Tags: Albums, Bochum Welt, Rephlex

Gianluigi Di Costanzo, aka Bochum Welt, released a number of EPs and albums on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label, Sony Music Japan and Universal, among others.His fascination for technology and video games is evident in his work withThomas Dolby’s California based Beatnik and Headspace Inc, companies who have completed productions for the Universal Studios, Steven Spielberg,David Bowie and many more.
Bochum Welt joined the Rephlex Australian and European tour as an openingact for The Aphex Twin and also opened for Thomas Dolby’s Sole Inhabitanttour in San Francisco. After managing audio and musical projects for Vodafone, Wind iMode, Nokia, & Firstcom, Gianluigi collaborated with Apple, focusing on music and emerging technologies and managed Digital Musical projects in partnership with mobile phone operators.
The new album “Robotic Operating Buddy”is a 2 x CD release (& follows lastyear’s Dopplereffekt Remix Promo 10″ Vinyl). Disc 1 features new tracks and mixes, while Disc 2 collects his rare Rephlex back catalogue, all in glorious Wav file quality (that will save you a lot of time and money collecting on ebay!)
One might speculate that influences such as Kraftwerk, The Human League and similar 80s & 90s synth pop are at partly at work within this album,placing Bochum Welt alongside peers such as Autechre, Modeselektor, UlrichSchnauss etc. We hope you agree that a lot of these tracks highlightsomething unique & special about Electronic Music, past and present, in away that can be appreciated by anyone. see more at: www.rephlex.com