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Fax +49-69/450464   / labels (F) Profile: "FAX +49-69/450 464" was founded in late 1992 by Peter Kuhlmann. It was distributed via Neuton. FAX's own releases are distinguished by the catalogue numbers. Catalog numbers starting with PK (Peter Kuhlmann) feature work by Pete Namlook (= Peter Kuhlmann), either solo or in collaboration with other artists. Catalog numbers starting with PS (Peter's Sublabel) are for releases by other artists, without Namlook's involvement. Catalog numbers starting with PW (Peter's Worldlabel) indicate collaborations of a more international character than the above (PK and PS releases are mainly, although not exclusively, German artists). The "World" sublabel should not be confiused with the Ambient World sublabel. The FAX releases are strictly limited, depending on the project. Most released are produced in editions of 500, 1000, 2000 or 3000 copies. Some specific titles were licensed out to other labels (Music Man Records, R & S Records and Rising High Records to name the most common licensees) for unlimited distribution in FAX's early days. Due to problems with distribution and licensing, the in-house Ambient World sublabel was founded to handle re-releases of out-of-print Fax titles. Ambient World is a sublabel of FAX, catalog numbers starting with AW. AW only publishes re-releases with unlimited distribution, but with a different cover design (and occasionally different tracks or edits). There are a few other special catalog numbers: FAX Musical Postcards were issued in very limited quantities as part of the Season's Greetings series and have the SEA catalog numbers. Yesterday And Tomorrow releases are used for an ambient/classical fusion and recieve the YT catalog numbers. The PKPWPS catalog numbers are used for compilations. Most people are confused by the artist naming. The project names of collaborations are the artist name. Labelcode: LC 6269 Sublabels: Ambient World, Rather Interesting, Yesterday & Tomorrow Contact Info: Eulengasse 62 60385 Frankfurt a.M. Germany Fon: +49-69/467452 Fax: +49-69/450464 URLs: http://www.namlook.de http://music.hyperreal.org/labels/fax/ http://www.2350.org

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dexterfeng, Jul 14, 2003

Now going into its tenth year of operations. At one time a baffling floodlike addition to the trance market, then some house type things with Stanley Conway, Modula Green and some other releases started including the ambient get down mix, or a drop the bpm to half type mix. All one guy with a fax machine and a cast of characters that has played almost like a whos who of electronica the heros, the how in the hell did he pull that off, the dj responsible for the love parade, the other german guy with as relentless a release schedule and bill laswell. At one point it was a flood of releases every week. A german record with no infomation other than a fax number and a pk with a number inscribed in the run-out groove in a paper sleeve, with some color label maybe yellow, green, black, blue, or red and a dot that eventually had a number, then a meaning came forth as to what the color and the dot meant. Then the plunge to the couch began with a series of brilliant relases. All limited to one pressing, beginning with 500 copies and hovering at about 1 to 2k per release these days.
Impressive to, in that these are very often one take improvisational recordings. You can imagine it's a they can't all be winners type of label which isn't the point really. It's a direct form of communication.

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