FM Einheit

The "chief machinery operator" for German industrial terrorists <a href="spotify:artist:7KomCxZv6D5qCVvefwMnwB">Einstürzende Neubauten</a> from the band's inception in 1983, F.M. Einheit has had plenty of time to record side projects between his group's usually relaxed release schedule (one which also permits bandmate <a href="spotify:artist:0ecGioDyIR2QiyujHeiwHw">Blixa Bargeld</a> to play with <a href="spotify:artist:1RM5gp0RFfjpJhCYFPB30p">Nick Cave's</a> Bad Seeds). Einheit recorded his first project, 1990's Stein, just after the sessions for <a href="spotify:artist:7KomCxZv6D5qCVvefwMnwB">Einstürzende Neubauten</a>'s Haus der Luege. Then he formed a band -- confusingly named Stein -- with <a href="spotify:artist:7qHKcEGnxwY6lCy573ROlH">Ulrike Haage</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4uk6O0fRDKgc22VNWD4vlV">Katharina Franck</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:1ied0GPxsvVSFLctjUoUxK">the Rainbirds</a>; the project released Steinzeit in 1992 and Königzucker two years later; in the meantime, he released his second proper solo album, Prometheus/Lear, in 1993. With poet <a href="spotify:artist:3hCw8xhtCaFKtYNpkpnrhE">Andreas Ammer</a>, Einheit recorded the Radio Inferno LP (which also included the talents of DJ John Peel and guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:77JjISZTOa3IqOfKgLlo5P">Caspar Brötzmann</a>) and recorded again with <a href="spotify:artist:77JjISZTOa3IqOfKgLlo5P">Brötzmann</a> on the album Merry Christmas in 1995 and left <a href="spotify:artist:7KomCxZv6D5qCVvefwMnwB">Neubauten</a> during the sessions for Ende Neu due to a lack of creative interest in the project. Einheit returned in 1997 with Sensation Death for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Invisible+Records%22">Invisible Records</a>. One of his major projects post-<a href="spotify:artist:7KomCxZv6D5qCVvefwMnwB">Einstürzende Neubauten</a> was forming the band <a href="spotify:artist:6lLzPz5M6NWkN9FiN4Wcfe">Gry</a> with vocalist Gry Bagøien from Denmark. They released two albums: The Touch of E! (1998) and Public Recording (2000, featuring <a href="spotify:artist:7qk18OMPkaekOJt2QUva9G">Pan Sonic</a> and former <a href="spotify:artist:7KomCxZv6D5qCVvefwMnwB">Neubauten</a> bandmate <a href="spotify:artist:7yRg26OvUSHv5dQOqlS0Px">Alexander Hacke</a>). Crashing Aeroplanes with <a href="spotify:artist:3hCw8xhtCaFKtYNpkpnrhE">Andreas Ammer</a> followed in 2002.

Einheit began collaborating, writing and scoring various theater and radio plays over the next four years. He also created his own label, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22FM+451%22">FM 451</a> to reissue his catalog works. He returned to recording in 2006, releasing Echohce in collaboration with <a href="spotify:artist:6ASGmWCYupa0CXGtsDdYSI">Jamie Lidell</a>, David Link, Saskia v. Klitzing and Volker Kamp, followed by The Sallie House with Michael Esposito in 2008 and No Apologies with <a href="spotify:artist:4k60aLsZV9gyeY32kQnnqO">Hans-Joachim Irmler</a> the following year. Evol/Ve with <a href="spotify:artist:0ts4LKLXcAwnSJXUaq7jJl">Massimo Pupillio</a> was issued in 2010. In 2011, Einheit collaboration with <a href="spotify:artist:4k60aLsZV9gyeY32kQnnqO">Irmler</a> again. The album, entitled Spielwiese 3 -- a further chapter in the latter's soundfield explorations -- included German multimedia performer Ute-Marie Paul and American composer and bassoon player <a href="spotify:artist:6xiax4OncbHhIxCfGhPLnv">Katherine Young</a>. Over the next two years, Einheit did the occasional experimental live performance with former <a href="spotify:artist:7KomCxZv6D5qCVvefwMnwB">Einstürzende Neubauten</a> bandmate <a href="spotify:artist:7yRg26OvUSHv5dQOqlS0Px">Hacke</a>, as well scoring for film and theater. In 2013, he cut the electro-acoustic offering Terre Haute with <a href="spotify:artist:72ljvzF8jSLdJ1H0VsLdka">En Esch</a> (formerly of <a href="spotify:artist:3V4IvzRQYP5mzuVtkcHgVa">KMFDM</a>) and <a href="spotify:artist:20RKURFWMvXCBHVs1J5mgw">Mona Mur</a>. Einheit joined forces with experimental Italian guitarist, electro-producer, and sound designer <a href="spotify:artist:7uXzqanGH5YKBVLs3cXHk5">Eraldo Bernocchi</a> and London-based cellist <a href="spotify:artist:6GvPPPN2Ph0WrBndU8dNWh">Jo Quail</a> on Rosebud, issued by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22RareNoise%22">RareNoise</a>, delivering a compelling mix of ambient and industrial music. ~ John Bush, Rovi