Schneider TM has been active since the mid-90s, releasing albums on City Slang / Mute and Editions Mego, and singles such as Reality Check, Frogtoise, and The Light 3000—a cover of a song by The Smiths created in collaboration with Kptmichigan. The latter was highly acclaimed by the alternative media (John Peel, The Wire, etc.) and led to Schneider TM being credited as one of the main innovators of the Indietronic genre.
As a solo artist and with various groups, Schneider TM has performed hundreds of concerts worldwide, appearing at international festivals including CTM (Berlin), Sonar (Barcelona, Rome, Tokyo), Mutek (Montreal, Mexico City), Pukkelpop (Hasselt), Roskilde Festival (DK), Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfred), Frieze Art Fair (London), Phonem Festival (Istanbul), Astropolis Festival (Brest), Les Siestes Électroniques (Toulouse), Melt Festival (Gräfenhainichen), Midi Festival (Hyères), Motomix Festival (São Paulo), TodaysArt Festival (Den Haag), and many more.
Beyond remixing other artists and composing for film, radio plays, and (performance-) theater, Dirk has been active in experimental projects. These include the noise & drone outfit (die) ANGEL (with Ilpo Väisänen of Pan Sonic and guests such as Hildur Guðnadóttir, Oren Ambarchi, BJ Nilsen, and Lucio Capece), with releases on Editions Mego, Karlrecords, and Edition Telemark. He has also explored krautfuzz with Derek Shirley & Imari Kokubo, featuring guests like André Vida, J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Elena Poulou (ex-The Fall), Kurt Dahlke (Pyrolator, Der Plan), Chandra Shukla (Xambuca), and Murat Ertel (Baba Zula).
In recent years, Dirk has increasingly steered Schneider TM toward instantly composed freeform music, using processed guitar, sound objects, and field recordings. He has collaborated with artists such as Jochen Arbeit (Einstürzende Neubauten), Holger Czukay & Damo Suzuki (ex-Can), Werner "Zappi" Diermaier (faust), John Duncan (LAFMS), Reinhold Friedl (zeitkratzer), and Günter Schickert (Ziguri), as well as video artists Lillevan and Takehito Koganezawa, and Japanese dancer Tomoko Nakasato. This more abstract, soundscape-driven approach has resulted in a series of releases including Ereignishorizont (Karlrecords, 2023), Mobilee (Kompakt), Construction Sounds, Guitar Sounds, and Con-Struct, a posthumous collaboration with Conrad Schnitzler on Bureau B.
Schneider TM – Discography (Summary)
- Schneider TM, 12“, Payola 1997
- Up-Tight, 12“, City Slang 1998
- Masters, CD Maxi, City Slang 1998
- Moist, CD/LP, City Slang/Mute 1998
- Binokular (Split-EP w/ Kptmichigan), CD/LP, City Slang 2000
- Reality Check, 12“/CD Maxi, City Slang 2002
- Frogtoise, 12“/CD Maxi, City Slang 2002
- Zoomer, CD/LP, City Slang/Labels/Mute 2002
- 6 Peace EP, CD, Mute 2003
- The Light 3000 (w/ Kptmichigan), 7“, For Us / Rough Trade 2003
- Reconfigures, CD/LP, Earsugar 2004
- Psychedelic Queen / Uh Yeah, Baby!, 7“, Earsugar 2004
- Release (Hörspiel), 2xCD, Lieblingslied Records 2005
- Pac Man / Shopping Cart, 7“, City Slang 2006
- Skoda Mluvit, CD, 2xLP, City Slang 2006
- Schneider TM und Lustfaust, 7“, MWM 2007
- Station 17 + Schneider TM, Jede Nacht, 12“/CD, 17rec, 2008
- Station 17 + Schneider TM, Goldstein Variationen 3 Redux, MWM 2008
- Cäcilie Awestruck (w/ Ilpo Väisänen, Kptmichigan, Ronald Lippok, Tomoko Nakasato), 20 CD-Box/download, Hoerspielpark, 2012
- Construction Sounds, CD/LP, Bureau B/MWM, 2012
- Jochen Arbeit / Schneider TM / Claas Großzeit – Live At HBC, limited CD/download, Last Foundation / MWM 2012
- Joanna Dudley & Schneider TM, Louis & Bebe, download, MWM 2013
- Guitar Sounds, CD/LP, Bureau B/MWM, 2013
- 撫平塵暴 (Live at N.K.), free download, MWM 2014
