POPNONAME aka JENS-UWE BEYER is an electronic pop artist and one of the main proponents of the new Sound of Cologne, Germany.

Apart from his regular releases on KOMPAKT’s Pop Ambient series, he has had a number of 12″ on Cologne-based labels, among others FIRM and ITALIC. His debut album WHITE ALBUM (ITALIC) was released in 2007, and got loads of positive reviews from the German and international press.

His newest album SURROUNDED BY WEATHER along with two 12" remix maxis and a bonus ep also on ITALIC.

He is working with a lot of musicians such as Jan Philipp Janzen (Von Spar), Michaela Dippel (Ada), Volker Pannes (DeePulse), Axel Willner (The Field), and Jörg Burger (The Modernist), as well as artists like John Harten (Public Folder), the fashion designer Daniela Görgens (Little Red Riding Hood), Christian Schäfer (C/O Pop), Juergen Stollhans (Dokumenta), and the theater director Christian v. Treskow (Wuppertal).Together with the artist duo Graw Böckler (Raum fuer Projektion) he is presenting the video series UNAUTHORIZED COMMERCIALS as a live performance. The short films are released weekly via internet on http://grawboeckler.de/.



JENS-UWE BEYER can already look back on a number of live performances, e.g.: Monterrey (Mexico, Aura Club), Thessaloniki (Liebe.!), Porto (Passos Manuell), Amsterdam (Paradiso), Vienna (Icke Micke), Moscow (Solyanka, Propaganda), Hamburg (Übel & Gefährlich), Berlin (Panorama Bar), New York (Bunker), Cambridge (Middlesex Lounge), Sydney (Deep as Funk), Tokio (Seco) and London (The End).



Discography* Piece (12″) Firm 2005

* You Are Popnoname (12″) Italic 2006

* I Want You For Popnoname (12″) Firm 2006

* Credits (12″) Italic 2006

* London Paris New York (12″) Italic 2007

* White Album (CD,2xLP, Album) Italic 2007

* Surrounded by Weather (CD,LP, ALBUM) Italic 2008

* Surrounded by Weather REMIX 1 (12″) Italic 2009

* Surrounded by Weather Bonus Ep (12″) Italic 2009

* Spaces (12″) POP! 002 Feb. 10th 2010

* Hello Georgous (12″) Kompakt Pop 016 April 2010