Thomas Franzmann

German DJ and producer, co-founder of legendary minimal techno label [l=Perlon]. His main recording alias is [a=Zip]. Thomas started playing electronic-related music in the late 80's, as a member of the EBM band [a=Bigod 20] (with [a=Markus Nikolai] and [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/700545]Talla[/url]). At this time he first encountered minimal techno – label manager at Sire handed them a stack of promos to distribute on the US-tour, and one of them was [m80701]. This record dramatically influenced Franzmann, to the point that he stopped being a singer at the band and focused on electronic productions.