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German producer Christopher Rau makes deep, dreamy house tracks filled with warm, laid-back loops. Releases such as Two (2012) are relaxed, joyous, and slightly wistful, turning specific moments into extended meditations.
Rau first surfaced with the 2008 EP Gribuntal, issued by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Gedankensport%22">Gedankensport</a>. He made his first appearance on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Smallville+Records%22">Smallville Records</a> in 2009, sharing a split single with <a href="spotify:artist:5s05VygMShUXGXitSYkeyo">Sven Tasnadi</a>. The label then released his debut full-length Asper Clouds, as well as a collaboration with <a href="spotify:artist:1yrqDFnKpbYCPSa6ZwgHOV">Smallpeople</a>, in 2010. Singles on other labels such as Giegling, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hypercolour%22">Hypercolour</a>, and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Pampa%22">Pampa</a> preceded Rau's second <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Smallville%22">Smallville</a> full-length, Two, in 2012. He also released collaborations with producers like <a href="spotify:artist:5YasrI8HxT3UfR4emuMg5k">Jacques Bon</a> (as <a href="spotify:artist:3S6RHboPp7Qux3sWcGRdY0">Bon & Rau</a>) and Sebastian Genz (as <a href="spotify:artist:5C3jO8OjToi5EaBdM4OCCy">Roaming</a>) and released a few singles under the pseudonym Rhythmus Günther starting in 2013. Rau continued releasing EPs including Mehris Mood (2014) and Yamato (2016) before issuing his third full-length, F.M.E Hustle, on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Money+%24ex+Records%22">Money $ex Records</a> in 2018. A harder, faster single titled "Beasts" was issued by the <a href="spotify:artist:4UaXtuRUnYFu307v3Ew9xY">Richard Fearless</a>-run <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Drone%22">Drone</a> imprint in 2019. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi
Rau first surfaced with the 2008 EP Gribuntal, issued by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Gedankensport%22">Gedankensport</a>. He made his first appearance on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Smallville+Records%22">Smallville Records</a> in 2009, sharing a split single with <a href="spotify:artist:5s05VygMShUXGXitSYkeyo">Sven Tasnadi</a>. The label then released his debut full-length Asper Clouds, as well as a collaboration with <a href="spotify:artist:1yrqDFnKpbYCPSa6ZwgHOV">Smallpeople</a>, in 2010. Singles on other labels such as Giegling, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hypercolour%22">Hypercolour</a>, and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Pampa%22">Pampa</a> preceded Rau's second <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Smallville%22">Smallville</a> full-length, Two, in 2012. He also released collaborations with producers like <a href="spotify:artist:5YasrI8HxT3UfR4emuMg5k">Jacques Bon</a> (as <a href="spotify:artist:3S6RHboPp7Qux3sWcGRdY0">Bon & Rau</a>) and Sebastian Genz (as <a href="spotify:artist:5C3jO8OjToi5EaBdM4OCCy">Roaming</a>) and released a few singles under the pseudonym Rhythmus Günther starting in 2013. Rau continued releasing EPs including Mehris Mood (2014) and Yamato (2016) before issuing his third full-length, F.M.E Hustle, on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Money+%24ex+Records%22">Money $ex Records</a> in 2018. A harder, faster single titled "Beasts" was issued by the <a href="spotify:artist:4UaXtuRUnYFu307v3Ew9xY">Richard Fearless</a>-run <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Drone%22">Drone</a> imprint in 2019. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi
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