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There is some discussion here:
Electro-house bobbins 2006

and perhaps some other places, but I think the guy needs his own thread, since he is not electro-house bobbins by any means. Pom Pom 26 is, per usual, noisy and drugged. Quite astounding. The B-Side is a bit less 'dark' than the A with some high watery flourishes here and there, but I like them both. So: what's good what's not?
Anyone know if this guy is seriously into noise music? Sounds like it.

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 05:30 (eighteen years ago)

http://fmosaka.net/pom/image/dj.jpg

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 05:34 (eighteen years ago)

Pom Pom 19 is incredible - super creeped-out circus music. I think they're pretty much all great, and as much as i love the anonymity of it all, i wanna know more...
Is it one person, or like a collective type thing? Am i right in thinking it's from Berlin?

― Geoffrey Priory (big peach), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 06:25 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.hrwiki.org/images/2/23/pompom.PNG

I guess THAT was only a matter of time.

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 06:26 (eighteen years ago)

3, 5, 8, 24 are the best Pom Poms imo, and 14 has the sleaziest Windowlicker re-edit ever.

― ferzaffe (flezaffe), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 08:46 (eighteen years ago)

all pom pom from this year = yay

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 13:19 (eighteen years ago)

i read this as 'porn porn'.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

He is an anonymous one-guy operation from Kreuzberg-- never released anything on an 'official label.'

I, personally, am a fan of 10, 16, 19, and 22-26. 10 and 24 get a lot of play in particular.

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

SOMEONE POST ALL OF THEM OR DIE

― Mike Litoris (jaxon), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

but its techno! you dont like techno.

― ferzaffe (flezaffe), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 23:22 (eighteen years ago)

who said?

i don't like (current) white guys with guitars

― Mike Litoris (jaxon), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:20 (eighteen years ago)

i'm with Mike

― molly (bulbs), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:22 (eighteen years ago)

yeah

― W i l l (common_person), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 03:35 (eighteen years ago)

(aherm)

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 04:44 (eighteen years ago)

ihttp://www.stylus-net.com/prod_rsrc/img/big/0000000069748.jpg

― Miki (Miki), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 05:16 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.stylus-net.com/prod_rsrc/img/big/0000000069748.jpg

― Miki (Miki), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 05:20 (eighteen years ago)

now that is crazy. !

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 05:26 (eighteen years ago)

as in there are samples up at the stylus site.

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 05:27 (eighteen years ago)

23 is hot as hell.

i'm surprised that more people don't have this on slsk.

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

xpost - New BOC already?

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

i've heard about half of them and i'm hooked.

i don't remember any to search off the top of my head except 03 B2 and 05 B1.

― sleep (sleep), Saturday, 22 July 2006 05:24 (eighteen years ago)

05 is pretty good all around, yeah

― trees (treesessplode), Saturday, 22 July 2006 05:31 (eighteen years ago)

hey miki!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Saturday, 22 July 2006 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

Jergins, try 24 if you can get it. Even better than 23.

(Also, Miki, what are we going to do without you as electronic director? God, back into the primordial ooze of breakbeat and drum & bass.)

― trees (treesessplode), Saturday, 22 July 2006 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

thx trees

― jergins (jergins), Saturday, 22 July 2006 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

Trees,
I would've stayed on as director, but there was some miscommunication between me and AC, so I ended up loosing my job. Besides, I never did much anyway.

Hi Leo.

― Miki (Miki), Sunday, 23 July 2006 06:44 (eighteen years ago)

the earlier crazy distorted 4/4 stuff like on 3 and 5 is all completely essential to me

the trip-hoppy direction they went off in afterwards is less so

the pom pom stuff from this year and last is great, though, on 24 especially they really nail the new aesthetic

pom pom 18 b2 is really the watershed to me for their current sound

― james brooks (j_brooks), Monday, 24 July 2006 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, 18 and 19 are the turning point it seems. I guess I do like 16, though.

(Miki, it's cool. I just hate the Fauss's taste, yknow?)

