Biography
Crafting music via custom-built hardware and programs, Berlin electronic artist Erik Wiegand produces unpredictable experimental techno under the playful alias Errorsmith. Early recognition arrived through his role in MMM alongside Fiedel, whose brash electro 12"s drew from disco and funk sources and began with the 1996 Elektro Cut EP. Like nearly all of Wiegand’s projects with his associates, the release appeared on a self-run label and reached listeners via Berlin’s Hard Wax shop. His first solo outing under the Errorsmith name came with the 1999 Errorsmith #1 12", followed in 2002 by the full-length Errorsmith #2; both steered the sound toward abstract, glitch-heavy terrain that pushed techno rhythms to their extremes.
Further partnership with Frank Timm (Sound Stream, Soundhack) yielded the Smith N Hack project, whose 2002 album Tribute displayed a warped portrait of disco originator Hamilton Bohannon on its cover. The record found favor among left-field house selectors including Erol Alkan and DJ Koze, prompting the duo to issue several later 12"s. Errorsmith also captured his club performances across years of underground dates on the 2004 album Near Disco Dawn - Live Recordings 2001-2003.
After largely withdrawing from Errorsmith releases for more than a decade—save a 2008 joint effort with Mr. Oizo—Wiegand stayed active inside MMM, whose experimental house 12"s continued to earn notice, while also working as an instrument builder and software author. His additive-synthesis program Razor appeared via Native Instruments in 2011, allowing other producers to generate the buzzy, elastic timbres characteristic of his output. A 2014 collaboration with Mouse on Mars on their album 21 Again resulted in the track naturally titled “Errormom.” Together with Mark Fell (SND), he delivered the EP Protogravity on Bill Kouligas’ Pan imprint in 2015, and a split 12" with Addison Groove surfaced on Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons label.
Pan issued Superlative Fatigue in 2017, Errorsmith’s first full-length in thirteen years. Built almost exclusively inside Razor and augmented on two tracks by a Roland TR-808 drum machine, the dancehall reggae-tinged set received widespread critical praise. ~ Paul Simpson
Further partnership with Frank Timm (Sound Stream, Soundhack) yielded the Smith N Hack project, whose 2002 album Tribute displayed a warped portrait of disco originator Hamilton Bohannon on its cover. The record found favor among left-field house selectors including Erol Alkan and DJ Koze, prompting the duo to issue several later 12"s. Errorsmith also captured his club performances across years of underground dates on the 2004 album Near Disco Dawn - Live Recordings 2001-2003.
After largely withdrawing from Errorsmith releases for more than a decade—save a 2008 joint effort with Mr. Oizo—Wiegand stayed active inside MMM, whose experimental house 12"s continued to earn notice, while also working as an instrument builder and software author. His additive-synthesis program Razor appeared via Native Instruments in 2011, allowing other producers to generate the buzzy, elastic timbres characteristic of his output. A 2014 collaboration with Mouse on Mars on their album 21 Again resulted in the track naturally titled “Errormom.” Together with Mark Fell (SND), he delivered the EP Protogravity on Bill Kouligas’ Pan imprint in 2015, and a split 12" with Addison Groove surfaced on Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons label.
Pan issued Superlative Fatigue in 2017, Errorsmith’s first full-length in thirteen years. Built almost exclusively inside Razor and augmented on two tracks by a Roland TR-808 drum machine, the dancehall reggae-tinged set received widespread critical praise. ~ Paul Simpson
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