Marcus Schmickler

Marcus Schmickler is a German electronic composer based in Cologne whose work engages with algorithmic composition, spectral analysis, and the intersection of electronic music with contemporary philosophy and mathematics. He studied at the Cologne Musikhochschule and has developed a practice that takes seriously both the formal dimensions of electronic sound and its relationship to the club music tradition from which much of his work emerges.

His releases on Dekorder, Erstwhile, and other labels document an approach to electronic composition that refuses the separation between intellectual rigor and physical impact.