Burnt Friedman

Bernd Friedmann
Friedman at Festival Pomladi in Ljubljana (2008)
Background information
Birth name	Bernd Friedmann
Also known as	[see below]
Born	1965
Origin	Coburg, Germany
Genres	Electronic music Glitch IDM Techno Experimental
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Various

Bernd Friedmann (also Burnt Friedman) (born 1965 in Coburg, Germany) is a German musician and producer who works under a variety of project names in the fields of Electronica, Dub and Jazz.

Friedmann was raised in Kassel where he studied painting, performance and video at the Kunsthochschule Kassel from 1984 to 1990. His first recordings of found and self-built instruments, done with Wolfram Der Spyra from 1978 to 1982, were released under the name TOXH in 1989. Since then the ever-growing list of projects includes:

Friedmann's music defies easy categorisation. His instruments include ambient noise and speech samples, analogue synthesizers and organs, as well as toy piano, steeldrum, kalimba, vibraphone or Melodica. Over the years his trademark sound became easily recognizable even in his remix work for other artists. Often complex polyrhythmic patterns stand beside long passages without audible drums.

Since 2000 Friedmann runs his own "nonplace" label. He lives in Berlin.