Werken is the alias of Berlin-based music artist Tilman Ehrhorn. Working as a producer, composer, saxophone/reed player and sound designer, he appears on many jazz records as well as presenting himself as an electronic artist. Within the last few years he has released two critically acclaimed solo albums on Mille Plateaux and Resopal Schallware. He contributes tracks to several compilations and regulary carries out some remix tasks. In addition to influences from contemporary electronic music, modern jazz is an important source of inspiration for his compositions, creating similarities with the improvisational niveau of jazz and contemporary composed music. The lastest album of Werken entitled Sum has been recently released on Zymogen.