Mirko Uhlig

Ambient / Experimental

Bonn/Germany

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About

Sanddorn

Mirko Uhlig (*1981 in Aachen, Germany) is a German musician and producer in the contemporary field of drone and minimal ambient music and co-founder of Ex Ovo Records.

He first appeared with surreal sound collages and musique concrète-techniques under the moniker Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf (catching eels with a horse's head) around 2004. After releasing four albums and some EPs (on Aal, Einzeleinheit, Taalem, Mystery Sea and Drone Records) Uhlig decided to release his now much more minimalistic and serene works under a less delusive name.

Uhlig's music is inspired by pioneers of drone and minimalistic music such as La Monte Young, early Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, David Lynch, William Basinski and current Hafler Trio; echoing the blurred distance of a late Turner image.

"Uhlig plays a form of drone music that is highly refreshing. He creates something that is beyond the ordinary! For me Mirko Uhlig is one of the better and unfortunately lesser known drone masters of Germany." (Vital Weekly)

"Uhlig is one of the few ones able to cut the oneiric bliss of his creations right in the moment of maximum ecstasy." (Touching Extremes)

Beside various field recordings, the wooden sounds of an old acoustic six-string, a battered accordion and an original Indian shruti-box build the acoustic sources for the process of composing and letting go.

Mirko Uhlig currently lives in Bonn, Germany.

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Mar 15, 2009

Announcement for new 7" with N: "Sanddorn" (May 2009)

Sanddunes and sea buckthorn.
At the moment Mirko Uhlig and N are setting off together for the field trip.
First contact came about some initially anonymous disptach-coincidence at the end of 2006.
But before the grapes of (factual) collaboration get thrown under the …

Press release for "Supper"

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Horizon's old clouds! This is what I call a conceptual reference album. Not that it puts up any standards in some sort or being a reference for whatever or whoever, no - it simply deals with references of my listening past/present.

"Supper" can be seen (and maybe …

Recent reviews of "Supper"

By Unruhr (www.unruhr.de)
cover: im besten fall warnen die ja schon mal vor, was da drin ist. manchmal wirklich aus sich heraus, manchmal nur, weil mann / frau die band kennt und einordnen kann, was das jetzt soll.

dieses hier, grafisch schon was obskur, schickt …