Stefan Erbe's musical history began (really) in the early 90s and produced more than 30 music albums, many hundreds of concerts and a lot of media events. To call him only a musician would not be sufficient. The term medialist would certainly be more appropriate, as he often connects his works with images or concepts that stay with him much longer than the actual music. The man from Hagen has a significant connection to the astronomical world, because as can be assumed, his "professional" career started in 1993/94 with the debut album "the cosmic dreamland" and a cooperation with the Hagen observatory.

Stefan Erbe belongs to the successor generation of the pioneers of electronic music and also references the usual grandmasters as a source of his own inspirations. Nevertheless, Erbe's musical signature can be clearly heard in the wide circle of traditionalists of synthetically produced music. His unusual gift of not committing himself to certain stylistic means and still possessing a real recognition value is rare and certainly an argument of his continuing success. In addition, the range of his possibilities is above average and offers from technoid popular electronics, classical Debussy interpretation to ambient, club, lounge and chillout albums. Erbe overcomes borders and simply mixes it up to his style. Always emotionalized, melodic and catchy.

Erbe's combination of music and cosmic themes has also become a fixed part of the program of the Bochum Planetarium since 2011 and in more than 60 "Sound of Sky" events, Erbe has been able to implement events and concerts with top-class guests. In addition to electronic greats such as ATB, Chicane and Blank&Jones, Erbe has also hosted numerous other genre musicians with whom he has shared the stage live. His "Sound-of-Sky" series is unique in the planetarium world, because where many other facilities have their acts perform with simple DJ equipment, every Erbe event is always an evening of combined live music and custom star projection that will only happen once.
In more than 30 years and more than 300 concerts Erbe has already visited many events and festivals in Germany and Europe, but he travels(s) very often to the Hagener Stadtwald to perform live at the place of origin of his astromedial birth. Whether solo or as a joint duo with Steve Baltes, with whom he has produced four albums under the name Baltes&Erbe since 2014. The work with Ashra keyboard man Steve Baltes resulted from a cooperation that initially led Steve to Sound of Sky as a guest. The closeness of both sides' musical tastes and a very special live chemistry, gave the EM scene a lasting and meaningful synergy, especially in live performance. Since that time they have already played more than 20 concerts in Europe.

Stefan Erbe has realized several studio, live or other cooperation projects in the last 3 decades and distributes his products on the local erbemusic.com label. He has turned down several lucrative major offers over the years, always relying on his own independence. His ever-increasing success is expressed not only in the expanding numbers of his distribution, but also in the high acceptance of the many music lovers. In addition to his own studio albums, Stefan Erbe has also accompanied numerous external projects. Here, especially the time from 2009 must be named. He composed the film music for documentaries, DVDs and other productions, cooperated with other musicians and artists and supplied various samplers with his tracks. Certainly his track "When Angels Travel" on the 2014 album of ATB should be highlighted, which was number 5 in the charts in Germany.
Due to his above-average presence, his large network and the many different product fields that surround his creative activities, Erbe has not been an exclusive musician for many years, but combines various skills and services under the umbrella of erbemusic. The fusion of author, lecturer, photographer and media designer, as well as insurance specialist for artists and creative people, label owner promoting young talent, event organizer and musician has certainly become a significant unique selling proposition of the Hagener. (Note: Insiders suspect that he may also come to greater prominence as a cat photographer ;)
Erbe wrote for the German Synthesizer Magazine until 2021 and worked with Stefan Schulz (syndae) on the webzine empulsiv from 2011 to 2022. Quite a few event and festival visitors know him through that as a presenter and questioner.
Erbe wrote for the German Synthesizer Magazine until 2021 and worked with Stefan Schulz (syndae) on the webzine empulsiv from 2011 to 2022. Many event and festival visitors know him as a moderator and questioner.
Besides his astromedial Spaceworks concert series, which is almost always performed at astronomical locations, Erbe has organized several spacetime festivals and actively supported many other scene events. In most cases, he has given them organizational start-up help or has been helpful as a technical stage manager. In his music workshops he lectures about making music, explains technology and gives young musicians insights into the right workflow. In addition, he supports newcomers on the local Erbemusic label and also distributes albums and CDs by other artists. In 2008 he initiated the international music award "die Schallwelle" together with Sylvia Sommerfeld (Schallwende e.v.), who passed away in 2021. Until 2013 he actively accompanied the event as moderator and until 2022 as technical organizer (but never as voting or awarding jury member). (as of Dec. 2022)