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Free improv and jazz clarinettist (born 1971 in Düsseldorf, Germany), based in Berlin and Rome.
Thieke is influenced by a broad range of musical directions including: improvised music, contemporary composed music, jazz, noise, as well as various streams of pop and rock music.
Thieke is currently involved in a number of active projects which focus on diverse and contrasting facets of his musical interest.

ALBA


Michael Thieke, Beat Keller
Last Breath's City Looks Kind Heart
2025, CD, Album, Ltd, Ftarri
Marina Džukljev + Michael Thieke
Motionless Pool
2024, 7xFile, FLAC, scatterArchive
Michael Thieke, Luigi Marino
Native Languages Of Nowhere
2022, Cass, Album, Emergent Idioms
Dörner* / Thieke* / Vorfeld* / Gordoa*
Planos
2020, 6xFile, FLAC, WildSonico
Michael Thieke & Emilio Gordoa
Warteland
2020, 3xFile, FLAC, Album, WildSonico
Ju Sei with Utah Kawasaki, Masahiko Okura, Michael Thieke
Live At Ftarri Festival 2015
2019
Biliana Voutchkova, Michael Thieke
Blurred Music
2018, 3xCD, Album, Elsewhere (3), ,
Contemporary
Ernesto Rodrigues, Michael Thieke, Guilherme Rodrigues
Prisma
2018, 3xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Ernesto Rodrigues Self-released)
Tim Daisy, Ken Vandermark, Michael Thieke
Triptych
2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Relay Recordings (3)
Voutchkova* / Thieke* / Carroll*
As Found
2017
Neumann* - Sehnaoui* - Thieke* - Vorfeld*
Nashaz
2016
Michael Thieke, Antonio Borghini, Håvard Wiik
Der Lange Schatten
2014, CD, Album, Lost Opportunities
Michael Thieke / Olivier Toulemonde / Lucio Capece / Jamie Drouin
Inframince / Immensity
2013, CD, Album, Another Timbre, ,
Free Improvisation/Abstract/Experimental
Michael Thieke, Guillermo Gregorio, Jim Baker, Michael Zerang
Sack Of Rice
2013, CDr, Album, Ltd, Peira
Biliana Voutchkova, Michael Thieke
Already There
2013, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Flexion Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Minimal
The Clarinet Trio : Jürgen Kupke, Gebhard Ullmann, Michael Thieke
4
2012, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Burkhard Beins, Michael Thieke, Luca Venitucci
Roman Tics
2008, CDr, Mini, Cathnor Recordings
Thieke* / Griener* / Weber*
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
2006, 7xFile, MP3, Ayler Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Michael Thieke
Leuchten
2005, CD, Album, Creative Sources
Ernesto Rodrigues, Michael Thieke, Guilherme Rodrigues, Carlos Santos
Kreis
2004, CD, Album, Ltd, Creative Sources
Michael Thieke, Olaf Rupp
Michael Thieke & Olaf Rupp
2003, CDr, Not On Label
Michael Thieke
Solo 06/02
2002, CDr, Not On Label (Michael Thieke Self-released)
The International Nothing
Just None Of Those Things
2022
The International Nothing
In Doubt We Trust
2018
The International Nothing
The Dark Side Of Success
2014, ,
Free Improvisation
Michael Thieke Unununium
Nachtlieder
2013, CD, Album, Ltd, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Experimental
The International Nothing
Less Action, Less Excitement, Less Everything
2010
The International Nothing
Mainstream
2006, CD, Album, Ftarri, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Sabina Meyer
Cruelly Coy
2005
The Clarinet Trio
Transformations And Further Passages
2022, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
The Pitch
KM28
2021, Cass, Ltd, Tripticks Tapes, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Experimental/Electroacoustic
Red List Ensemble
Scope
2020, CD, Album, Ltd, Creative Sources
The Pitch
s​/​t [κασέτα]
2018, Cass, Album, Ltd, Granny Records
Der lange Schatten
Concurrences
2018
Porta Chiusa
Because Life Should Be So Wonderful (I)
2016, CD, Album, Herbal International, ,
Contemporary
Motif
My Head Is Listening
2016, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
The International Nothing (... And Something)
The Power Of Negative Thinking
2016
The Pitch
Xenon/Argon
2015, LP, Gaffer Records
The Pitch
Frozen Orchestra (Amsterdam)
2015
Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band
Berlin New York - The End Of Dow Jones
2013, LP, Album, Jazzwerkstatt
Double Trio De Clarinettes
Itinéraire Bis
2013, CD, Album, Between The Lines, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Tá Lam 11
Mingus!
2011, CD, Album, Jazzwerkstatt
The Magic I.D.
I'm So Awake / Sleepless I Feel
2011
The Pitch
Transposition Zero
2010, LP, Gaffer Records
Hotelgäste
The Whispering Land
2009, LP, Album, Ltd, Not On Label
Dok Wallach
Live In Lisbon
2009, CD, Album, Jazzwerkstatt, Jazzwerkstatt
Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band
Suites
2008, CD, Album, Jazzwerkstatt, Jazzwerkstatt, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
The Magic I.D.
Till My Breath Gives Out
2008
Taunus
Harriet
2007, CD, Album, Ahornfelder
Michael Thieke Unununium
Where Shall I Fly Not To Be Sad, My Dear?
2005, CD, Album, Charhizma, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Hotelgäste
Flowers You Can Eat
2005, CD, Album, Schraum, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Nickendes Perlgras
Meat Hat
2005, CD, Album, Konnex Records
The Clarinet Trio
Ballads And Other Related Objects
2005, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Schwimmer
7X4X7
2004, CD, Album, Ltd, Creative Sources
Eric Schaefer & Demontage*
Eric Schaefer & Demontage
2002, CD, Album, Jazz Haus Musik
Eric Schaefer + Demontage
Eric Schaefer & Demontage
2002, CD, Album, Jazz Haus Musik
Nickendes Perlgras
Die Hintere Vase
2000, CD, Album, Jazz Haus Musik
Franz Bauer Quintet
Plüschtier
2000, CD, Album, Jazz Haus Musik
Eric Schaefer + Demontage
Cut + Paste Poetry
CD, Album, Schoener Hören Music

