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Ulf Lohmann

German musician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ7878893 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ulf Lohmann is a German electronic music producer most popular for his releases on Kompakt. He has released an album, Because Before (2001), and several singles. Much of his work has been featured on Kompakt's Pop Ambient series.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ulf Lohmann” as german musician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1953-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Lohmann, German and musician can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as german musician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7878893. VIAF identifies the subject as 78565014. The Library of Congress control number is no2007103223. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ulf Lohmann”, its source revision and the description used here.
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ulf Lohmann” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.