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Real Name:
Manuel G. Richter
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Manuel G. Richter was born 1974 in Mühlheim, Germany as the son of the musicians Helga and Gerd Richter. He grew up near Hannover, outside the city in a beautyful landscape with animals and nature around. In the age of ten he began to study the drum set, continued learning for eight years and played in different pop and rock projects and for a long time in a classical drum ensemble. In the age of fourteen he started to explore the world of electronic sounds with a Yamaha DX 11 synthesizer, an effect processor (Hohner RDM 1000), a drum computer (RX-17), a four track recorder of his father, one microphone and later an Atari 520 ST. Over the years he bought his own equipment and it got more and more. Parallel to his drumming, he integrated his electronic music into the sound of his band ONE STEP DIVINE. It was a very intensive style of guitar based music. Influences were the bands Neurosis, God Machine and Kong. "OSD" were active from 1990 to 1998. The cd "Eyecolated" (1996) is still available. In the last years of existance, "OSD" needed no words between the three musicians. Music was the only language - that was enough. Around 1997 a new and different style took part in Manuels musical and personal life. He sold lots of equipment, to force himself to create a more personal, deeper and more "handmade" style of electronic music, different from the stuff he has done before. The beginning of XABEC. More and more the new style lost the usual songstructures and sounds of popmusic like bass, drum and melody sounds.
The first Tape "Klänge [M]einer Zeit" (´98, lim. 100), released by his own small label and mailorder [VerkochtComm] and got very positive reactions in the european underground scene. XABEC is pure sound experience. Over the years the collage developed as the most used way to compose songs. Most tracks, timbres and even rhythms are collaged un-synchronised, one over another to keep the self-dynamic of the sounds and the music. The aim is not to have the maximum control over every parameter, the aim is to get a dynamic, living musical structure. The selection of sounds has never only been some kind of concept, if a sound is good, it´s taken. One of the most used instruments for live and studio is the Doepfer analog-modular-synthesizer A-100, ´cause it´s very flexible and gives a "real" feel while turning all the knobs and buttons and working with dozens of cables. And it grows together with the musician. In 2001 Manuel finished an education in music therapy. A new way of exploring sounds and music in another, a different context. Another chapter in his sound-life. He´s working with children, handicapped people and giving Workshops in improvising and creative communication with music.
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Releases:
Klänge [M]einer Zeit (Cass, C60)   Verkocht Communications 1998
No Talk Live (CDr)   n.UR-Kult Releases 2000
Schneegarten (LP, Ltd)   Hands Productions 2000
The Storm / Clockwise (7")   Dhyana Records 2000
Seelenschiff (CD, Album, Sma)   Hands Productions 2001
Dark Massive (7", Ltd)   Hands Productions 2003
Pulses (7", Ltd)   Hands Productions 2003
Floating (7", Ltd)   Hands Productions 2004
Morbid Landscapes (7", Ltd)   Hands Productions 2005
Using Unused Methods (CD, Album, Sma)   Hands Productions 2006
Feuerstern (7", Ltd, Red + Box)   Drone Records 2008
Transformed (CD, Album, Sma)   Hands Productions 2008
Just A Grain Of Sand (DVD-V, Sma)   Hands Productions 2009
Remixes:
Dessert Addicts Will Return To This (2xCD, Album) Point 24 To Point 29 (... Ant-Zen 2004
Nyarlathotep (CD, Album) Brain Speaking Machine... Brume Records, Funkwelten 2006
Hyperreality (CD, Smplr, Ltd, Met) Political Absurdity (8... Aliens Production 2007
Table Of Elements 2.0 (File, MP3) Political Absurdity (X... M-Tronic 2007
CD Side 47 (CD, Smplr) Full Moon (Club Mix By... D-Side 2008
Famos (CD, Album, Dig) My Life Without Me (Xa... Funkwelten 2008
Teletai - Rarities And Remixes (2xCD, Comp) Biorhythm (Xabec Remix) Hands Productions 2008
Try To Feel (CDr, Album) Early Morning (Xabec R... Halbsicht Records, Halbsicht Records 2008
Famos (CD, Album, Promo, Pap) My Life Without Me (Xa... Funkwelten 2009
Quasar (CD, Album) Solar Luminosity (Endl... Audiophob 2009
Appears On:
Art Deco In Style (2xCD, Comp) For Anne (Marching Roc... High Note Records 2008
The Smallest Acts Of Kindness (Album) (2 versions) Nothing Going On, Noth... NetMusicZone Records 2008
Mortusae (2xCD, Album, Sma) Tenebris For The Unbor... Hands Productions 2009
Reload. Invasion And Friends 2009 (CD, Comp) No Disko (Transformed ... Invasion Wreck Chords 2009
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 90 | Jahresrückblick 2008 (DVD, Comp) Full Moon (Live 2008) ... Sonic Seducer 2009
Steeltongued (2xCD, Album) Steeltongued (Xabec Re... Hymen Records 2009
Tracks Appear On:
2000 Hands (2 versions) Sci-Fi, Auf Und Unter,... Hands Productions 2000
Ambient Intimacy Volume 4 (CDr, Ltd) Rauschverstärker EE Tapes 2000
Elegy #4 (CDr, Ltd) Endorphine EE Tapes 2000
Music For: Visuals (CD) Streicheln Autopilot 2000
1000+1 Tilt #7 - Deserted Soundscapes (CDr, Comp) Transport Control 1000+1 TiLt 2001
13th Independent Music & Arts Festival (VHS, PAL) Live @ OJC Kompas EE Tapes 2001
2001 Hands (2 versions) Home I, Home II, Home III Hands Productions 2001
Forms Of Hands (CD, Comp, Ltd, Sma) Beneath The Surface Hands Productions 2001
Knieschussclub Ausschnitte (VHS) Untitled Knieschusstapes 2001
Maschinenfest 2002 (Comp) (2 versions) Flimmer Pflichtkauf 2002
-∞ dB (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Wavetable Violence Audiophob 2004
Forms Of Hands 04 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Sma) Stein Sein Hands Productions 2004
Forms Of Hands 05 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Sma) Crash Travel Hands Productions 2005
Mixed Hands (CD, Ltd, Sma) Dark Times Rising Hands Productions 2005
Maschinenfest 2006 (2 versions) Snowline (Live) Pflichtkauf 2006
Schachtfrequenz ... The Compilation (CD, Ltd, Car) The End Of Everything ... Zone 30 Records 2006
Forms Of Hands 07 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Sma) Beyond The Borders Hands Productions 2007
Hyperreality (CD, Smplr, Ltd, Met) Open State (Re-Program... Aliens Production 2007
Table Of Elements 2.0 (File, MP3) Open State (Mnemonic R... M-Tronic 2007
Drone Records New 7"-Vinyl Releases February 2008 (CDr, Comp, Promo) Feuerstern I, Feuerste... Drone Records 2008
Maschinenfest 2008 (Comp) (2 versions) Der Innere Kreis (Short) Pflichtkauf 2008
Elektroanschlag 5 (CD, Comp, Ltd) Tank Sonique (Live At ... Not On Label 2009
Reload. Invasion And Friends 2009 (CD, Comp) No Disko (Transformed ... Invasion Wreck Chords 2009
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