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Thursday, May 29, 2008



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Andomat 3000
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Ghandi jack

Po-faced minimal?

Andomat 3000 is anything but, writes Todd L. Burns.
"People seem to be more impressed than I am with the music that I make," shrugs Andreas Wiegand, currently-very-fashionable producer akaAndomat 3000. If you were to pick the least likely individual to become white hot in the fickle world of techno, Andi Wiegand might be it.

The thirty-something producer lives in a small German village with his Mum, and refuses to move to the city ("Sometimes I consider moving, but everyone has gone to Berlin, so I don't have to," he reasons.)

He takes his nom-de-DJ, Mahatma, from a little bald Indian man. He names his ultra-successful tracks things like 'You Suck', 'I Don't Care' and, uh, 'Vertical Smile' (don't ask).

And instead of moody promo shots, his MySpace profile is filled with .gifs of kitties doing push-ups, puppies dressed as hot dogs, and Andi himself gurning with his friends. In short, Andi Wiegand is not exactly Richie Hawtin.

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