Tom Thiel began his career as a recording engineer in Bavaria, working with Marc Almond, Siouxsie and the Banshees, ELO, Yello and many more artists in the eighties.
Moving to Berlin in 1988 he became a member of Fischerman's Friend, which released one album on Phonogram. 
After the split of the band in 1991 Max Loderbauer (now in: NSI, Moritz v. Oswald Trio) and Tom founded SUN ELECTRIC.
They released five studio- and one live-album (on R&S and Shitkatapult) and toured throughout the world, pioneering live electronica on stage in the early nineties.