Thomas Knak
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Thomas Knak is a Danish electronic musician
, producer
, film composer and DJ. He lives and works in Copenhagen
, Denmark
. Jack of all trades, he makes music for commercial (companies such as Nike
), for various radio and TV programmes, for theatre plays, for choreography and films.
He started in 1999 under the name Opiate
with debut album called Objects for an Ideal Home.
He has worked with Alva Noto
and Björk
for her album Vespertine
.
Wrote and produced the music for the Danish feature films "Reconstruction
" which won two prizes at Cannes Film Festival
2003 and Allegro
all directed by Christoffer Boe
.
He organized and takes part in lots of electronic projects:
As a remixer he has collaborating with musicians and groups of wide spectrum of styles such as Bomb The Bass
, DJ 360°, Tied & Tickled Trio
, Björk
, Giardini Di Mirò
, Efterklang
, Karsten Pflum, Under Byen
, Piano Magic
, etc.
He founded and runs his own label Hobby Industries where he records own releases and ones from such artists as Christoffer Brus, Goodiepal
, Manual
, Spinform and Lars Wass.
Electronic musician
An electronic musician is a musician who composes or plays music from synthetic sounds generated with synthesizers, samplers, drum machines or music sequencers....
, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, film composer and DJ. He lives and works in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Jack of all trades, he makes music for commercial (companies such as Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
), for various radio and TV programmes, for theatre plays, for choreography and films.
He started in 1999 under the name Opiate
Opiate
In medicine, the term opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant.-Overview:Opiates are so named because they are constituents or derivatives of constituents found in opium, which is processed from the latex sap of the opium poppy,...
with debut album called Objects for an Ideal Home.
He has worked with Alva Noto
Alva Noto
Alva Noto is a stage name of sound artist Carsten Nicolai who uses art and music as complementary tools to create microscopic views of creative processes. Another alias he uses is Noto...
and Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
for her album Vespertine
Vespertine
Vespertine, is the fifth studio album by the Icelandic recording artist Björk, released on 27 August 2001. On this album, Björk creates a quiet, introverted world of microbeats and personal lyrics...
.
Wrote and produced the music for the Danish feature films "Reconstruction
Reconstruction (2003 film)
Reconstruction is the psychological romantic drama film and the debut of Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Mogens Rukov...
" which won two prizes at Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
2003 and Allegro
Allegro (2005 film)
Allegro is a 2005 Danish film directed by Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Mikael Wulff. It is Christoffer Boe's second film as a director...
all directed by Christoffer Boe
Christoffer Boe
Christoffer Boe is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián International Film Festival and Golden Camera at Cannes Film...
.
He organized and takes part in lots of electronic projects:
- James Bong with Morten Remmer
- Opto with Alva NotoAlva NotoAlva Noto is a stage name of sound artist Carsten Nicolai who uses art and music as complementary tools to create microscopic views of creative processes. Another alias he uses is Noto...
- Future 3Future 3Future 3 is a Danish ambient music trio, consisting of Anders Remmer, Thomas Knak and Jesper Skaaning. Their music is, like many other Scandinavian ambient artists such as Biosphere, characterized by a cold and bright sound...
with Jesper SkaaningJesper SkaaningJesper Skaaning is a Danish electronic musician, producer and film composer.He started his career as a guitarist in various experimental punk bands in the early 1980s and was inspired by European electropop and early electronic Music, especially by Kraftwerk...
and Anders RemmerAnders RemmerAnders Remmer is a Danish electronic musician, producer and film composer. He was born and raised in Denmark.Now he is one of the key figures in the electronic community of Copenhagen... - People Press Play with Anders RemmerAnders RemmerAnders Remmer is a Danish electronic musician, producer and film composer. He was born and raised in Denmark.Now he is one of the key figures in the electronic community of Copenhagen...
, Jesper SkaaningJesper SkaaningJesper Skaaning is a Danish electronic musician, producer and film composer.He started his career as a guitarist in various experimental punk bands in the early 1980s and was inspired by European electropop and early electronic Music, especially by Kraftwerk...
and Sara Savery
As a remixer he has collaborating with musicians and groups of wide spectrum of styles such as Bomb The Bass
Bomb the Bass
Bomb the Bass is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and producer, Tim Simenon. The band, which has evolved its style over the years, has been classed as electronic or dance....
