TROUM

Progressive Electronic • Germany

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Troum are the German post-industrial duo of Stefan Knappe (aka Baraka (H)) and Martin Gitschel (aka Glit(s)ch) and the continuation of Maeror Tri, which disbanded in late 1996. Knappe (a psychologist who wrote his thesis on drone music) and Gitschel formed the group in 1997, the same year their former Maeror Tri partner Helge Siehl established his own project Tausendschoen, taking their appropriate band name from the Old German word for "Dream" (with their website additionally suggesting the backronym "Tiefenmusic Reaching Our Unconscious Minds"). Knappe and Gitschel process vocals, guitar, bass, flute, accordion and any instrument on hand into an infinitely-sustained electroacoustic haze, forgoing synthesizers, samplers or software: under the influence of Zoviet France, Throbbing Gristle and the Hafler Trio alongside more effects-oriented rock like My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and Sonic Youth, Troum take Maeror Tri's post-G�ttsching guitar experiments to new heights (though Knappe admits little familiarity with Ash Ra Tempel).

With a heightened sense of composition compared to Maeror Tri's more-improvised approach, Troum have released roughly two-dozen LPs along with many singles and EPs across a number of different labels such as Equation Records, Beta-lactam Ring and the band's own Transgredient Records (itself a sublabel of Knappe's seminal Drone Records, in operation since 1993). Troum's sonic bedrock is a droning dark ambient defined by albums like Ryna (1998) and Mort aux vaches: Sen (2000), but have increasingly incorporated different styles according to their whims, experimenting with percussive ritual ambient on Eald-ge-str�on (2009) and 2001-2003's Tjukurrpa trilogy, adopting a symphonic and post-rock style on their 2010-2013 "Power Romantic" trilogy, and returning to the noisier industrial of their Maeror Tri days with their most recent works Acouasme (2015) and Vorbei Der Tod (2020). Troum have also collaborated on tracks or full-lengths with like-minded artists Sky Burial, Yen Pox, Aidan Baker, Voice of Eye, Monocube and raison d'�tre.

Contrary to other ambient artists who plumb the depths of outer (and inner) space, Troum insist their music is anything but escapist, its melancholy expressing a necessarily political desire for a different world; as Knappe explained, "The music we do is based on a kind of dualism: on one hand there's the wish to regress, the yearning to go back to very early and basic states of existence... on t...Troum are the German post-industrial duo of Stefan Knappe (aka Baraka (H)) and Martin Gitschel (aka Glit(s)ch) and the continuation of Maeror Tri, which disbanded in late 1996. Knappe (a psychologist who wrote his thesis on drone music) and Gitschel formed the group in 1997, the same year their former Maeror Tri partner Helge Siehl established his own project Tausendschoen, taking their appropriate band name from the Old German word for "Dream" (with their website additionally suggesting the backronym "Tiefenmusic Reaching Our Unconscious Minds"). Knappe and Gitschel process vocals, guitar, bass, flute, accordion and any instrument on hand into an infinitely-sustained electroacoustic haze, forgoing synthesizers, samplers or software: under the influence of Zoviet France, Throbbing Gristle and the Hafler Trio alongside more effects-oriented rock like My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and Sonic Youth, Troum take Maeror Tri's post-G�ttsching guitar experiments to new heights (though Knappe admits little familiarity with Ash Ra Tempel).

With a heightened sense of composition compared to Maeror Tri's more-improvised approach, Troum have released roughly two-dozen LPs along with many singles and EPs across a number of different labels such as Equation Records, Beta-lactam Ring and the band's own Transgredient Records (itself a sublabel of Knappe's seminal Drone Records, in operation since 1993). Troum's sonic bedrock is a droning dark ambient defined by albums like Ryna (1998) and Mort aux vaches: Sen (2000), but have increasingly incorporated different styles according to their whims, experimenting with percussive ritual ambient on Eald-ge-str�on (2009) and 2001-2003's Tjukurrpa trilogy, adopting a symphonic and post-rock style on their 2010-2013 "Power Romantic" trilogy, and returning to the noisier industrial of their Maeror Tri days with their most recent works Acouasme (2015) and Vorbei Der Tod (2020). Troum have also collaborated on tracks or full-lengths with like-minded artists Sky Burial, Yen Pox, Aidan Baker, Voice of Eye, Monocube and raison d'�tre.

