Anti-hero refusenik Marco Haas adopted his surreal moniker T.Raumschmiere from the William S. Burroughs story The Dreamcops. His cranky electro-punk combines everything from industrial rock to hip-hop into one fuzzed-out, danceable, post-apocalyptic assault on the cortex. Even when his work is at its most abstract and minimalist, venturing into ambient techno and downtempo, it still has a brash, unsettling edge to it.
A former member of German hardcore band Zorn, Haas released an EP by his indie rock band Stormbow on his own Shitkatapult label in 1997. He also formed Shrubbn!...