Werkraum Explained

Werkraum
Background:group_or_band
Label:Cold Spring Records (UK)
Ahnstern/Steinklang (A)
Bucranion (D)
Years Active:1999 - present
Current Members:Axel Frank

Werkraum is the creative music works of German musician Axel Frank.

Overview

Frank released material on CDRs and multiple compilations in the late 1990s and early 2000s until debuting with a full-length LP on Cold Spring Records in 2004. In 2005 the release Kristalle, Werkraum's second album followed. With Early love Music in 2008, Werkraum receive a more and more worldwide recognition.

Frank was a member of the band Sturmpercht, where he played under the pseudonym Hanns Aufschring, while his work for live sessions and for studio- and mastering engineering continued. New and more progressive works for Werkraum were announced for 2009 and 2010. He's still active under different monikers in the electronic music scene and works as producer.

References

Discography

Albums and EPs

YearTitleFormat, special notes
1999Werkraum ICDR, Bucranion.
2000Werkraum IICDR, Bucranion.
2004Unsere Feuer brennen!Debut album, CD, Cold Spring.
2005KristalleSecond album, CD, collaboration with Changes (band) Ahnstern/Steinklang.
2008Early Love Music3rd album, CD, collaboration with Changes (band) Ahnstern/Steinklang.
2009Unsere Feuer brennen!Re-issue, CD, Cold Spring.

Compilations (selection)

YearTitleFormat, Special Notes
2000From Nowhere To NothingLP, Thaglasz.
2000Death In JuneTribute to Death In June, book + CD, Thaglasz.
2001Za Dom SpremniLP, Thaglasz.
2001Notre Domicile Est L'Europebook + 4 CDs, Thaglasz.
2002Der WaldgängerDLP, Thaglasz.
2002Security of Ignorance10 LP box, Thaglasz.
2003Thagalasz 610" + book, Thaglasz.
2003Tonwerk Flammenzauber ICD, Eternal Soul/Bucranion.
2003In Stahlgewittern II5 LP box, Steinklang.
2003Wir rufen deine WölfeCD/LP, Aorta/Ahnstern.
2004V.A. Eternal SoulLP box, Eternal Soul.
2004Tonwerk Flammenzauber IICD, Eternal Soul.
2005Perversion Vol. 14Disc packaged with volume 14 of the Italian Ritual Magazine.
2005Mia RunaDCD, Steinklang.
2005Orkus 15Disc packaged with volume 15 of the German Orkus Magazine.
2005Looking For EuropeAlong with the book with the same name, featuring relevant folk and neofolk artists. 4 CDs in a box, Prophecy/Auerbach.
2006SwarmLabel compilation, DCD feat. "La lutte des jeunes", an exclusive and previously unreleased track by Werkraum in the original line-up from 1996, Cold Spring.
2007V/A - Steinklang Industries II 2-CDLabel compilation, DCD, Steinklang.
2008V/A - Steinklang Industries III CDLabel compilation, CD, Steinklang.
2008V/A - Wilde Jaeger 2CDCompilation, 2CD, Steinklang.
2008V/A - Orkus Compilation 41 CDDisc packaged with volume 41 of the German Orkus Magazine.
2008V/A - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 1 - Cosmic Space Music 2CDCompilation, collected and edited by The Future Sound of London, 2CD, Platipus.
2009V/A - Pagan Folk Und Apocalyptic Psychedelia CDCompilation, CD, Ahnstern/Steinklang

External links

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Interviews

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