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ALBUMS & DVD |
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Gemstones, CD + Bonus DVD
(Syngate 2008, Release Date: 13 Janauary 2008) |
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Gemstones short review:
This release from 2008 offers 60 minutes of dreamy electronic music on the CD. The CD features a selection of unreleased tracks (from 2007), live performances (from 2005) and a pair of remixes (from 2007) of
pieces from earlier albums.
The electronics are airy and buoyant over a foundation of moody atmospherics. Keyboard driven riffs flicker through a host of cyclic chords, establishing melodies that
exhibit a smoldering strength laced with a dreamy appeal. A variety of moods are captured and distributed throughout the pieces, blending growling resonance and piercing tones with pacific textures, all
conspiring to superbly convey an uplifting attitude of inspiring wonder.
While steeped in soothing sensibilities, these compositions possess a dramatic flair that serves to invigorate without straying
into hyperactive territory. A sense of wonder is imparted with each melody, as the tunes seep into the listeners’ flesh and then unfurl their commanding influences from an internal vantage.
The DVD
(which appears to be in PAL format) offers 21 minutes of material. First, there’s a video of two of the tracks from the CD, live at Satzvey Castle in 2005; and then there’s an abstract video whose visuals
are sourced from a live performance at EM-Breakfast in Dusseldorf in 2005. (Matt Howarth, soniccuriosity.com USA 2008) |
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Scapes, CD (Syngate 2005, Release Date: 16 April 2005) |
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Scapes short review:
Scapes is a work within the frame of Space Ambient, full of poetry and beauty, which leads the listener to a world of wondrous soundscapes by means of the masterful use of synthesizers.
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successive sonic textures, at the keyboards, take us step by step into an unexplored terrain, that the composer considers to be apt to listen to our imagination.
(Edgar Kogler, www.amazings.com, USA 2005) |
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Soundexample:
Medley Scapes
More sounds and information: www.syngate.net
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The Live & Versions DVD
(Atomic Pool/Syngate, Release Date: 11 November 2007) |
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View “Colourscape” live (YouTube link) |
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About “The Live & Versions DVD”On the 16th of April 2005 the debut album Scapes of DEEP IMAGINATION was released. The same day Thorsten Sudler-Mainz and the guest musicians Thorsten Rentsch and
Stefan Höllering performed live at the SynGate festival Satzvey Castle 2005. The 2007 released DVD, which is also a bonus DVD of the album Gemstones, contains the 13 minutes long concert film Live at
Satzvey Castle 2005 with the tracks Colourscape and Mountainscape. The film shows the magic of the live performance of DEEP IMAGINATION within the atmosphere of Satzvey Castle. Furthermore the DVD contains
a video clip of the new track Planetary System with live created visuals of the graphic artist Ingo Langner, filmed directly from the screen during a live concert of DEEP IMAGINATION. The outcome of this is
a psychedelic trip. |
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Distribution:
ART OF INFINITY-SHOP and Syngate Shop: www.syngate.net
DVD-review: www.musikzirkus-magazin.de |
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