― trees (treesessplode), Monday, 24 July 2006 14:03 (eighteen years ago)

Where can I find more about this? Googling isn't turning anything up.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 24 July 2006 14:08 (eighteen years ago)

And is this on vinyl only? No CD release yet?

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 24 July 2006 14:09 (eighteen years ago)

not so much yet as never I'd imagine.

ordinarily I'd suggest downloading them and making your own CD but... :/ (really sorry)

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 24 July 2006 14:13 (eighteen years ago)

hey murdering, googling 'pom pom' is absurd. try putting a number (b/w 1 & 26) after it-- sometimes this can get more results.

also, if you want, i can send you some tracks.

― trees (treesessplode), Monday, 24 July 2006 14:49 (eighteen years ago)

ysi?

― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 July 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, I tried to add the numbers but couldn't find anything.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 24 July 2006 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

aight mickey: here's something, but no sound samples.

http://www.forcedexposure.com/labels/pom.pom.germany.html

― trees (treesessplode), Monday, 24 July 2006 19:02 (eighteen years ago)

pom pom 10 otm. and even tho I feel guilty for saying it, this is like some lost ground between Can and Cluster

― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:03 (eighteen years ago)

I was listening to 24 today and it reminded me of early Orbital. Then suddenly, the clouds in the sky parted, the trees swayed in time with the beat, and a guy with blonde dreads tried to sell me some bad MDMA.

I'd like to meet the disgruntled staffer(s) who wrote those blurbs for FE.

― Miki (Miki), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 10:25 (eighteen years ago)

Me too, Miki.

I am glad the drugginess of it came through. Also, drug dealers with blond dreads must be stopped.

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 16:38 (eighteen years ago)

j p34k?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 16:42 (eighteen years ago)

he ain't sellin any longer! (i am DJing an afterparty tonight at 100see's old apartment, which has been renamed 'white magic.' i need a mixer.)

also, should have qualified that statement with: drug dealers who sell bad drugs that happen to have blonde dreads must be stopped. this is a significant population as well. (plus j p34k is a sweetheart)

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

Pom Pom 27 is out, according to the Kompakt newsletter. Anyone heard it yet? I might have to order it.

― trees (treesessplode), Saturday, 5 August 2006 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

Unless there's some kind of confusion in translation (which is very possible), cisco records keeps saying that justus kohncke is behing pom pom...
wtf?

― Geoffrey Priory (big peach), Friday, 8 September 2006 00:16 (eighteen years ago)

seems like a reach, at least as far as the difference in sound between pom pom and kohncke, though it would make me smile

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 8 September 2006 00:43 (eighteen years ago)

ps, the pom pom 27 samples = awesome rad

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 8 September 2006 00:44 (eighteen years ago)

i don't know about that dominique. i've only heard a few pom pom records but they don't seem beyond kohncke, just different enough that they warrant different pseudonym.

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 8 September 2006 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

well, if it's kohncke, he's apparently using one set of drum sounds for pom pom and one for jk -- so i guess I have to hand it to him for thoroughness. also, hypothetical note to jk: forget your real name, do pom pom full time

― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 8 September 2006 02:56 (eighteen years ago)

let's start a rumor that it's jk to force the real pp out of hiding!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Friday, 8 September 2006 03:07 (eighteen years ago)

I like Pom Pom's sound better than Kohncke's...or shall I say I like that pseudonym better? Anyway, I think PP stuff is a bit more unexpectedly wild.

― trees (treesessplode), Friday, 8 September 2006 04:07 (eighteen years ago)

No way it's Justus.

― jergins (jergins), Friday, 8 September 2006 06:25 (eighteen years ago)

Pom Pom is probably a TokTok side project. both are pretty similar in their love of brutalism and outlandish samples, also TokTok were charting in 2001 and needed an outlet for their more 'underground' stuff. maybe some techie can tell if theyre using the same gear?

― Python... No Bite :B (flezaffe), Friday, 8 September 2006 11:59 (eighteen years ago)

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how's # 30?

