... good people are everywhere and i think it's even
easier to meet with them in smaller towns.
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Even though I am mainly interested in current music “from the
fringe”, I also listen to a lot of rather regular rock and pop music
from the Seventies and the Eighties. Do you have such a musical secret
vice? Do you like rock music (in the Jack Black sense of the word...) or
is it just electronica all day round?
here's some of my favourites, electronica included...charles
mingus...pharoah sanders. ..lonnie liston smith.. .cannonball
adderly...archie shepp...herbie hancock...gil scott heron. ..donald
byrd...freddie hubbard...gil evans...miles davis...sun ra...roy ayers..
.george benson. ..grover washington...mahavishnu orchestra...war...al
green. ..isaac hayes...curtis mayfield...the isley brothers...marvin
gaye...the temptations. ..STEVIE WONDER...commodores...ohio players...sly
& the family stone...the gap band. ..zapp...cameo.. .prince...michael
jackson...quincy jones...toots & the maytals.. .linton kwesi
johnson...gregory isaacs...bob marley...peter tosh...sly &
robbie...james brown ..... ....GEORGE CLINTON.........bootsy
collins...fela kuti...kurtis blow...ll cool j. ..run dmc. ..biz
markie...erik b & rakim...nwa...getto boys...public enemy. ..DIGITAL
UNDERGROUND...2 live crew...utfo...epmd...biz markie...tone loc...a tribe
called quest. ..the roots...AND...the beatles...wings...joni
mitchel...nick drake...jj cale. ..leonard cohen...carlos santana. ..grand funk
railroad...pink floyd...FRANK ZAPPA. ..captain beefheart ...yes...genesis
(with peter gabriel!!!)...gentle giant...king crimson ...robert
fripp...van der graaf generator...queen...supertramp...kate bush..
.elo...emerson, lake & palmer...steely dan...david bowie...new york
dolls...t. rex...mott the hoople..... .. ..ROXY MUSIC....
.....brian ferry.........BRIAN ENO..... ....talking heads...PERE
UBU...pixies...fad gadget. ..blur...b52's...tuxedomoon. ..joy
division...david sylvian.. .JAPAN...BAUHAUS...peter murphy...dali's
car...nine horses. ..the tubes ...the stranglers...xtc...yellow magic
orchestra...kraftwerk...palais schaumburg... der plan...einstuerzende
neubauten...clock dva...cabaret voltaire...richard kirk. ..beaumont
hannant...orbital...speedy j...aphex twin...ultramarine...fila brazillia. ..björk...2
loneswordsmen. ..portishead.. .massive
attack. ..tricky...plaid...pole.
..burial. .. AUTECHRE...alva
noto...akufen...john
arnold...four tet... .... ..PREFUSE73..... . ...forss...burnt friedman..
.künstler treu...doctor l...clouddead...lcd soundsystem...madlib...j
dilla...spacek.. .quantic...chukimai...13 & god...kammerflimmer
kollektief. ..AND...johann
sebastian bach. ..wolfgang amadeus mozart...ludwig van beethoven. ..gustav
holst...steve reich. ..philip glass...bernard herrmann...elmer bernstein.
..maurice jarre...john barry.. .JERRY GOLDSMITH...lalo shifrin...burt
bacharach. ..ennio morricone...laurie johnson...michael nyman...howard
shore...danny elfman. ..zbigniew preisner...clint mansell...ryuichi
sakamoto...christophe beck...jon brion...MURCOF. ..hauschka...sylvain
chauveau...ryan teague...max richter...akira rabelais. ..johan
johannsson..just to name a few...
Is singing / lyrics overrated?
no it helps delivering musical ideas, as frank zappa did... but
he never liked singing
Do you get reactions from listeners? Or: what reaction from
listeners would you like to get?
despite the regular myspace talktalk we receive a lot of radio dj
feedback, reviews etc... you can find that on our nonine.com site beside
the releases. an ideal reaction could be... how can we help you?
What are the plans for the near future?
doing (almost) everything to entertain your brain
Final question, how can we help you?
enjoy our melody
To do so, go
here: www.nonine.com
