Bochum Welt is the stage name of Gianluigi Di Costanzo, an electronic musician. The name Bochum Welt is a combination of the German word for "world" ("welt") and the name of a high-powered astral telescope.
Di Constanzo has released numerous records on established record label

Record label

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s. His first single for Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin

Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...

's Rephlex label, 1994's Scharlach Eingang, published by Warner/Chappell Music

Warner/Chappell Music

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, was sufficiently accomplished that the British music magazine NME

NME

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 ran an article claiming that Bochum Welt was another of Aphex Twin's myriad alter egos.

Di Costanzo's debut album on Sony Music Japan, "Module 2 / Desktop Robotics" collecting his first recordings, was followed by a double CD Rephlex release "Robotic Operating Buddy", nominated in 2009 as a top 15 electronica album by British music magazine The Wire

The Wire (magazine)

The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...

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In addition to releasing his own music, Di Costanzo has worked with Thomas Dolby

Thomas Dolby

Thomas Dolby is an English musician and producer. Best known for his 1982 hit "She Blinded Me with Science", and 1984 single "Hyperactive!", he has also worked extensively in production and as a session musician.-Early life:Dolby was born in London, England, contrary to information in early 1980s...

's Headspace and Beatnik Inc., the Hollywood companies that completed multimedia productions for Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

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, David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

and others.