Frank Bretschneider

Bretschneider was born and raised in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

[1] In 1984, inspired by science fiction radio plays and films, he began experimenting with tape machines, synthesizers, and modified guitars.

Geige (German: work group violin), which was influenced by the Dada art movement, The Residents, and Soviet science fiction.

Geige band member Olaf Bender founded the Rastermusic record label.

Bretschneider has released material on record labels such as 12k, Raster-Noton, Mille Plateaux, Fällt and Bip Hop.

Frank Bretschneider (2015)
The group Signal (from left to right): Frank Bretschneider (Komet), Carsten Nicolai (Noto) and Olaf Bender (Byetone) , playing live at MUTEK 2004