Hendrik Weber, better known as Pantha du Prince, Panthel or Glühen 4, was born in 1975 in Bad Wildungen, often referred to as the region's "Siberia". Weber, already a successful composer, producer and concept artist, published his début album as Pantha du Prince entitled nowhere, in 2002. A few years later his first studio album, Diamond Daze (2004), appeared, followed by a Remix-12" (Butterfly Girl Versions, 2005), as well as new material (Lichten/Walden, 2006). His second studio album as Pantha du Prince was This Bliss (2007), which garnered the artist much critical acclaim.
 
In 2010 Weber presented his third album, Black Noise, on London's legendary Rough Trade Records. 

The label's founder Geoff Travis, personally introduced him to the English independent music institution, which has published many celebrated albums since its founding in the late 1970's. With its digitalized natural sounds and those of crackles and bells, “Black Noise” is already considered a classic of its genre. The album also won the critics prize at the distinguished Echo German music awards in Berlin in 2011.
 
As Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory Weber was joined by the Norwegian composer Lars Petter Hagen, developing a modern musical piece in Oslo and Berlin in 2010. In “The Bell Laboratory“, Weber and Hagen investigate bells and melodic percussion, both rhythmically and tonally, via a percussion piece for a 64-bell carillon, accompanied by a six-person ensemble. The world premiere of this piece was celebrated enthusiastically in August 2011 at the Oya Festival in Oslo.

 
In May 2012 Weber presented his new project “Ursprung”, created together with Stephan Abry (who played with the artist Kai Althoff in the Kraut- Elektronika-Group Workshop).
 
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