Thomas Brinkmann

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Real Name:
Thomas Brinkmann
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Cologne-based Thomas Brinkmann (born 1959 in Mönchengladbach) is a German producer of minimal music.
Brinkmann is renowned for audio works that hover amongst forms such as techno, dub or ambient.
Founder of Max Ernst.

Brinkmann was initially influenced by bands such as Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel and Kraftwerk. Funk, soul and rare grooves also had a major influence on his later works.

Brinkmann learned to play drums from Jaki Liebezeit from Can. Early as 1978, he began converting records into manually programmable sequencers, carving notches to produce endless grooves on vinyl records.

Brinkmann then worked in design in the second half of the 1980s. From 1989, he lived for a long time in France and Italy, where he increasingly turned into visual art, then went back to Germany, where he initially studied as a guest student and later regularly at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Art Academy) with Jannis Konnellis and Oswald Wiener. In 1996, he was expelled from the Academy, which led to a long-running legal dispute.

From 1997, Brinkmann first drew attention in the techno scene with his Thomas Brinkmann - Studio 1 - Variationen, created with a modified record player with a dual tonearm.
Sites:
max-ernst.de, Wikipedia, Bandcamp, de-academic.com
Aliases:
C.U.T. (2), Ester Brinkmann, Jim Ingram (2), Max.Ernst, Soul Center, Tom Assman
In Groups:
Florida (14), Herkules Dreigangduo
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PROFAN - CD 2 Studio 1 - Variationen — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Studio 1 - Variationen ‎(CD, Album) Profan PROFAN - CD 2 Germany 1997 Sell This Version
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max.E.- CD1 Klick — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Klick ‎(CD, Album) Max Ernst max.E.- CD1 Germany 2000 Sell This Version
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Oral CDr06 . — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann & Markus Nikolai & Dominique Petitgand Thomas Brinkmann & Markus Nikolai & Dominique Petitgand - . (Album) Oral Oral CDr06 Canada 2002 Sell This Version
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max.E. CD 6, max.Ernst CD 6 トゥキヨゥ+1 = Tokyo+1 — Thomas Brinkmann Brinkmann* トゥキヨゥ+1 = Tokyo+1 ‎(CD, Album) Max Ernst, Max Ernst max.E. CD 6, max.Ernst CD 6 Germany 2004 Sell This Version
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max.E.19 Lucky Hands — Thomas Brinkmann Brinkmann* Lucky Hands (Album) Max Ernst max.E.19 Germany 2005 Sell This Version
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max.E. CD11, CD11 Klick Revolution — Thomas Brinkmann Brinkmann* Klick Revolution (Album) Max Ernst, Max Ernst max.E. CD11, CD11 Germany 2006 Sell This Version
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max.E. CD 16 When Horses Die ... — Thomas Brinkmann Brinkmann* When Horses Die ... ‎(CD, Album) Max Ernst max.E. CD 16 Germany 2008 Sell This Version
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bt06 The Mortimer Trap* — Thomas Brinkmann Ambarchi* & Brinkmann* Ambarchi* & Brinkmann* - The Mortimer Trap* ‎(CD) Black Truffle bt06 Australia 2012 Sell This Version
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EMEGO 204 What You Hear (Is What You Hear) — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann What You Hear (Is What You Hear) (Album) Editions Mego EMEGO 204 Austria 2015 Sell This Version
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EMEGO 224 A 1000 Keys — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann A 1000 Keys (Album) Editions Mego EMEGO 224 Austria 2016 Sell This Version
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fr4/5 A Certain Degree Of Stasis — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann A Certain Degree Of Stasis ‎(2xCD, Ltd) Frozen Reeds fr4/5 Finland 2016 Sell This Version
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EMEGO 252 Raupenbahn — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Raupenbahn (Album) Editions Mego EMEGO 252 Austria 2019 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
PROFAN 019 Studio 1 - Variationen 2 — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Studio 1 - Variationen 2 ‎(12") Profan PROFAN 019 Germany 1997 Sell This Version
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PROFAN 018 Studio 1 - Variationen — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Studio 1 - Variationen ‎(12") Profan PROFAN 018 Germany 1997 Sell This Version
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max.3 Ekkehart / Friedrich — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Ekkehart / Friedrich Max max.3 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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ERNST 03 Erika / Frauke — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Erika / Frauke Ernst ERNST 03 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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ERNST 01 Anna / Beate — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Anna / Beate Ernst ERNST 01 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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ERNST 02 Clara / Doris — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Clara / Doris Ernst ERNST 02 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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max.E.1 Max.Ernst & Freunde — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Max.Ernst & Freunde Max Ernst max.E.1 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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ERNST 04 Gisela / Heidi — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Gisela / Heidi Ernst ERNST 04 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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max.1 Axel / Bernd — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Axel / Bernd Max max.1 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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ERNST 05 Inge / Jutta — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Inge / Jutta ‎(12") Ernst ERNST 05 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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Supposé X100 X100 — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann X100 ‎(12", Ltd) Supposé Supposé X100 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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ERNST 8 Olga / Petra — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Olga / Petra Ernst ERNST 8 Germany 1999 Sell This Version
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ERNST 07 Monika / Nicola — Thomas Brinkmann Thomas Brinkmann Monika / Nicola Ernst ERNST 07 Germany 1999 Sell This Version

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boombipbass

boombipbass

June 5, 2021
brinkmann, my mann! i love this G damn i wish i would have him on board on my label
pberdecio

pberdecio

January 8, 2003
Brinkmann's music is deceptively simple, but stunningly innovative. He takes a basic foundation of minimal techno and raw, vintage track house, and adds elements of his elemental razor-scratched vinyl loops. These provide a subtly irregular element that can seem to drift from the beat, but don't-it's hard to explain....
This guy is definitely from the less-is-more school, and as someone who struggles with excess clutter when making tracks, I can certainly appreciate this. From moody minimal techno (best displayed on the "Row" comp.), to Soul Center's quirkily choppy deep house, to the vinyl scratch loop experiments compiled on "Klick", Brinkmann has carved out a personal niche that manages to resonate with various subsectors of the underground.

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