Asmus Tietchens

Asmus Tietchens (born 3 February 1947, Hamburg), who also records under the monikers Hematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of avant-garde music.

Tietchens became interested in experimental music and musique concrète as a child, and began recording sound experiments in 1965 with electronic musical instruments, synthesizers and tape loops. In the 1970s he met producer Okko Bekker, and the two formed a decades-long partnership. Peter Baumann (of Tangerine Dream) heard a recording of Tietchens' music and offered to produce an album; the result was Nachtstücke, Tietchens' 1980 offering on Sky Records. His early recordings feature more accessible synthesized music, but beginning with Formen Letzer Hausmusik, his 1984 release for Nurse With Wound's label United Dairies, he began moving toward more abstract sound collages. He has taught acoustics in Hamburg since 1990.

Discography

• 1978: 1. Liliental (with Liliental)
• 1980: 2. Nachtstücke
• 1981: 3. Biotop • 4. Musik aus der Grauzone
• 1982: 5. Spät-Europa • 6. In die Nacht • 7. Musik im Schatten • 8. Musik an der Grenze
• 1983: 9. Litia • 10. Musik unter Tage
• 1984: 11. Formen letzter Hausmusik
• 1985: 12. Seuchengebiete • 13. Cripple Story • 14. Große Statik (as Club of Rome)
• 1986: 15. Geboren um zu dienen • 16. Watching the Burning Bride (with Terry Burrows)
• 1987: 17. Zwingburgen des Hedonismus • 18. Notturno
• 1988: 19. Aus Freunde am Elend • 20. Face to Face, Vol. 1 (Split with Die Form) • 21. E (with Okko Bekker), first ed. with bonus-7" U • 22. Linea
• 1989: 23. Abfleischung • 24. Marches funébres
• 1990: 25. Stupor Mundi
• 1991: 26. Sinkende Schwimmer • 27. Grav (with PGR and Merzbow) • 28. Monoposto (with C.V. Liquidsky) • 29. Raum 318
• 1992: 30. Seuchengebiete 2 • 31. Daseinsverfehlung • 32. Five Manifestoes (with PBK)
• 1993: 33. Das Fest ist zu Ende. Aus • 34. DBL_FDBK (with Arcane Device)
• 1994: 35. Die Nacht aus Blei
• 1995: 36. Eisgang • 37. Asmus Tietchens. Vidna Obmana (with Vidna Obmana) • 38. Itineraire (with Frans de Waard, Achim Wollscheid, Giancarlo Toniutti and Bernhard Günter)
• 1996: 39. Ptomaine • 40. Das Vieh und sein Vater • 41. Speiseleitung (with Arcane Device) • 42. Rattenheu • 43. Papier ist geduldig
• 1997: 44. Dämmerattacke
• 1998: 45. Seuchengebiete 3 • 46. Burning the Watching Bride (with Terry Burrows) • 47. Repetitive Movement (with Achim Wollscheid) • 48. Musik aus dem Aroma Club (as Hematic Sunsets)
• 1999: 49. Glimmen • 50. Motives for Recycling (with Vidna Obmana) • 51. 6.9.1998 • 52. Stockholmer Totentanz (with Okko Bekker) • 53. Was bleibt • 54. Phosphor • 55. Von Mund zu Mund 1 • 56. Untitled (Split with Robert Rutman)
• 2000: 57. Rendezvouz im Aroma Club (as Hematic Sunsets) • 58. Von Mund zu Mund 2 • 59. Alpha-Menge • 60. Von Mund zu Mund 3 • 61. Kapotte Muziek by Asmus Tietchens • 62. The Scorpions. Studio-Outtakes 1–6, 7–15 (Split with Felix Kubin)
• 2001: 63. Kontakt der Jünglinge 1 (with Thomas Köner) • 64. Beta-Menge • 65. Flussdichte (with David Lee Myers) • 66. Kontakt der Jünglinge 0 (with Thomas Köner)
• 2002: 67. The Shifts Recyclings (with Vidna Obmana) • 68. Gamma-Menge • 69. Leuchtidioten • 70. Kontakt der Jünglinge -1 (with Thomas Köner)
• 2003: 71. Sieben Stücke (with Jon Mueller) • 72. Heidelberger Studien 1–6 • 73. Kontakt der Jünglinge n (with Thomas Köner) • 74. Delta-Menge • 75. Hunde I (with Xyramat and TBC) • 76. FT+
• 2004: 77. Frühruin (with Thomas Köner) • 78. 60:00 (with David Lee Myers) • 79. Zu Gast im Aromaclub (as Hematic Sunsets, with Gästen) • 80. Hunde II (with Jetzmann and TBC) • 81. Weihnachten im Aroma Club (as Hematic Sunsets, with Okko Bekker) • 82. Eine ganze Menge
• 2005: 83. Epsilon-Menge
• 2006: 84. Verstreutes 2 • 84a. Zwei Stücke • 85. Zeta-Menge
• 2007: 86. 4K7 • 86a. Musik hinter Glas • 87. Fabrication (with Richard Chartier) • 87a. Prefabrication • 88. YAK (with Y-Ton-G und Kouhei Matsunaga) • 89. Weihnachten im Aroma Club 2007 (as Hematic Sunsets) • 90. Acht Stücke (with Jon Mueller) • 91. Eta-Menge
• 2008: 92. Teils Teils
• 2009: 93. Aroma Club Paradox (as Hematic Sunsets) • 94. Eine Menge Papier • 95. 3 Wishes (Split with Stefanie Ressin) • 96. Flächen mit Figuren
• 2010: 97. Fabrication 2 (with Richard Chartier) • 98. Abraum

His work has also appeared on over 100 compilations.

External links

• Official Website
• Asmus Tietchens at Discogs
• Asmus Tietchens at Allmusic