― jergïns, Thursday, 12 July 2007 02:50 (seventeen years ago)

First off, I've been thinking about why I like Pom Pom's sound so much, and while I think Dominique is OTM in her comments, I also think that there's a primitive element to a lot of Pom Pom releases that is very attractive. The sounds aren't new sounds, and the arrangements aren't particularly breathtaking most of the time, but there's a rawness and simplicity in Pom Pom records that is...dare I say: old school? Original, old-seeming.

― the table is the table, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:20 (seventeen years ago)

also yeah, i want to hear 30 too. i was going to order it from kompakt but i am kinda broke.

― the table is the table, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:20 (seventeen years ago)

i cant find 2, 11, 13, 15, 21

-- am0n, Friday, June 1, 2007 12:57 PM (1 month ago)

― am0n, Thursday, 12 July 2007 03:21 (seventeen years ago)

those are all the same ones i'm missing

― jergïns, Thursday, 12 July 2007 04:46 (seventeen years ago)

hm i thinks i have 13 on hard drive, will look and report back soon.

― the table is the table, Thursday, 12 July 2007 04:54 (seventeen years ago)

slsk user labaiedesanges has 21. and a queue of 1336

― jergïns, Thursday, 12 July 2007 07:12 (seventeen years ago)

lowel

― am0n, Thursday, 12 July 2007 13:32 (seventeen years ago)

i hope 30 continues the deep space theme. 29 is one of my favourite records of 07.

― creme1, Thursday, 12 July 2007 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

2
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pbal0k

11
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ystsuu

― nerve_pylon, Friday, 13 July 2007 03:38 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.phil.vt.edu/Valerie/GIFs/thanks.GIF

― am0n, Friday, 13 July 2007 13:40 (seventeen years ago)

YOU GOOD GUY!

― jergïns, Friday, 13 July 2007 23:22 (seventeen years ago)

well, enjoy!

now we just have to track down 13, 15, 21, 30...

― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:17 (seventeen years ago)

13 is not on my harddrive. boo.

― the table is the table, Saturday, 14 July 2007 01:59 (seventeen years ago)

i would happily buy 30 off of kompakt.mp3 but they are only offering the vinyl

― jergïns, Saturday, 14 July 2007 02:05 (seventeen years ago)

(which is cool and all but still)

― jergïns, Saturday, 14 July 2007 02:06 (seventeen years ago)

i'd never looked at pom pom's discography before. there are a bunch of tracks from splits, and the tracks actually have names. most (all?) came out on Nursing Home. here's my first find, from May 2006:

Ruhe Im Unterholz

― jergïns, Saturday, 14 July 2007 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

six months pass...

so,,,,has anyone heard the new DOUBLE POM POM 31 ??

― nerve_pylon, Monday, 11 February 2008 21:15 (seventeen years ago)

i've heard it is great. otherwise, non.

― the table is the table, Monday, 11 February 2008 21:47 (seventeen years ago)

eight months pass...

pom pom wru? want more...

― futuristic vacuum cleaner adaptor (later arpeggiator), Sunday, 12 October 2008 16:58 (sixteen years ago)

listening to 32 samples .... sounds incredible. Building on the 31 double pack which in itself is such beautifully moody epic-ness. I need this but I'm skint argghh!! Anyone know who makes this stuff? To these ears it sounds like a cross between STL and Porter Ricks, well kinda.

― mmmm, Sunday, 12 October 2008 18:43 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

oh!

― ǝɟɟɐzǝɟ (☪), Friday, 28 November 2008 22:15 (sixteen years ago)

hey are those 32, 31 etc collected or what?

― no really (jergins), Friday, 28 November 2008 22:30 (sixteen years ago)

no it seems to be a best-of compilation.

samples

― ǝɟɟɐzǝɟ (☪), Friday, 28 November 2008 22:47 (sixteen years ago)

anyone heard this?!

