Biography

Level π is the German musician Uwe Cremer (born January 13, 1965), whose musical style is in the context of Krautrock

Krautrock

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

 but includes elements of Electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 and Experimental music

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

.

Level π 's first album "Entrance" was published in 2006 under the Garden of Delights label. His second album "Electronic Sheep" appeared on Musea

Musea

Musea Records is a non-profit [for the label's bands] musician-owned French record label dedicated to progressive rock. It was founded in 1985 by Bernard Gueffier and Francis Grosse, along with a small team of friends - Daniel Adt, Alain Juliac, Alain Robert, Thierry Sportouche, Jean-Claude...

 in 2009. His compositions have been compared by various reviewers to work from Klaus Schulze

Klaus Schulze

Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.-1970s:In...

, Ash Ra Temple  and to Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

  among others.

He guested on solo guitar on the title track of Computerchemist

Computerchemist

computerchemist is the ongoing solo project of Dave Pearson, , an English musician who lives in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, after moving from the UK in 2008.-Biography:...

's fourth album Aqual Measure in 2009.

Uwe Cremer grew up in Iserlohn

Iserlohn

Iserlohn is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region.-Geography:...

 and was introduced to Krautrock and electronic music at the age of nine by Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...

's Autobahn

Autobahn (album)

Autobahn is the fourth studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released in November 1974. The 22-minute title track "Autobahn" was edited to about 3 minutes for single release and reached number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and performed even higher around Europe, including...

 and Comet Melody 2

Comet Melody 2

"Comet Melody 2" is a song by German electronic music group Kraftwerk, released as the second single from their fourth studio album Autobahn.-Track listing:German 7" single...

. Further important genres which influenced his musical style are Progressive Rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 and also Heavy Metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

. At the age of 13, he got his first acoustic guitar and at the age of 23 his first electrical guitar. His first keyboard was a Yamaha PSR SQ 16 in 1998. With the computer as a multi-channel sound recording station, he recorded his first album "Entrance" in 2005. Since 1996, Uwe Cremer lives in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

, Germany.

Studio albums

• 2006 Entrance (Garden of Delights 2006, CD126)
• 2009 Electronic Sheep (Musea 2009, DR 8464)

Guest Appearances

• 2009 computerchemist:aqual measure (terrainflight TF004)

Compilations

• Psychedelic Underground Vol 13, GOD 130, Hubbles Dream - Dream without End
• MyOuterSpace Vol 5, Pferdekopfnebel (http://www.myouterspace.net/)
• Schallplatte 12 (Schallwende), Kiso Valley (http://www.csaconnect.com/schallwen.de/)

External links

• Official Web Page level-pi.de