Originally starting out as a one-man bedroom recording project of ambient noises and electronica for Thomas Weber, Kammerflimmer Kollektief would eventually expand into a six-piece collective by 1999. Along with Christopher Brunner, Dietrich Foth, Johannes Frisch, Anne Vortisch, Thomas Weber, and Heike Wendelin, the band would play throughout their native of Karlsruhe, Germany, before signing a deal with Payola Records in the year of their formation. This resulted in their 1999 debut full-length, Maander, and Incommunicado the following year; a distribution deal with Temporary Residence Limited landed their releases in the United States before their third album, Hysteria, came out in 2001. ~ Mike DaRonco, All Music Guide