Rick Strom is a Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

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 based electronic music

Music

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 producer

Record producer

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Rick Strom was, shortly, signed to the Water Music Records/Universal label in 2001, but his album Flow was subsequently released as a free MP3 release via the Glowdot label and Soulseek Records

Soulseek Records

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. Notable collaborations include Julee Cruise

Julee Cruise

Julee Cruise is an American singer, and actress.With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S. television series Twin Peaks...

 (David Lynch

David Lynch

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/Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

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) and Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski is a German-born American-based actress who has appeared in more than 60 films. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of the title character in Tess and her roles in two erotic films , as well as parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move; Paris,...

 (daughter of Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski , was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God , Nosferatu the Vampyre , Woyzeck , Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde .-Early...

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Strom is probably best known for his more mainstream collaborations with other artists, as his solo work is fairly experimental. Notable collaborations and remixes have been done for and with Nastassja Kinski, Julee Cruise, Chuck D (of Public Enemy), and others.

Appears On

• "N" on Chilled Grooves (2003)
• "Je Taime" on I Love Paris: The Fashion Chillout Lounge Collection (2003)
• "Maybe I Should" on Ultimate Chill Out (2003)
• "Cold" on ID Models - Fashion Lounge (2003)
• "Moments in Love" on Purified: The Liquid Lounge Chillout Series Vol. 1 (2003)
• "Close to the Limit" on This Is Dance! (2003)
• "Population 1" on Cafe Electronica (2003)
• "Maybe I Should" on Chilled Sirens (import) (2004)
• 'Maybe I Should' on Global Chilled Volume 1 (2003)
• "Requiem" on Global Chilled Volume 2 (2003)
• "Maybe I Should" on Velvet Lounge (dvd) (2003)

Guest produced on

• Julee Cruise
  Julee Cruise
  Julee Cruise is an American singer, and actress.With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S. television series Twin Peaks...
  
   The Art of Being a Girl
  The Art of Being a Girl
  The Art of Being a Girl is the third album by Julee Cruise and was released in 2003. Released ten years after her previous album, Cruise departs from the dream pop-laden sound of her first two releases for a more jazz and electronica sound....
  
  (2003)
• Nastassja Kinski
  Nastassja Kinski
  Nastassja Kinski is a German-born American-based actress who has appeared in more than 60 films. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of the title character in Tess and her roles in two erotic films , as well as parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move; Paris,...
  
  Close to the Limit