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Mirko Uhlig (*1981 in Aachen, Germany) is a musician and producer in the contemporary field of drone and minimal ambient music, and co-founder of Ex Ovo Records.

He first appeared with surreal sound collages and musique concrète-techniques under the moniker Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf (catching eels with a horse's head) around 2004.

After releasing four albums and some EPs (on Aal, Einzeleinheit, Taâlem, Mystery Sea and Drone Records) Uhlig decided to release his than much more minimalistic and serene works under a less delusive name.

Uhlig's music is inspired by pioneers/artists of avantgarde music such as La Monte Young, early Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, Nurse With Wound, David Jackman/Organum, William Basinski, current Hafler Trio, Andrew Chalk and Christoph Heemann; echoing the blurred distance of a late Turner painting, set in a novel by Boris Vian.

Beside various field recordings, the wooden sounds of an old acoustic six-string, a battered accordion and an original Indian shruti-box and everything else giving sounds build the acoustic sources for the process of composing and letting go. In the dense corner of the room a Japanese bamboo fountain offers some digital water.

Mirko Uhlig currently lives in Bonn, Germany.