Thaneco "Unearthly Delight" (2018)

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij - Silent Witnesses Of Industrial Landscapes (2008)



Gert Emmens and Ruud Heij first met in 1997, both being member of a Dutch club for Electronic Music lovers. It took a number of years before they started to collaborate, in 2003.
Recording sessions take place in both of the studio's of Ruud of Gert, but after Gert moved to a smaller place, the sessions mostly are in Ruud's studio in Utrecht Netherlands.
The recordings are based on improvisation. When getting together in the studio, Ruud starts to develop a sequence, using on of his sequencers and the huge Symthesizer.COM modular mostly. While Ruud is doing this, Gert tries some melodies and chordchanges over this sequences. Once the sequence is programmed it is just a matter of pressing the record buttion and they start playing and see what happens. During the recording, Ruud changes the sequences. That ;eads to a basic track. Mostly two or three versions are being recorded. Afterwards, it is mostly Gert, who completes the tracks and mixes and masters them.

Code Indigo - E-Live Special Edition (2006)



Code Indigo is one of those hard to categorise electronic avant-garde bands whose music and concept albums cross genres and has wide appeal.
The music is original, with thematic compositions, an imaginative combination of synths, keyboards, guitar, samples and rhythms plus a good helping of experimental, ambient and down tempo chill out influences. The music compares to that of a ‘Blade Runner’ style soundtrack, with Pink Floyd and Art of Noise influences.
The band was founded in 1994 by David Wright and Robert Fox. It has undergone many changes over the years and a different line-up on every release, with only David Wright involved in them all.
Code Indigo released what was reported to be it’s final album ‘Take the Money and Run’ in 2015 and officially stopped live performances the same year.
The current line up is David Wright and Robert Fox (Synths & keys), with Dave Massey (rhythm sequencing and bass programming) and Carys (vocals).
The "E-Live Special Edition" album was released by AD Music in a limited run.

Navigator - Oceanic Empire (2002)



Navigator consists of Tony Anderson from England, Kent Eskildsen from Denmark and Jens Peschke from Germany. Peschke is also involved with the bands Kubusschnitt and wEirD. Their style of writing is Electronic Berlin-school.

Sunday, December 16, 2018

The Ministry Of Inside Things - Live On EMusic, July 12 2001 (2001)



American synthesizer band with members: Art Cohen, Chuck Van Zyl, inspired by Tangerine Dream, and similar artists. This is a live album from 2001.


Eric Snelders - The Source Of Scarlet Dreams (1998)



Eric Snelders is a composer of electronic Berlin school music. If you love Tangerine Dream, especially the Schmoelling period, you are almost certain to love this.

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