POPNONAME is the artistname of Jens-Uwe Beyer (* 1978 on Fehmarn). Now he lives in Cologne.

Apart from his regular releases on KOMPAKT’s Pop Ambient series, he has had a number of 12″ on the Cologne-based labels FIRM and ITALIC. His debut album WHITE ALBUM (Italic) was released in 2007, and got loads of positive reviews from the German and international press. 2008 his second album SURROUNDED BY WEATHER (Italic) opened the doors to a bigger audience. He released his HELLO GORGEOUS Maxi on KOMPAKT POP in 2010 – remixed by Terranova, HELLO GORGEOUS was part of Kompakts Co-Founder Michael Mayer`s IMMER 3 Mix-CD and you can also find the Original on the TOTAL 11 Compilation. Currently he is working on his 3rd Album.

Concerts

JENS-UWE BEYER can already look back on a number of live performances, e.g.: Monterrey (Mexico, Aura Club), Thessaloniki (Liebe.!),Bogota (Columbia, Downtown
727) Porto (Passos Manuell), Amsterdam (Paradiso), Vienna (Icke Micke), Moscow (Solyanka,
Propagada), Georgia (Batumi, Bamba Rooms), Hamburg (Übel & Gefährlich), Berlin (Panorama Bar),
New York (Bunker), Cambridge (Middlesex Lounge), Sydney (Deep as Funk), Tokio (Seco) and London
(The End), Playa del Carmen (La Santanera), Brno, Kopenhavn, Lissabon, Coimbra, Rotterdam,
Philadelphia, Mexico City, Köln, Leipzig, Puebla, Guadalajara, Paris, Marseille, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Lausanne, Basel, Bern and Bielefeld…
Cooperations

He is working with a lot of musicians such as Jaki Liebezeit and the Drums off Chaos, Isis Zerlett, Bertil Mark (Gentlemen, Thomas D), Jan Philipp Janzen (Von Spar), Michaela Dippel (Ada), Tasso Treis (Okinava 69),
Dirk Rauscher, Kjell Rijntjes (Bruno Tait) Jonathan Hähn (Taib), Volker Pannes (DeePulse), Axel Willner (The Field), Jörg Burger (The Modernist), John Stanier (Battles),
Daniel Ansorge (Barnt),John Harten (Crato, Public Folder), Michael Heydebreck, Burkhard Mönnich, Rick E. Loef, Sebastian Weber, Peter Güllenstern, Jürgen Stollhans,
Sebastian Blume, Christian S, Daniela Görgens, Jan Höhe, Andrew Bikichky, Christian v. Treskow…

He is Co-Founder of the Label MAGAZINE, on which he releases his innovative musical ideas under his real Name. Listen to COLOGNE TAPE or DRUMS OFF CHAOS & JENS-UWE BEYER.

Together with the artist duo Graw Böckler (Raum für Projektion) he is presenting the video series UNAUTHORIZED COMMERCIALS on DVD, as well as in live performances. You can find the short films here.

Discography

* Piece (12″) Firm 2005
* You Are Popnoname (12″) Italic 2006
* I Want You For Popnoname (12″) Firm 2006
* Credits (12″) Italic 2006
* London Paris New York (12″) Italic 2007
* White Album (CD,2xLP, Album) Italic 2007
* Surrounded by Weather (CD,LP, ALBUM) Italic 2008
* Surrounded by Weather REMIX 1 (12″) Italic 2009
* Surrounded by Weather Bonus Ep (12″) Italic 2009
* Spaces (12″) POP! 2010
* Surrounded by Mars (REMIX ALBUM) Japan Only 2010
* Hello Gorgeous (12″) Kompakt Pop 2010
* Drums off Chaos & Jens-Uwe Beyer (CD,LP) Magazine 2011 as JENS-UWE BEYER

Popnoname appears on:

* Pop Ambient 2005 (CD,LP) Gold Kompakt 2004
* Pop Ambient 2006 (CD,LP) Wandel Kompakt 2005
* Pop Ambient 2007 (CD,LP) Hafen Kompakt 2006
* Pop Ambient 2008 (CD,LP) Fembria Kompakt 2007
* Pop Ambient 2009 (CD,LP) Nightliner Kompakt 2009
* Pop Ambient 2010 (CD,LP) Deutz Air Kompakt 2010
* Total 11 (CD) Hello Gorgeous Kompakt 2010
* Pop Ambient 2011 (CD,LP) Volax Kompakt 2011 as JENS-UWE BEYER
* Pop Ambient 2012 (CD,LP) The Visitor’s Bureau (Magazine Edit) Kompakt 2011 as MAGAZINE

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