P16.D4

P16.D4
Origin	Frankfurt, Germany
Genres	Electronic music noise musique concrète industrial
Years active	1980–1988
Labels	Selektion RRRecords Odd Size (re-releases) Sonoris (re-releases) Was Soll Das ? Schallplatten (re-releases)
Spinoffs	Permutative Distortion S.B.O.T.H.I. SLP RLW
Spinoff of	P.D. Skartrack
Members	Ralf Wehowsky Ewald Weber Roger Schönauer Stefan E. Schmidt
Past members	Achim Szepanski Gerd Poppe

P16.D4 was a German electronic noise music collective, active primarily from 1980 to 1988. P16.D4 embraced tape cut-ups, musique concrète, endless recycling and transformation of previously published material, and many long-distance collaborations with like-minded artists such as DDAA, Vortex Campaign, Nurse With Wound, and Merzbow. Their active participation in the international industrial tape scene yielded collaborative output such as their release Distruct, where bands such as Nurse with Wound, Nocturnal Emissions, Die Tödliche Doris, and The Haters provided the source material. The longest-term collaboration was with the installation and conceptual artist Achim Wollscheid, who used P16.D4 sounds as the basis for LPs he recorded under the name SBOTHI. Ralf Wehowsky, the only constant member of the group, later released solo material under the alias RLW.

Members of P16.D4 were also involved with Selektion, a collective of people involved with sound as well as the visual arts. Selektion published LPs, CDs, books, visual art and design.

Discography

Albums

• Wer Nicht Arbeiten Will Soll Auch Nicht Essen! - 1981
• V.R.N.L. - 1981
• Kühe In 1/2 Trauer (Selektion) - 1982-1983
• Distruct (Selektion) - 1982-1984
• Nichts Niemand Nirgends Nie! (Selektion) - 1985
• Tionchor (Selektion) - 1982-1986
• Acrid Acme (Of) P16.D4 (Selektion) - 1986-1988
• Bruitiste (RRRecords) - 1988
• Fifty (RRRecords) - 1990

Compilations

• Three Projects (Bruitiste - Captured Music - Fifty) (RRRecords) - 1993