Fanger + Schoenwaelder

Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder
P:2006
Thomas Fanger and Mario Schönwälder present us a work where rhythm, atmospheres and melody are very well combined. The basic style includes Space and Trance traits. Although there are some slow passages, most of the music has a good rhythm, with a prevalence of the sequencers in the rhythmic structures. This is a powerful work, where the artists contribute their musical talent to achieve a fresh, emotive sonic journey. Fanger and Schönwälder counted with the special collaboration of Lutz Ulbrich, well known for his success in the famous band Ashra Tempel. Ulbrich plays guitar on three tracks.

Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder
P:2004
All tracks composed and performed by Thomas Fanger and Mario Schönwälder.
Bas Broekhuis - drums on track 3 from Disc 2
This is a 2-CD set that consists of tracks recorded live and in studio from 2001-2002
Disc 2 concludes with a great 53+ minute piece from Bad Sulza.
Berlin School sequencing with some melodies.

Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder
P: 2016
On their DVD "Analog Overdose - The Roadmovie" was the first part of their Berlin concert on 08.08.2008 released. On this EP you can hear the second part of the concert.

Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder
P:2007
CD,
All tracks composed, arranged and performed by Thomas Fanger & Mario Schönwälder.
Recorded @ Manikin Studio Berlin & Atelier Frankfurt 2007. Mastered by Gerd Wienekamp.

DVD, , DVD-5 PAL 4:3
Recorded during a concert @ 5th Hampshire Jam on 21st October 2006.
All tracks composed, arranged and performed by Thomas Fanger & Mario Schönwälder.
Music recorded by Tony Sawford. Filmed by Marika & Thomas Fanger.
DVD editing by Thomas Fanger. Thanks a lot to Steve Jenkins and his crew for inviting us and the support during the festival. Thanks a lot to all people, who helped with video tapes, photos and their enthusiasm. Mario says "Thanks" to Bas, Christa, Detlef and Frank for friendship and support.
Analog Overdose 4 is a pure Berlin School feast. But a Berlin School to which the duet combines with a unique contemporariness. Splitting by short sequences, the Berliners duet appreciably modifies the structure of the rhythm with short random fluctuations, plunging Berlin Breakfast in a celestial atmosphere. The solos of synths, some with guitars appearances, put a sweet intoxicate into this soft electronic daydream.
Heavy arpeggios, intersected with electronic clappers, impregnate obscure reverberations to Frankfurt Lunch intro. We are in full hallucinatory jungle where eclectic sonorities of animals rove in heavy atmospheric pads. A fine sequence emerges from this tropical blackness, to form a zigzagging tempo which wakes up a movement bursting of velocity, where solos of synths are squabbling on limpid chords which drown in symphonic synths. The atmosphere is heavy and the synthesized pads opaque, creating a rich and moulding sound envelope, as at the beautiful time of Phaedra and Rubycon.

Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder
P:2007
LTD: 444
Limited edition in a small tin.
Analog Overdose 4 + continues the Berlin School tradition which we find also on the Overdose 4. Classical music with hypnotic eases, though fluid by moments, on long movements with the soft and tasty disturbances as at the beautiful time of Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream. A percussive musical voyage.

Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder + Ulbrich
P:2014
This is the second release of the Fanger & Schönwälder's Analog Overdose series which features Lutz Graf-Ulbrich on guitar.  This man is a living legend, known from bands like Agitation Free, 17 Hippies and his solo project Lüül. His subtle and unique guitar play adds a very special and personal tone to the music. Most likely Analog Overdose 5  is the most diversified album by Thomas Fanger and Mario Schönwälder so far. They mix various musical elements with ease: from post-rock, psychedelic ambient drones, hypnotic sequencer rides to krautrock and funky space disco. The over 22 minutes long track „Frankfurter Allee“ was recorded during a live session in a car driving through Berlin. It features various iPads and of course Lutz' famous Gibson SG guitar.

