Dr.Nojoke Artist Bio

Dr.Nojoke was born in Berlin and stayed there since then. His childhood was imprinted by the squeaking sound of mono-kitchen-radio music. His youth was spent in headphone-trips with electronic and progressive music. The music lessons in school were a disaster, but the first guitar came as inevitable as Punk!

At home he did many and wild experiments – first with guitar, Casio, tape-recorder and echo-machine, later with bass and organ too. With bands he tried to express himself in Punk, Garage-Rock, Beat, Dark Wave, Alternative, Surf, Polka, Dub, Pop and Noise. Little by little Dr.Nojoke purchased equipment for building-up a homestudio. Together with the project elektroblitz mitte he produced seven film- and seven theatre-soundtracks. He oriented himself towards electronic music/production and was active under the pseudonym Dr.Nojoke for the first time in 1999. Since then he organised and carried out performances in galleries, clubs, festivals and other places. He finds the beauty inside the shredded pixels and beats of the digital world.

After his first self-productions Die Hypnokommode and Flub-Dubs 1 and 2 Dr.Nojoke released his first album Flucht nach Barbylon in December 2004 on the label phonector. The second album Barbylon Tapes II came out in February 2006, also on phonector, followed by some releases on netlabels like Direktschall, Idealtechno, Yuki Yaki, Equaliteq and FOEM. On the Transmediale 07 in February 2006 Dr.Nojoke participated on the instant-label project 33.99 Records and recorded two singles. At the end of 2006 Dr.Nojoke joined the Berliner label Autist Records. A detailed list of the releases you find below.
A short time after that he started to work with the visual artist Micarus.

CLIKNO

Since 2005 Dr.Nojoke has been working on technoid sound-sculptures based on his archive of self-made noise-recordings he collected over the years. He defines a deep, funky, minimal, quirky, clicky micro-cut-up-music, he calls Clikno. Always with an experimental approach in production Dr.Nojoke relinquishes the conventional rave-signals and typical Techno sounds (as the TB303 or 808/909 drum machines). He prefers to play with his own sounds and attaches great importance to the de-composition of usual harmony- and melody-schemes; He dislikes stereotypical sounds and hooklines. Although his sounds come to 95% from the acoustic, real world, he forms highly technological Clikno-music, which may not carry emotions in itself, but triggers and unleashes them.

LIVE

Amidst all this well-considered concept is of course the element of fun and serendipity. The live show may feature instruments such as radio, crushed plastic bottles and souvenirs as Dr.Nojoke celebrates the joy of finding special sounds in everyday objects not usually appreciated for their musicality. This is part of the magic and fun of his performances. Dr.Nojoke is serious about what he does, but doesn´t take hisself too seriously.

RELEASES

ALBUMS/EPs/SINGLES
Flucht nach Barbylon (CD-R Album/2004) phonector
33.99 Records No.57 & No.58 (7″/2006) 33.99 RECORDS
Barbylon Tapes ll (CD-R Album/2006) phonector
Cliknologic (Netaudio-EP/2006) Direktschall 007
Bibi EP (Netaudio-EP/2006) Antiritmo 008
Cliknologic ll (Netaudio-EP/2006) Equaliteq 015
Skulptur zum Tanzen 1.0 (mp3-EP/2007) Autist Records 020
WYSIWYG (12″ Split-Single/2007) Anorakism 001
Elephant (mp3-EP/2007) Autist Records 035

COMPILATIONS
Minimale Momente Magenta (Netaudio-EP/2006) Idealtechno 003
It´s Not A Trick, It´s Yuki Yaki (Netaudio-LP/2006) Yuki Yaki 005
Foem/Electronic Youth Vol.13 (Netaudio-4LP/2006) Foem
The Wax Ages (Netaudio-LP/2006) Equaliteq 012
Minimale Momente Gelb (Netaudio-EP/2006) Idealtechno 005
Foem/Electronic Youth Vol.14 (Netaudio-4LP/2006) Foem
Neonhit Compilation (mp3-Album/2006) Autist Records 009
World Web Trip 2006 by DJ L´embrouille (Netaudio DJ-Mix/2007) Mixotic 060
I Love Berlin Vol. 1 (mp3-EP/2007) Autist Records 013
I Love Berlin Vol. 3 (mp3-EP/2007) Autist Records 028

REMIXES
Rosenstolz – Ich geh in Flammen (Vincent Vega & Dr.Nojoke Re-Edit),(DJ Promo-Single/2006) Universal
Minimal Ferri – Mae (Dr.Nojoke Rmx), (Neonhit Compilation/2006) Autist Records 018 / 009
Caro Snatch – Dr.Nojoke On The Right Track Remix (12″ Split-Single/2007) Anorakism 001
Dr. Nojoke – Choenyi Defervescence Potpourri Mix (Netaudio-EP/2007) Yuki Yaki 009
D.Diggler – Nitronome (Dr.Nojoke Remix), (EM.Pulse Remixed/mp3-Album/2007) Resopal-Schalware 036 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.