Back in 1986, I got my first analog, well, partially analog, synthesizer:
a Roland Juno-106. Using an Atari 800XL and a music composing software,
I began to compose and produce electronic music similar to Berlin School
artists like Tangerine Dream, Chris Franke and Edgar Froese as well as
other European artists like Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis. My music is
a mixture of lush synthesizer pads, hard-beat sequences and strong melodies
that create an atmosphere in which the listener's imagination is set free.
Over the years, from 1986
till 1994, albums "Projects I" till "Projects V" have been produced. During
the course of 1991, together with a friend, I had formed "The Omega Project",
an Electronic/New Wave band that produced songs and lyrics, which were
sung by a female singer with a beautiful voice. Of this venture, a debut
album was produced with the band name. After a stop-period of five years,
from 1994 till 1999, in which I had attended other ventures, I had completely
turned my home studio into a virtual one, whereas everything is done within
the realms of the computer and dumped almost all my outboard gear.
The album "Solar Voyages"
marks my return to music composition and production to be followed by "Retrospective",
a look-back at past projects and music, assembling the very best from those
works, re-doing them to fit the new times both from a personal aspect as
well as a production one.
Then followed the next studio
album named "Nibiru". This album depicts the story of the believed-to-exist
10th planet of our solar system in which, according to ancient mythologies,
reside a race called Annunaki. Ancient stories of extra-terrestrial visits
of that race can be found in many ancient culture's stories. The album
is an atmospherical one with mood that shifts from dark ambient to tribal
rhythms. Nibiru sold well, was well received by online resellers as well
as radio playlist owners.
During the course of 2004,
a new project emerged titled "ambience", and was released on early 2005
and is attributed with up-tempo and energetic rhythm section as well as
strong sequencers and structures.In 2005-2006, the studio album "blind
vision" saw the light of day and was a natural advancement after "ambience",
showcasing similar melodies and ambient space as its predecessor.
The studio album "atmosphere",
which was released in 2006, took a different path than the previous two
albums. '70 era melodies and structures dominate this release, using phasing
and flanging effects as well as a plethora of vintage equipment.
Following ‘atmosphere” is
synergos. For this album I had built two devices. The first is a recreation
of the Commodore C64 SID chip synthesizer while the second is a midi step
sequencer, which was running the entire length of the album, nearly 40
minutes with all accompanying parts and some help from the computer.
Starting in the early days
of 2008, I ventured deeper into the realm of do-it-yourself instrument
building and initiated a project to built my own modular synthesizer. For
this I had to put music making aside and devote my spare time to researching
electronics, browsing forums for other professionals as well as ordering
the required parts from various sources. |
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