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Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder + Ulbrich
P: 2014
LTD 111
This is the DVD Version, showing the recording drive through Berlin, with two new tracks.
This is the second release of the Fanger & Schönwälder's Analog Overdose series which features Lutz Graf-Ulbrich on guitar.  This man is a living legend, known from bands like Agitation Free, 17 Hippies and his solo project Lüül. His subtle and unique guitar play adds a very special and personal tone to the music. Most likely Analog Overdose 5  is the most diversified album by Thomas Fanger and Mario Schönwälder so far. They mix various musical elements with ease: from post-rock, psychedelic ambient drones, hypnotic sequencer rides to krautrock and funky space disco. The over 27 minutes long track „Frankfurter Allee“ was recorded during a live session in a car driving through Berlin. It features various iPads and of course Lutz' famous Gibson SG guitar.

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Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder & Matt Howarth
P: 2013
LTD 500
Recorded during the early 21st Century in Berlin & Rosenfeld, Germany, planet Earth.
This is an enhanced CD which features a novel by Matt Howarth (in .PDF format) about Fanger & Schönwälder.
Matt Howarth writes a fantastic 320 page novel about these outstanding musicians and their space journey.

Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder
P:2007
All tracks composed, arranged, played and recorded by Thomas Fanger & Mario Schönwälder during various sessions and rehearsals in Montana and California 2007.
Fanger & Schönwälder's Stromschlag contains material from their USA trip 2007. All new material and the CD is strictly limited. The music contains diferent styles like Berlin School but also loungemusic.

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Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder + Lutz Ulbrich
P:2021
Fanger & Schönwälder are an integral part of the Berlin electronic scene.
In addition to his solo and band projects, Mario Schönwälder is also successful as the operator of the Manikin Records label. Thomas Fanger has been active in numerous electro, house and ambient projects since the 90s. As on the first and fifth editions of the Analog Overdose series, Fanger and Schönwälder have brought Lutz Graf-Ulbrich aka Lüül on board again for the sixth Analog Overdose. His unmistakable guitar playing gives the tracks a very personal touch. On the latest work, Lüül also plays ukulele and banjo in addition to acoustic and electric guitar. The whole album comes across as pleasantly versatile and varied. The musical spectrum ranges from post-rock, psychedelic ambient drones and hypnotic sequencer descents to krautrock and space disco.

Artist: Keller & Schönwälder & Fanger
P: 2013
Pristine nature impressions and soft healing music
This exclusive DVD turns your living room into your personal relaxation and wellness oasis. As often as you like! Allow your stressed soul a wonderful healing journey and instantly escape from your hectic daily life. Recharge your inner batteries with the positive energy of pristine nature scenes of idyllic forests, magic ocean waves and tranquil sunset impressions. The high quality relaxation videos are accompanied by carefully selected healing and chill out music tunes. Enjoy pure relaxation!

Artist: Rainbow Serpent, Fanger & Schönwälder
P: 2009
LTD: 500
The Ricochet Gathering Live Konzert 2007 with 3 long tracks.

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Artists: Various Artists
P: 2003
Project Inter.com is effectively Keller & Schonwalder and friends. They start this wonderful double CD set with 'Come and Taste the Band'. Fizzing drones travel through the ether as subtle percussion and faint guitar give a rather moody atmosphere. It's only in the last third that any rhythmic content is added but even then it is subdued so as not to disturb the lovely serene feel.
Tom van Draft is really Thomas Fanger (from Fanger & Schonwalder, Mind Flux etc). His track 'Blue Halo' starts with a nice melodic sequence augmented by gentle electric piano touches. A rhythm enters in the third minute developing a nice relaxed groove.
Arcanum & Otarion team up for 'Homo Novus'. Various sequences and loops emerge through rather orchestral sounding pads as we start a slow but very effective build up which hits the spot perfectly. Very subtle rhythm and percussion are added around which a beautiful melody, rather low in the mix, weaves its spell.
Fanger & Schonwalder are responsible for the hugely popular 'Analog Overdose' series. Here we have a new track called 'Abgetaucht'. If you liked Volumes 1 and 3 of that series you should also go for this. A sequence can be heard which starts low in the mix but rapidly rises to the surface and is joined by high hat percussion. More pulsations are added in the form of a slow bass sequence / loop. The sequences seep into the consciousness wonderfully taking over the mind. I am sure a lovely little melody had already been there a couple of minutes before I noticed it as it fitted in so perfectly with everything else that was going on. More lovely 70s sounding lead lines come and go- boy do they hit the spot! Virtual guitar can momentarily be heard in the twelfth minute. It adds that little extra excitement without dominating. What a wonderful track- mesmerizing but never boring.
The first disc concludes with 'Salzbad' by Electric Orange. Initially the main feature is a fine splashing sequence but as the track progresses it reminded me of some early Sky label recordings by the likes of Tyndall or even Adelbert Von Deyen.