Contrary to other ambient artists who plumb the depths of outer (and inner) space, Troum insist their music is anything but escapist, its melancholy expressing a necessarily political desire for a different world; as Knappe explained, "The music we do is based on a kind of dualism: on one hand there's the wish to regress, the yearning to go back to very early and basic states of existence... on the other hand... it expresses also the yearning to change reality into a more human place, to show what could be."

Along with Aidan Baker and Sky Burial, Troum will also appeal to fans of Hall of Mirrors, Asianova, Mathias Grassow, Vidna Obmana, O�phoi and Rapoon.

- Gordy, May 2025read more

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0.00 \| 0 ratings Dreaming Muzak 1998	4.00 \| 1 ratings Ryna 1998	0.00 \| 0 ratings Mort aux vaches: Sen 2000	0.00 \| 0 ratings Tjukurrpa (Part One: Harmonies) 2001
4.00 \| 1 ratings Tjukurrpa (Part Two: Drones) 2001	5.00 \| 1 ratings Troum & Yen Pox: Mnemonic Induction 2002	0.00 \| 0 ratings Sigqan 2003	3.00 \| 1 ratings Tjukurrpa (Part Three: Rhythms and Pulsations) 2003
4.00 \| 1 ratings Eald-ge-str�on 2009	0.00 \| 0 ratings Nadja & Troum: Dominium Visurgis 2010	0.00 \| 0 ratings Mare Idiophonika 2010	0.00 \| 0 ratings Grote Mandrenke 2012
0.00 \| 0 ratings Aidan Baker & Troum: Nihtes Niht 2012	4.00 \| 1 ratings raison d'�tre & Troum: De Aeris in Sublunaria Influxu 2015	0.00 \| 0 ratings Acouasme 2015	3.00 \| 1 ratings raison d'�tre & Troum: XIBIPIIO. In and Out of Experience 2017
3.00 \| 1 ratings Vorbei Der Tod 2020

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Troum / Asianova/Voice of Eye / S.Q.E. / Ure Thrall: Actualization / Excrement of Old Dreams
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4.00 \| 1 ratings Troumings 1997 1997	4.00 \| 1 ratings Tam Quam Tabula Rasa / Kallabris / Troum: Kasha-P�sh�na 2003	0.00 \| 0 ratings Darvē Sh 2003	0.00 \| 0 ratings Ljubimaya 2003
0.00 \| 0 ratings Nahtscato 2005	0.00 \| 0 ratings Ajin 2005	0.00 \| 0 ratings Droneuary LXIX - Bhereg 2019

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0.00 \| 0 ratings Dreaming Muzak 1998	4.00 \| 1 ratings Ryna 1998	0.00 \| 0 ratings Mort aux vaches: Sen 2000	0.00 \| 0 ratings Tjukurrpa (Part One: Harmonies) 2001
4.00 \| 1 ratings Tjukurrpa (Part Two: Drones) 2001	5.00 \| 1 ratings Troum & Yen Pox: Mnemonic Induction 2002	0.00 \| 0 ratings Sigqan 2003	3.00 \| 1 ratings Tjukurrpa (Part Three: Rhythms and Pulsations) 2003
4.00 \| 1 ratings Eald-ge-str�on 2009	0.00 \| 0 ratings Nadja & Troum: Dominium Visurgis 2010	0.00 \| 0 ratings Mare Idiophonika 2010	0.00 \| 0 ratings Grote Mandrenke 2012
0.00 \| 0 ratings Aidan Baker & Troum: Nihtes Niht 2012	4.00 \| 1 ratings raison d'�tre & Troum: De Aeris in Sublunaria Influxu 2015	0.00 \| 0 ratings Acouasme 2015	3.00 \| 1 ratings raison d'�tre & Troum: XIBIPIIO. In and Out of Experience 2017
3.00 \| 1 ratings Vorbei Der Tod 2020

4.00 \| 1 ratings Troumings 1997 1997	4.00 \| 1 ratings Tam Quam Tabula Rasa / Kallabris / Troum: Kasha-P�sh�na 2003	0.00 \| 0 ratings Darvē Sh 2003	0.00 \| 0 ratings Ljubimaya 2003
0.00 \| 0 ratings Nahtscato 2005	0.00 \| 0 ratings Ajin 2005	0.00 \| 0 ratings Droneuary LXIX - Bhereg 2019