Thomas Frühwacht
Thomas explores ambient, post-classical, and other electronic music genres under the name Earlyguard.His musical education was primarily rooted in general school-based music education, supplemented by various courses, including music theory, composition and improvisation from a cross-cultural perspective, voice-leading analysis, and sound for music technology.He provided music for various short films, including Welcome to the Anthropocene, a film about the state of our planet. It was presented by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the opening of the United Nations Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development in June 2012.From December 2014 to September 2016, a German version of Welcome to the Anthropocene was part of the special exhibition Willkommen im Anthropozän at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, where it reached more than 170,000 visitors.His music was also featured in the short film Climate Change: The State of the Science, which was used by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to raise awareness of the issue among a wider audience. The film reached nearly one million views on YouTube.Thomas also provided music for several other projects, including a contemporary dance choreography, a video game, and a series of exclusive tracks for compilation albums featuring artists such as Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and Eberhard Schoener. The albums were curated by German music journalist Ecki Stieg to support the Grenzwellen radio show.His music can be listened to for free on Bandcamp.