It is probably the second disc which will excite many however, even before listening to the music, as it contains tracks (all at fifteen minutes or over) by Spyra (with Chris Lang), Rainbow Serpent and AirSculpture. This is the first new material from the last two of these acts in ages.
'Nenikekamen' by Spyra & Lang starts us off. Straight away it's Klaus Schulze who comes to mind. We float on tranquil soft pads then an excellent slow sequence emerges backed by a cello / flute combination (I think!) which weaves a lovely haunting melody. The sequence mutates this way and that increasing in speed considerably in the fifth minute. Subtle rhythm in added low in the mix accompanied by yet another lovely lead.
Fanger & Kersten provide one of the most contemporary offerings on the album with 'Waterproof Guitar'. Infectious rhythmic loops and sampled (or vocoded) utterances of the title develop into quite a relaxed but also extremely 'cool' groove.
'Deep Dive' by Rainbow Serpent makes use of rather metallic sounding eerie wind blown effects over which a shuffling rhythm keeps being heard then disappears like tumbleweed momentarily being seen before being blown into the distance. Just before the five-minute mark some very faint NASA type samples can just be heard. This is extremely atmospheric stuff but also rather vivid picture music. A slow flutey melodic lead floats over the top heightening the haunting qualities still further.
At about the half way mark a slow rhythm is added giving a little structure but never intruding too much or destroying the delicate atmosphere so painstakingly created.
By it's title 'Not Raving, Floating' by AirSculpture might also be expected to be something of an ambient affair but this is not the case. Sure we get a drifting, though sonically powerful, introduction but it isn't long before a typical Sculpture lead can be heard and then a sequence with their signature all over it. It becomes louder and louder, more leads are added then another cracking sequence falls into formation- then another! Simply awesome. Welcome back AirSculpture! (Now when the hell are you going to get your 2003 National Space Centre gig ready for release?!).
We finish with 'Liquid Dawn' by Keller & Schonwalder. For the most part this is an ethereal melancholy masterpiece darker than anything on 'Noir'. A sequence is added in the ninth minute which does drive things forward a little but thankfully the mood stays wonderfully morose. Beware the false ending by the way, just when you think it is all over there is a bonus five minutes of music! Lovely stuff too. Sorry to spoil the surprise guys.

Artist: Schönwälder, Fanger, Keller,
Quaeschning,Ramp... 
P: 2012
LTD
This is a compilation of unreleased tracks from all the artists of the Manikin Label.

Artist: Various Artists
P: 2007 / 2010
LTD 300
First official DVD release. EMtv features 13 track sampler (3 exclusive) by Ricochet Dream artists.

Artist: Schönwälder, Fanger, Keller,
P: 2022
LTD 444
This is a compilation of unreleased tracks from all the artists of the Manikin Label.
Another decade has passed. Manikin Records has now been in existence for 30 years. A fact that I would not have thought possible 30 years ago. But this fire is still burning. Making music with electronic sound generators, together with my friends in four very different music projects: Broekhuis, Keller & Schönwälder, Fanger & Schönwälder, Filter Coffee and Control Room. Again, Raughi Ebert, Lutz-Graf-Ulbrich and Thomas Kagermann were in on it. And then there were two productions by musician friends in the past decade: Menzman and Pyramid Peak. The result is another CD with previously unreleased recordings by musicians who released music on Manikin Records between 2012 and 2022. Take a journey through the electronic sound world of Manikin Records.
I thank very many people who have accompanied me on this long journey from 1992 until today and will continue to do so. Without you, all this would never have been possible. The journey continues....

In memory of Thomas Fanger († 02.03.2022).