纯正的柏林学校电子音乐,两位电子合成器大师Thorsten Quaeschning和Ulrich Schnauss给Berlin-school乐迷带来的2017年又一惊喜。
Thorsten Quaeschning来自德国的电子音乐家。在2005年他加入著名的橘梦乐队(Tangerine Dream)。他还是另一著名电子组合Picture Palace music的核心人物。
Ulrich Schnauss也是来自德国的著名电子音乐家,Ulrich Schnauss在2013年也加入了橘梦乐队(Tangerine Dream),令人难过的是在2013橘梦乐队的核心人物Edgar Froese不幸离世,也遗憾没能看他们之间更多的精彩合作。
"Synthwaves pays homage to the masters of the past, yet feels fresh and enchanting. Crisp, interlocking patterns are modulated and mutated with mathematical precision into eight pieces of pristine, post-kosmische sounds to float away to. During two intense weeks in Berlin, Quaeschning and Schnauss – both students of the great, late maestro Edgar Froese – locked themselves in a studio full of vintage synthesizers, analog sequencers and drum machines, and the result is a gorgeous set of purely electronic music.
As the title suggests, a bit of tongue-in-cheek playfullness was allowed during the process – however, all of these pieces sparkle with real emotion and warmth. As with the finest Tangerine Dream soundtracks it's the kind of music that paints vivid pictures on the canvas of the listeners mind: synth plucks hang in the air like glaring neon in metropolitan dusk, and zero-gravity pads hover like ghostly morning mist travelling over empty coastlines. Poly-rhythmic patterns are allowed to build - slowly but steadily - bar after bar, until synth-Satori is reached. By the time the last track on this
album runs out, it's obvious these two producers have themselves become masters of their craft."