Empath, aka mike erkau, has been part of electronic music since
1993 and he started releasing his own work on cdrs in 1999.
shortly after he began to do remixes for other artists and won
the 2004 congress of media award in the audio category. the
award was for his remix of 'no protection' (originally by utr).
four years later he turned the tables by releasing the 'second
earth remix project' which included remixes of his work by ab
ovo, def, fractional, heimstatt yipotash, sunao inami and
others. at the same time as an media engineer and tutor, mike
was able to acquire advanced technical skills in video
technology.
His live appearances are always combined with a video
performance which is strictly balanced to the tracks (a good
example is consider:noize and elektroanschlag). since 2005 he
has been working as a video composer and vj for xabec (aka
manuel g. richter; who also mastered the_empath's first album on
hymen records: meanwhile). this album was recorded over the last
five years and demonstrates the_empath's current state.
The music was not created to exist in an isolated artistic
vacuum - each track was made as a result of specific thoughts,
meanings and impressions. this is not art for art's sake. a
sampling of items that made this album possible: technology
turning from today's state-of-the-art to tomorrow's future space
junk, arbitrary anxiety of imperfectness, burdens of the past
which are only visible to adepts, an imaginary image of ultima
thule (a place located beyond the borders of the known world), a
score to fictitious thriller. however this is just sampling of
what meanwhile is about. the_empath's music ranges between
ambient and electronica with organic industrial audio
components. a stimulating flow of imaginative soundscapes,
complex rhythmic textures, mixtures of experimental electronics,
field recordings and ground loops. crystal clear tones meet
thrilling low frequencies that are mastered with an impressive
amount of dynamics. the result of this electronic crucible is a
powerful mind infiltrating compound - devotees of intelligent
electronics will be reminded (in concept - this is not a
derivative work) of early autechre, beefcake and gridlock. in
short, fans of good music will take a shine to mike erkau's
work. enjoy!
Tracklist:
1 At The Heart Of It All 5:06
2 Future Space Junk 4:07
3 Imperfectness 5:29
4 Burden Of The Past 5:32
5 Ultima Thule 5:10
6 Planetarium 6:46
7 Silberstreif 5:05
8 No Need To Be Famous 5:05
9 Zeitblase 5:27
10 Meanwhile 6:02
11 Serenity 6:00
12 Waldmensch 9:02
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