Comments on: Pete Namlook, FAX label founder and ambient pioneer, RIP http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: blindidiotgod http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html#comment-1587232 blindidiotgod Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195022#comment-1587232 :-O I had just been listening to the Fires of Ork! Appreciated, and will always appreciate, so many great, seminal works from the FAX label during it's heyday, and all it has influenced years after. Namlook may be gone but, has certainly left his mark. RIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y0Sl3WAaHY&feature=related :-O I had just been listening to the Fires of Ork! Appreciated, and will always appreciate, so many great, seminal works from the FAX label during it’s heyday, and all it has influenced years after. Namlook may be gone but, has certainly left his mark. RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y0Sl3WAaHY&feature=related

]]> By: McDrunk http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html#comment-1586857 McDrunk Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195022#comment-1586857 Damn, I just listened to his Season's Greetings "Winter" just the other day. Damn, I just listened to his Season’s Greetings “Winter” just the other day.

]]> By: Drabula http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html#comment-1586474 Drabula Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195022#comment-1586474 worst musical news of the year. RIP. worst musical news of the year. RIP.

]]> By: drew froning http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html#comment-1586470 drew froning Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195022#comment-1586470 thanks for the links to the documentary. thanks for the links to the documentary.

]]> By: paulj http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html#comment-1586456 paulj Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195022#comment-1586456 This is sad news. His catalog was a big part of the emusic ambient/electronic collection, and I downloaded a lot of it. He provided the soundtrack to many hours of my life. This is sad news. His catalog was a big part of the emusic ambient/electronic collection, and I downloaded a lot of it. He provided the soundtrack to many hours of my life.

]]> By: Andy Rubio http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html#comment-1586407 Andy Rubio Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195022#comment-1586407 F***ing shame, I love his CDs. Do we yet know how / why he died? F***ing shame, I love his CDs. Do we yet know how / why he died?

]]> By: Alex http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html#comment-1586394 Alex Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195022#comment-1586394 Namlook made freaking neat noise. Very sad to see him go so abruptly.  Namlook made freaking neat noise. Very sad to see him go so abruptly. 

]]> By: mrtut http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/pete-namlook-fax-label-founde.html#comment-1586350 mrtut Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195022#comment-1586350 Aah yet another youth memory tainted! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnsWHvd0RMo&feature=related Anyhow, is this still listened to? From Resident Advisor:  Kuhlmann's daughter Fabia released this brief statement to RA earlier today: "It is with much grief that we announce the passing of Peter Kuhlmann, AKA Pete Namlook. We are still shocked and are working on an official announcement that will follow soon to bring clarity to our minds. As word spreads on the internet more and more we just want to make clear that he died peacefully from as yet unspecified causes on 8th November 2012. We will announce more details as and when they surface." - http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=18224 Aah yet another youth memory tainted!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnsWHvd0RMo&feature=related

Anyhow, is this still listened to?

From Resident Advisor: 
Kuhlmann’s daughter Fabia released this brief statement to RA earlier today: “It is with much grief that we announce the passing of Peter Kuhlmann, AKA Pete Namlook. We are still shocked and are working on an official announcement that will follow soon to bring clarity to our minds. As word spreads on the internet more and more we just want to make clear that he died peacefully from as yet unspecified causes on 8th November 2012. We will announce more details as and when they surface.” - http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=18224

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