, DJ 360°, Tied & Tickled Trio
Tied & Tickled Trio
Tied & Tickled Trio is a German electronica/dub/jazz musical collective. It was founded in 1994 by Markus Acher and Christoph Brandner in Weilheim, Bavaria as a polyrythmic duo playing drums only. After the joining of sculptor Andreas Gerth and Markus' brother Micha , the core of "Tied & Tickled...
, Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
, Giardini Di Mirò
Giardini di Mirò
Giardini di Mirò is a post-rock unit based in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The group formed in 1998, and its members include Jukka Reverberi, Lorenzo Lanzi, Mirko Venturelli, Luca Di Mira, and Corrado Nuccini...
, Efterklang
Efterklang
Efterklang is an indie rock group from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in December 2000. To date, the band has released three studio albums and are currently signed to the 4AD label, as well as their own record label Rumraket.-History:...
, Karsten Pflum, Under Byen
Under byen
' is a Danish band founded in 1995 mainly by Katrine Stochholm and Henriette Sennenvaldt. is known for producing their own unorthodox interpretation of rock. They rarely use guitars. Instead their soundscape is dominated by piano, cello, violin, electrically distorted saw, organ, drums and...
, Piano Magic
Piano Magic
Piano Magic is a musical collective formed in the summer of 1996 by Glen Johnson, Dominic Chennell, and Dick Rance in London, England. Their sound has been described as ambient pop, post-rock, indietronica, coldwave, dark wave and ghostrock...
, etc.
He founded and runs his own label Hobby Industries where he records own releases and ones from such artists as Christoffer Brus, Goodiepal
Goodiepal
Goodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose real name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a controversial Danish/Faroese musician/composer wanted by the Danish police authorities for an unsolved theft from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus...
, Manual
Manual (band)
Manual is the performing name of electronic musician, Jonas Munk, from Odense, Denmark. Manual's music is considered to be in the styles of ambient dream pop and indietronica. His sound tends to contain a mix of software synthesizers, guitars , and various digital signal processing effects...
, Spinform and Lars Wass.
Discography
- Objects for an Ideal Home (1999, April RecordsApril RecordsApril Records is a Danish record label specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop....
/Hobby Industries) - Dub Tractor/Thomas Knak Split EP (2001, City Centre OfficesCity Centre OfficesCity Centre Offices is a record label based in Manchester, England, with an affiliate in Berlin, Germany. The label, founded in 1998 by Shlom Sviri and de:bug magazine writer Thaddi Herrmann, has released music from several notable acts, including Arovane, Boy Robot, Marsen Jules, Christian Kleine,...
) - Dub Tractor/Thomas Knak Split EP (2001, GoodiepalGoodiepalGoodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose real name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a controversial Danish/Faroese musician/composer wanted by the Danish police authorities for an unsolved theft from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus...
) - Opto Files (2001, Raster-Norton)
- While You Were Sleeping (2002, April Records)
- Sometimes (2003, Morr MusicMorr MusicMorr Music is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1999 by Thomas Morr. Most artists on the label fall into the categories of intelligent dance music, electronica and dreampop, but all reflect Thomas Morr's personal taste...
)
Composer
- ReconstructionReconstruction (2003 film)Reconstruction is the psychological romantic drama film and the debut of Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Mogens Rukov...
(2003) - drama movie by Christoffer BoeChristoffer BoeChristoffer Boe is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián International Film Festival and Golden Camera at Cannes Film... - AllegroAllegro (2005 film)Allegro is a 2005 Danish film directed by Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Mikael Wulff. It is Christoffer Boe's second film as a director...
(2005) - drama movie by Christoffer BoeChristoffer BoeChristoffer Boe is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián International Film Festival and Golden Camera at Cannes Film... - Enemies of HappinessEnemies of HappinessEnemies of Happiness is a 2006 documentary about the controversial Afghan politician and member of the Afghan Parliament Malalai Joya filmed by Danish director Eva Mulvad....
(2006) - documentary by Eva MulvadEva MulvadEva Mulvad is a Danish documentaries film director. She graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2001. Eva is a director of documentaries for DR TV since 1997.... - A Woman Among Warlords (2008) - documentary by Eva MulvadEva MulvadEva Mulvad is a Danish documentaries film director. She graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2001. Eva is a director of documentaries for DR TV since 1997....