― cutty, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:06 (sixteen years ago)

Info:
One may barely believe it... The bestgehütete secret of the Technogeschichte comes for the first time on CD. Nevertheless, except the cash code nothing changes and this is good in such a way as Klaus Wowereit would say. The Pom Pom sound is timeless modern and totally> out there <, it is, so to speak, the Working Class version of BASIC channel, passionate Techno with punk manner. Do advise sometimes how the Artwork looks ...? Is right: Black!

― craig sager (eman), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

the Working Class version of BASIC channel

:D :D :D

my copy should be in the mail, tomorrow.

― ǝɟɟɐzǝɟ (☪), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago)

goddamit need to hear

― cutty, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

anyone seeding?

― craig sager (eman), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago)

i cant find 2, 11, 13, 15, 21

-- am0n, Friday, June 1, 2007 12:57 PM (1 month ago)

― am0n, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:21 PM

never did go back to find these

― craig sager (eman), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:41 (sixteen years ago)

anyone seeding?

well?

― elan, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 18:22 (sixteen years ago)

no seeds in this garden, elan

― cutty, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 18:53 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

I am playing this very loud now..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWsiAkSaVaQ

― mmmm, Monday, 5 April 2010 19:30 (fifteen years ago)

amazing. i have been playing 29 alot recently, such a bomb. i need to get the new one

― lord byron stingily (r1o natsume), Monday, 5 April 2010 19:41 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

New Pom Pom 12". New series 'Pom Pom Ltd.'. I guess these have fallen out of favour now but a couple of the tracks a hitting me. Almost jackin' in an Analogue Cops kinda way.

― mmmm, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 11:58 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

omg i am just gonna dl all of this right now

― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:52 (ten years ago)

god DAMNIT I should have done this before that fucking Ariel Pink album came out

― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:53 (ten years ago)

The one that samples john foxx is soooooo great

― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:53 (ten years ago)

It's on 002 i think

― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:54 (ten years ago)

three years pass...

two new untitled full lengths...

http://www.discogs.com/Pom-Pom-POM-POM/release/11161885
http://www.discogs.com/Pom-Pom-POM-POM/release/11161808

― brimstead, Friday, 24 November 2017 02:57 (seven years ago)

three months pass...

wow I'm going through all the old EPs and so far 01-04 are EXCELLENT and 05-06 are less excellent but still GREAT

what is other techno that sounds like this???

― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 4 March 2018 22:16 (seven years ago)

It sounds sorta generic and boring... could someone fill me in as to what I'm missing?
― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:07 AM (eleven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao @ 19yo me not "getting" techno

― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 4 March 2018 22:20 (seven years ago)

I thought the massive Prince of Denmark album from 2016 had Pom Pom vibes

― Dominique, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:07 (seven years ago)

oh I will check this out. I get the feeling that Pom Pom's stuff is great but prob not like incredibly unique or groundbreaking and there's prob tons more more-common acts that sound like this but I just don't know them bcz most of my knowledge of 00's electronic music is outside the realm of German techno

should I just listen to a bunch of Kompact Total comps or???

― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 March 2018 19:42 (seven years ago)

yes

― the late great, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:49 (seven years ago)

ultimately i don't fuck with these because they are a bit dry for my taste but respect for managing 30-odd releases over 17 (?) years

― the late great, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:51 (seven years ago)

Pom Pom are darker, and with a hint of industrial texture than I've never heard on anything from Kompakt. Beyond the record I mentioned above, you might fare better checking out stuff like Pan Sonic, Ø, Felix Kubin, and all the old techno dudes like Robert Hood, Basic Channel, Porter Ricks. Pom Pom is (seemingly?) a lot more lo-fi and homemade sounding than that, but seems to come from the same broken-mechanics-of-grey-urban life place.

― Dominique, Monday, 5 March 2018 20:42 (seven years ago)

yeah maybe the kompakt extra / speicher releases would be closer to pom pom

― the late great, Monday, 5 March 2018 20:44 (seven years ago)

guess kompakt has a pop element that is missing from pom pom

― the late great, Monday, 5 March 2018 20:44 (seven years ago)

oh yeah Basic Channel is close! That's the road I need to go down

― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 March 2018 20:47 (seven years ago)

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