KOMPILACE +


Raed Yassin
Phantom Orchestra
2025, 2xLP, Album, Morphine Records, ,
Experimental/Electroacoustic/Free Improvisation/Avantgarde/Sound Collage
Splitter Orchester
Splitter Musik
2024, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, Hyperdelia, ,
Experimental/Electroacoustic/Field Recording/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Magda Mayas' Filamental
Ritual Mechanics
2024, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records
Mike Cooper
Black Flamingo
2023, CD, Album, Ltd, Room40
The Pitch
Pillars​/​Glissandi
2023, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Milesdavisquintetorchsetra!
Stretchin' with
2023, LP, Hector
Magda Mayas' Filamental
Confluence
2021, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records, ,
Experimental/Classical
Antonio Borghini, Alexis Baskind
When Will Never Meet
2021, CD, Umlaut Records, Topsi Series
Stefan Schönegg
Enso: Strukturen
2021, 10x File,
Různí
Affinités Sélectives Volume 2
2019, CDr, Album, Rhizome.s, ,
Contemporary
The Pitch (2) / Barbara Konrad, Klaus Lang
Affinités Sélectives Volume 2
2019, CDr, Album, Rhizome.s
The Pitch (2) & Splitter Orchester
Frozen Orchestra (Splitter)
2018, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings
Koenraad Ecker
A Biology Of Shadows
2018
Cyril Bondi & D'incise, The Pitch (2), Mike Majkowski
Mem, Aleph, Lassis Performed By The Pitch & Bondi ​- ​D'Incise​ - ​Majkowski
2018
The Clarinet Trio Plus Alexey Kruglov*
Live In Moscow
2017, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Ossatura
Maps And Mazes
2016, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp
George Lewis & Splitter Orchester
Creative Construction Set™
2016, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Abstract/Drone/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Seamus Cater
The Three Things You Can Hear
2016, CD, ,
Folk/Experimental
Splitter Orchester, Felix Kubin
Shine On You Crazy Diagram
2016, Vinyl, ,
Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz
Taku Sugimoto
Septet
2015, CD, Album, Meenna
Koenraad Ecker & The Pitch
Ecology Tapes Vol. Two
2015, Cassette Orange box, ,
Noise/Drone/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary
Antoine Beuger / Konzert Minimal
Tschirtner Tunings For Twelve
2014, CD, Album, Another Timbre
Antoine Beuger, Konzert Minimal
Unused Pages From 'Tschirtner Tunings For Twelve'
2014, CDr, Ltd, Another Timbre, ,
Contemporary
Christof Kurzmann
Then And Now
2014, 2xLP, Album, Trost Records
Rutger Zuydervelt
Stay Tuned
2014, CD, ,
Modern
Hannes Lingens
Four Pieces For Quintet
2013, 4xFile, FLAC, INSUB.records
InSonar
L'Enfant Et Le Ménure
2013, 2xCD, Album, Lizard (2), ,
Experimental
Různí
JIMFestival 2013 (Jazz Improvise Meeting Festival)
2013, CD, Comp, Promo, Noise Asia, Asia Network, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion
Různí
Echtzeitmusik Berlin
2012, 3xCD, Comp, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Musique Concrète/Free Jazz/Krautrock/Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Noise/Minimal/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Nina Nielsen
Love And Terror In The Wilderness
2012
Jyurin 蹂躙 Porta Chiusa
Live At Art Space Tetra 2010.05.07
2011, Lathe, 10", Ltd, Deterra
Eric Schaefer
Henosis
2010, CD, Album, Traumton Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ruby Ruby Ruby : Steve Heather, Margareth Kammerer, Derek Shirley
The Shadow Of Your Smile
2009, CD, Album, Zarek, ,
Swing
Různí
Klingt.org: 10 Jahre Bessere Farben
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Noise/Post-Modern/Field Recording/Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Avantgarde/Musique Concrète/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Modern Classical/Minimal/Spoken Word
Torsten Papenheim
Some Of The Things We Could Be
2009, CD, Schraum
Různí
Jazzwerkstatt
2009, CD, Comp, Jazzwerkstatt
Různí
Leo Records 25th Anniversary Loft, Koln
2007, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, Leo Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Různí
Improvised Music From Japan Extra 2006
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Improvised Music From Japan, ,
Noise/Abstract/Musique Concrète/Minimal/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Ernesto Rodrigues
Prisma
2005, 3xFile, MP3, EP, Stasisfield
Různí
Labor CD - Labor Sonor / KuLe / Berlin
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Charhizma, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Různí
Berlin Drums & Percussions (4 Solos)
2004, 4xCDr, Mini, Ltd, Num, absinthRecords, ,
Noise/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Without the Cat
I'm A Star
2000, CD, Album, Timescraper
Andreas Schmidt (6) Feat. Gary Peacock
Berlin, 1999
1999, CD, Album, ZeroZero
Frank Köllges
Intermission...Eine Permanente Helle Fläche
1992, CD, Album, Jazz Haus Musik, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Antonio Borghini & Malebranche
Six Dances Under
CD, Album, El Gallo Rojo
Různí
Bunker No1
CD, Comp, Not On Label