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Frank Makowski (born in 1968) got into electronic music through popular electronic music from France in the late 1970s but what really pulled the trigger for him was the developing Berlin School style of the early 1980s. Early on he began experimenting with tape recorders, fm receivers and an old EKO Tiger organ (that still is part of his studio equipment). By late 1980s he evolved his workflow by changing to digital recording equipment, supporting computer technology and state-of-the-art synthesizers and samplers. In the early 1990s the first official releases appeared, followed by theater and film music projects and numerous live performances.

Not only has Frank gained an artistic credibility in the electronic music scene but also through his design artworks for many albums of other colleagues. He designes the sleeves for all his solo releases himself and also did artworks for artists like COSMIC HOFFMANN, RAINBOW SERPENT, SCHÖNWÄLDER & KELLER and nearly all [´ramp] releases to date, to name some of the more prominent names. The peak of his graphics career undoubtedly was being commissioned to do the artwork for the reissue of EDGAR FROESE´s Macula Transfer, followed by layout work for the ASH RA TEMPLE / MANUEL GOETTSCHING double CD The Best Of The Private Tapes, both on Manikin.

APPEARANCES +


TMA
SynthsOrganics
2011, CDr, Album, SynGate
['ramp]
Doombient.Five: Archetypes
2009
['ramp]
Doombient.Three - Kalte Sterne
2008
['ramp] / Markus Reuter
Ceasing To Exist
2007
Various
Awakenings 2006 Volume 1
2006, 2xCDr, Comp, AmbientLive, ,
Berlin-School/Ambient
['ramp]
Looking Back In Anger: A Decade Of Misfits 1996 – 2006
2006, CD, ,
Berlin-School/Dark Ambient/Industrial
['ramp]
Doombient.Two - A Declaration Of War
2006
['ramp]
Oughtibridge
2005
['ramp]
Doombient.One - Verbrannte Erde
2003
Various
Manikin Records - First Decade 1992-2002
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Manikin Records, ,
Berlin-School
Various
Gift
2000, CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Promo, Invisible Shadows
['ramp]
Frozen Radios
2000, CD, ,
Berlin-School/Ambient
Cosmic Hoffmann
Shiva Connection
2000
Cosmic Hoffmann
Beyond The Galaxy
1999, CD, ,
Berlin-School
Detlef Keller
Masquerade
1998, CD, Album, Manikin Records, ,
Berlin-School
Jiannis
Nightsessions
1998, CD, Album, Spheric Music
Rolf Trostel
Recall Level
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Manikin Records, ,
Berlin-School
Der Laborant
Kontakt
1998
Edgar Froese
Macula Transfer
1998
Detlef Keller
The Other Face
1997, CD, Album, Manikin Records, Manikin Records, ,
Berlin-School
Rainbow Serpent
Mosaique
1997, CD, Album, Ardema-Musik
Driftin' Thoughts
Secret Dimensions
1997, CD, Album, Spheric Music
Keller & Schönwälder
More Loops
1997, CD, ,
Berlin-School
Various
Syntonic Waves Vol. 6
1996, CD, Comp, Woodberry Music
Cheiron
Phantasma
1996, CD, Album, KPV-Verlag
Rounds Per Minute*
The Essen - University - Session / 31031996 - 05041996
1996, Cass, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Frank Makowski Self-released)
Traumklang
A Planet's Symphony
1996
Keller & Schönwälder
Loops & Beats
1996
Holle Mangler
Annihilation On Earth
1995, CD, Album, Ardema-Musik, ,
Berlin-School/Prog Rock
Tranquillity
Mediamorphose
1995, Cass, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Frank Makowski Self-released)
Rainbow Serpent
Futuregate
1995
Various
Syntonic Waves Vol. 5
1994, CD, Comp, Woodberry Music
Various
Syntonic Waves Vol. 4
1993, CD, Comp, Woodberry Music
Time-Wave* + Tranquillity
The Lünen-Rehearsals
1993, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Frank Makowski Self-released)
Various
Syntonic Waves Vol. 2
1992, CD, Comp, Woodberry Music
Various
Syntonic Waves Vol. 3
1992, CD, Comp, Woodberry Music
Tranquillity
Cyberland X-Press
1992, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Frank Makowski Self-released)
Various
Ambient Online Compilation: Volume 10
2021, 79xFile, FLAC, Comp, Ambient Online
Various
Ambient Online Themed Compilation 11: Mars
2020, 81xFile, FLAC, Comp, Ambient Online, Ambient Online Themed Compilation, ,
Ambient/Dark Ambient/Drone
Various
Ambient Online Themed Compilation 12: Earth
2020, 54xFile, FLAC, Comp, Ambient Online, ,
Ambient/Drone
Various
Ambient Online Themed Compilation 08: Air
2020, 69xFile, FLAC, Comp, Ambient Online, ,
Ambient/Dark Ambient/Drone
Various
Ambient Online Themed Compilation 09: Space
2020, 70xFile, FLAC, Comp, Ambient Online, ,
Ambient/Dark Ambient/Drone
Edgar Froese
Macula Transfer
2001