- Bootleg (Schneider TM / Automat – split 12“), Bureau B 2014
- Mobilee, CD, KOMPAKT 2015
- A S S (Jochen Arbeit / Günter Schickert / Schneider TM), CD/LP, Bureau B/MWM 2016
- CON-STRUCT (Conrad Schnitzler & Schneider TM), CD/LP, Bureau B/MWM 2016
- Damo Suzuki & Sound Carriers (feat. Schneider TM, Ilpo Väisänen, Kptmichigan, Tomoko Nakasato, Claas Großzeit), 2xLive LP, download, Konzertfilm, PlayLoud! 2017
- Remainder, O.S.T., LP/CD/download, Song Cycle Records 2018
- RA (Schneider TM & Jochen Arbeit w/ Julia Kent, Lucio Capece), CD/LP/download, Erototox Decodings/MWM 2019
- Indoor Caravan (Schneider TM / NOHE NOSHE / Zappi Diermaier), download, MWM 2020
- The 8 Of Space, LP/CD/download, Editions Mego 2021
- EREIGNISHORIZONT, 2xLP/2xCD/download, Karlrecords 2023
- MWM live #1, The Shape of Minds to Come (John Duncan / Chandra Shukla / Schneider TM / Scot Jenerik / Thomas Dimuzio), download, MWM 2023
- MWM rough #2, download, MWM 2024
Schneider TM – Remixes / Remakes (Summary)
- The High Llamas – Homerun Übershow (Remix), V2 / BMS / Bath Mini Story 1998
- Schneider TM – Masters´ Stripteaser Dub (Remix), City Slang 1998
- Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra – Neukoment (Remix), Bungalow 1998
- Turner – Multiorgel (Multi Millenniär – Mix, Remix), Ladomat 1999
- Laub – Urlaub (Widergefühlich -Mix, Remix), Kitty Yo1999
- Quarks – Fallen (Werden Wir Alle In Grossen Spiralen Aus Dem Himmel Gespuckt, Remix), Monika Enterprise 2000
- The Smiths – The Light 3000 (w/ Kptmichigan, Remake), City Slang 2000, For Us / Rough Trade 2003
- Boss Hog – Switched On Boss Hog (Remix), City Slang 2000 / Earsugar 2004
- Alc Levora – Noitare Def Cinos (Remix), Arbouse Recordings 2001
- Ruby – Grace (Space Mix, Remix), Wichita 2001 / Earsugar 2004
- Tahiti 80 – Wallpaper For The Soul (Remix), Atmosphériques 2002
- Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub – Eugene (Remix), RCA / BMG 2002 / Earsugar 2004
- Lambchop – The New Cobweb Summer (Lanzarote – Mix, Remix), City Slang 2002 / Earsugar 2004
- Mina – Guestpop (Remake), Bungalow 2002
- Turtle Bay Country Club – Heaven (Remix), Motor Music 2003 / Earsugar 2004
- Pulseprogramming – Suck Or Run (Remake), Aesthetics 2003 / Earsugar 2004
- The Faint – The Conductor (Tractor – Mix, Remix), City Slang 2003 / Earsugar 2004
- Margo – Take Me (Remix), Peter I'm Flying! 2004 / Earsugar 2004
- Lamb – Wonder (Remix), Earsugar 2004
- Joy Zipper, Out Of The Sun ('I Love The Sun' Mix, Remix), Vertigo 2004
- Rechenzentrum – Ephe Kicks In, Feel Like Kevin (Remix), Earsugar 2004
- Solvent – My Radio (Mustang – Mix, Remake), Ghostly International 2004
- Max Turner & Moonbuggy – Pluglodge (Remix), Gagarin Records 2006
- Adjágas – Mun Ja Mun (Schneider TM&UUUU's Shorelein Mix, Remix), !K7 / Ever Records 2007
- Zoe Poli – Poli (Remix), EMI Music Mexico, S.A. De C.V. 2009
- Barbara Morgenstern – Operation Dub (Remix), Monika Enterprise 2011
- Illàchime Quartet, Industrial Highlife (feat, Graham Lewis, Remix), ZeiT Interference 2012
- S.Y.P.H. – Hello Mr. (Remix), HiD 2012
- Mount Washington – Toscana (Remix + Ambient Mix), Glitterhouse Records 2012
- Aidan Baker – Mélusine (Remix), Gizeh Records 201
- Samba Touré – Be Ki Don (Cockpit Dub, Remix), Glitterbeat Records 2014
- The Notwist – Run Run Run (Remix), SoundCloud 2014
- Der Mann – Menschen machen Fehler – Hokkaido Mushroom Mix (Remix), Staatsakt 2014
- Populous – Himalaya Reel To Reel (Remix), Bad Panda Records / Folk Wisdom 2015
- Sontag Shogun – Hungarian Wheat (Remix), Ricco Label 2016
- Das Blaue Palais, Zeitfeld Schneider TM Psychmod Dub (Remix), Bellerophon Records 2018
- BaBa ZuLa – Kervan yolda (Remix), Glitterbeat Records 2019
