The Team

Tobias Fischer
Tobias is editor-in-chief of tokafi and a cultural editor for Germany's biggest Printmag on Recording, „Beat“. His main area of interests are the intersections between sound art, classical music and contemporary composition. He has made it his mission to uncover the international aspects of these genres and how their interpretation through the lense of different cultures is shaping a new musical language and community.

Tobias regularly writes for New-Zealand based arts magazine “White Fungus” and has contributed to Online- and Print-Publications such as All About Jazz, Klassik.com, Earlabs, Oro Molido and MacLife. He is also head of the einzeleinheit and ex ovo labels (the latter in unison with Mirko Uhlig) and the man behind the Feu Follet project. Tobias currently lives in Münster, Germany.

Contact Tobias for any editorial questions: tobias@tokafi.com
 

Dirk Fischer
Dirk is a recording producer. As a founding member of tokafi, he has worked on questions of concept and organisation from day one and mixes and masters the tokafi radioshow.

Starting out as a tape editor and freelance engineer, he has worked for artists such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Alfred Brendel, Seiji Ozawa, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. From 2005 – ’07 he was appointed senior engineer of the recording department of international music publisher De Haske Publications, where he worked closely with contemporary composers and numerous accomplished soloists. Since then, he has spent two years in South East Asia, working on a variety of projects in Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing.

Contact Dirk for any questions & suggestions regarding the tokafi radioshow: dirk@tokafi.com
 

Michael Martinides
Michael is an engineer, homecare consultant and IT specialist. His interest goes out to creating user interfaces, which will create unique and new perceptions of the arts. Through his involvment with tokafi, he was one of the early users of the django content management system. As a musician, he founded the GOS project with Dirk Fischer, releasing two albums of contemporary electronic music. Michael currently works with Linde Homecare in Munich, Germany.

Contact Michael for Website and IT-related questions: michael@tokafi.com
 

Ralph Grundmann
Ralph Grundmann is an expert in SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and marketing manager for tokafi.

After initially meeting as colleagues at a marketing agency, Tobias and Ralph began collaborating on various projects – joining forces with Olaf Spinkel, responsible for technology and development. One of their early projects included a website which would later turn into one of Germany's biggest music portals for Metal and Gothic culture. In 2005, Ralph and Olaf founded AweSEM, concentrating on monetising small to medium sized web projects across different sectors and industries, also offering Online Marketing services to clients in the United Kingdom and Germany. Comprising a quartet with over thirty years of combined experience within the digital marketing industry, AweSEM have had the opportunity to develop and promote many interesting businesses and organisations using individualised digital marketing solutions and a variety of channels. Since 2008, the trio of Ralph, Olaf and Tobias have combined forces again, with AweSEM handling Online Marketing and SEO for tokafi.com. Ralph currently lives in Hamburg, Germany.
 

Fred M. Wheeler
Fred is a journalist, musician and customer consultant. After a journalistic training (spending part of his time at the famous Aschendorff Verlag) and several years as a writer for big newspapers, he moved his career into international territory. A lengthy stint in Amsterdam followed, as well as a stay in the United States. After braving several hurricanes, it was time to return to his old hometown and take up the profession that fulfills him most: Writing and being involved in publishing. Fred lives in Münster, Germany.

Guillaume Dulhoste
Guillaume is a Quality Manager and Metal editor for tokafi.

Guillaume has been involved in underground Metal journalism for the past ten years. He has written for a variety of publications, including O2 (former AH) as well as Leprozy (Print). In his function as an editor and radio moderator for Metalland.com, he assisted bands in finding distribution deals, never hiding his preference for the more extreme edges of the genre. In early 2009, he joined the ranks of Metal-fourpiece "Memories of Agony", currently preparing for their debut release. Guillaume currently lives in Münster, Germany and heads the tokafi column "Metal Visions International".

Contact Guillaume for Questions about the "Metal Visions International" column: guillaume@tokafi.com

Ansgar Eilting
Ansgar is a free-lance designer and has, among other things, worked on an advertising plot to get people back into classical music halls. He designed the tokafi logo, as well as the signature of its predecessor, “mouvement nouveau”. Ansgar currently lives in Münster, Germany. Visit his homepage at www.eiltinx.de