Thomas Fehlmann remains as one of the most endearing and respected artists on Kompakt. He has inspired generations of fans and musicians over the course of his 30+ years career. From his early days as part of the legendary band Palais Schaumburg, and the pioneering Detroit/Berlin act 3MB (with Juan Atkins and Moritz Von Oswald), to his longstanding membership with The Orb, combined with his contributions as a solo artist to esteemed imprints R&S, Plug Research and Kompakt, his musical works have been prolific.

Gute Luft is the result of months of work scoring the hit German TV film 24H Berlin – the longest documentary film in history which featured 80 camera teams following the lives of Berliners over a 24 hour period. As he shared scoring duties with another musician (separately), a lot of his music ended up not making the final cut. Gute Luft is about re-tweaking and editing material from the countless hours of recording he had created. In a sense, Gute Luft is Fehlmann’s ideal soundtrack to the 24H Berlin documentary.

Fans shall rejoice as Thomas Fehlmann doesn’t veer far from his signature path of trailblazing the finer links of classic Detroit house and techno with the submerged beauty of Berlin dub. One will immediately recognize the classic scoring techniques Fehlmann brings to Gute Luft – various themes and sounds resonate in various forms and versions throughout the tracks. Fehlmann clearly succeeds in synergizing the best of the past 20 years of Berlin’s expansive history of electronic and dance music with Gute Luft. A recreational album in every way in which he hopes will make you “feel at peace with you and your environment, inspire you to lush, imaginative dinners, make babies, or just walk your own way with open eyes”.

Tracklist

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01. Alles, Immer
02. Falling Into Your Eyes
03. Wasser Im Fluss
04. Schwerelos
05. Speeding
06. In The Wind II
07. Soft Park
08. Permanent Touch
09. Von Oben
10. Fluss Im Wasser
11. Cityscape
12. Berliner Luftikus
13. Darkspark
14. Im Berblick
15. Scheiben