B.umbaa - Berlin Music Mechanic
Having grown up with John Peel’s broadcasts, B.umbaa learned early on that electronic music is perhaps the most honest way to describe the relationship between the warmth and coldness of the world through machine sounds. Since mid-2023, the "Berlin Music Mechanic" has been assembling his own tracks under the name B.umbaa P.ulse M.odulation. His sound is deeply rooted in a playlist spanning from tho one and only Kraftwerk to Pink Floyd and Joy Division and to synth pioneers like Gary Numan, The Human League / Heaven 17, Yazoo, OMD or Depeche Mode, stretching all the way to EBM (Front 242, Front Line Assembly, D.A.F., Vomito Negro, Agrezzior), or the Futurepop pioneers of VNV Nation and the early days of Techno and House. Despite this electronic DNA, there is always room for Classical music and Jazz — as long as the latter doesn't devolve into Free Jazz.
The studio setup follows the principle of "less is more": an Arturia Microfreak, a Minilab MIDI controller, and a selection of sound banks and software instruments serve as the tools for his minimalist constructions. The focus here isn't on polished, high-end production, but on the honest assembly of sequences and timbres. Tracks are put together regularly with a healthy dose of Berlin pragmatism—technically imperfect perhaps, but always featuring a clear conceptual line.
Ultimately, B.umbaa isn't about driven stardom, but simply the joy of the process and an interest in compelling musical ideas. Using minimal equipment, he creates tracks that breathe the heritage of his great influences without getting lost in unnecessary pathos. It is music by someone who loves machines but never forgets the human behind them.