POPNONAME is the artistname of Jens-Uwe Beyer (* 1978 on Fehmarn

Fehmarn

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).
Now he lives in Cologne.

Apart from his regular releases on KOMPAKT

Kompakt

Kompakt is a Cologne-based electronic music record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known for their Total compilation series which reached its eleventh installment in 2010.Kompakt...

's Pop Ambient series, he has had a
number of 12" on Cologne-based labels, among others FIRM

Firm

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 and ITALIC

Italic

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.
His debut album WHITE ALBUM (ITALIC) was released in 2007, and got loads of
positive reviews from the German and international press.
Currently being released is his new album SURROUNDED BY WEATHER ITALIC

Italic

Italic may refer to:* Anything of or relating to Italy** Anything of, or relating to, the Italian Peninsula*** Ancient Italic peoples, Italic-language speaking people of ancient Italy*** Italic languages, an Indo-European language family...

.
He recently did two remixes for the German band "Klee" (Universal) following a couple
of remixes and releases on different labels.

Concerts

JENS-UWE BEYER can already look back on a number of live performances, e.g.:
Monterrey (Mexico, Aura Club), Thessaloniki (Liebe.!), Porto (Passos Manuell),
Amsterdam (Paradiso), Vienna (Icke Micke), Moscow (Solyanka, Propaganda), Hamburg (Übel &
Gefährlich), Berlin (Panorama Bar), New York (Bunker), Cambridge (Middlesex
Lounge), Tokio (Seco) and London (The End).

Cooperations

He is working with a lot of musicians such as Jan Philipp Janzen (Von Spar), Michaela
Dippel (Ada), Volker Pannes (DeePulse), Axel Willner (The Field), and Jörg Burger (The
Modernist), as well as artists like John Harten (Public Folder), the fashion designer
Daniela Görgens (Little Red Riding Hood), Christian Schäfer (C/O Pop), Jürgen Stollhans
(Dokumenta), and the theater director Christian v. Treskow (Wuppertal).

Together with the artist duo Graw Böckler (Raum für Projektion) he is presenting
the video series UNAUTHORIZED COMMERCIALS as a live performance.
The short films are released weekly from 11.11.08 until 21.04.09 via internet.

Discography

• Piece (12") Firm 2005
• You Are Popnoname (12") Italic 2006
• I Want You For Popnoname (12") Firm 2006
• Credits (12") Italic 2006
• London Paris New York (12") Italic 2007
• White Album (CD,2xLP, Album) Italic 2007
• Surrounded by Weather (CD,LP, ALBUM) Italic 2008
• Surrounded by Weather REMIX 1 (12") Italic 2008
• Surrounded by Weather Bonus Ep (12") Italic 2008
• Spaces (12") Pop! 2009
• Hello Gorgeous (12") Kompakt 2010

Popnoname appears on:

• Pop Ambient 2005 (CD,LP) Gold Kompakt 2004
• Pop Ambient 2006 (CD,LP) Wandel Kompakt 2005
• Pop Ambient 2007 (CD,LP) Hafen Kompakt 2006
• Pop Ambient 2008 (CD,LP) Fembria Kompakt 2007
• Pop Ambient 2009 (CD,LP) Nightliner Kompakt 2009
• Pop Ambient 2010 (CD,LP) Deutz Air Kompakt 2010