Schneider TM

Schneider TM is the solo project of German musician <a href="spotify:artist:1gvlyHhMgWmJSei85ArqM9">Dirk Dresselhaus</a>, who uses a vast array of acoustic and electronic instruments to create warped electro pop as well as free-form improvisations. After making his full-length debut with the beat-driven instrumental release Moist (1998), the underground success of his glitch pop cover of <a href="spotify:artist:3yY2gUcIsjMr8hjo51PoJ8">the Smiths</a>' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (with <a href="spotify:artist:6EIsAG4viEsi5qt666ITIu">Kpt.Michi.Gan</a>, first released in 2000) helped give rise to the indie electronic genre. He continued making quirky avant-pop releases like 2002's Zoomer, then later changed direction with improvisational releases like 2012's Construction Sounds, as well as compositions for films and theater productions. 2021's The 8 of Space marked Schneider TM's return to experimental electronic pop, while 2023's Ereignishorizont was a more expansive set of post-minimalist noise-drone.

<a href="spotify:artist:1gvlyHhMgWmJSei85ArqM9">Dirk Dresselhaus</a> played in several German indie rock bands, including Hip Young Things and Locust Fudge, before he started releasing solo material in the mid-'90s. After debuting the Schneider TM alias with a self-titled 1997 EP, he stepped into the spotlight with Moist, a 1998 album recorded for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22City+Slang%22">City Slang</a> and released in America by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mute%22">Mute</a> the next year. He followed it in 2000 with a collaborative EP, Binokular, recorded with <a href="spotify:artist:6EIsAG4viEsi5qt666ITIu">Kpt.Michi.Gan</a> and highlighted by a cover of <a href="spotify:artist:3yY2gUcIsjMr8hjo51PoJ8">the Smiths</a>' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" titled "The Light 3000." Two years later, <a href="spotify:artist:1gvlyHhMgWmJSei85ArqM9">Dresselhaus</a> returned with his second full-length, the more vocal-based Zoomer, again released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22City+Slang%22">City Slang</a> in conjunction with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mute%22">Mute</a>. Reconfigures, a stopgap compilation released in 2004, was followed in 2006 by Skoda Mluvit. A split single with Lustfaust was released in 2007, along with collaborations with <a href="spotify:artist:6qBMJSvohwouLtnMkMSnlt">Station 17</a> the following year.

<a href="spotify:artist:1gvlyHhMgWmJSei85ArqM9">Dresselhaus</a> kept busy with projects such as <a href="spotify:artist:4UhBRqg7K7LuqbycQTROHJ">Angel</a>, his collaboration with former <a href="spotify:artist:7qk18OMPkaekOJt2QUva9G">Pan Sonic</a> member <a href="spotify:artist:4UJLCrifQfI4rByJfIXoAe">Ilpo Väisänen</a>, and work with <a href="spotify:artist:0yOCBaAdOeUGKCIGephVps">Jochen Arbeit</a> (of <a href="spotify:artist:7KomCxZv6D5qCVvefwMnwB">Einstürzende Neubauten</a>), <a href="spotify:artist:6LZvxGKlel3qXU0TM4ylat">Damo Suzuki</a>, and Japanese dancer Tomoko Nakasato. He also scored films such as 66/67 and Polnische Ostern and composed music for theatrical productions and radio plays. <a href="spotify:artist:1gvlyHhMgWmJSei85ArqM9">Dresselhaus</a> returned to the Schneider TM name with 2012's Construction Sounds, a blend of field recordings and electronic improvisations inspired by the ongoing construction near his East Berlin apartment. He took a similarly improvisatory approach to the following year's Guitar Sounds, which featured several pieces originally composed for Carsten Ludwig's film In der Überzahl. In 2016, he collaborated with <a href="spotify:artist:0yOCBaAdOeUGKCIGephVps">Arbeit</a> and Krautrock legend <a href="spotify:artist:6LWFumf4sVHBBzRoDlGMqf">Günter Schickert</a> on an album titled ASS. He also recorded a volume of Con-Struct, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Bureau+B%22">Bureau B</a>'s series of albums based on recordings by the late <a href="spotify:artist:79f49kyfxgPm1WF8EHz2vf">Conrad Schnitzler</a>. His score for the film Remainder was released in 2018. RA, an album of improvisations with <a href="spotify:artist:0yOCBaAdOeUGKCIGephVps">Arbeit</a>, was issued in 2019.

In 2021, Schneider TM surfaced on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Editions+Mego%22">Editions Mego</a> with The 8 of Space, the project's first pop-influenced album in 15 years. Ereignishorizont, a more abrasive 80-minute experimental work, was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Karlrecords%22">Karlrecords</a> in 2023. ~ John Bush & Paul Simpson, Rovi