Thomas Fehlmann

Thomas Fehlmann is the sort of artist I find quietly heroic. A Swiss kid from Zurich who planted himself in Berlin and spent four decades shaping electronic music from the inside, he was never about chasing the spotlight. His on-and-off run with The Orb and his steady output on Kompakt tell the story of a craftsman, not a celebrity. I admire that he chose depth over visibility, building textures and atmospheres while trends came and went around him. To me he represents the unglamorous backbone of techno and ambient music, the people whose influence you feel long before you learn their names.

Name (English)

Thomas Fehlmann

Name (Japanese)

トーマス・フェルマン

Reading

とーます・ふぇるまん

Born

January 1, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

Origin

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Occupation

musician

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.flowing.de
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Canton of Zurich
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.