Haslinger, Paul

Artists: Coma Virus (Paul Haslinger)
P: 1996
This is music that some will find difficult to listen to. The soundscapes in the tracks will slowly lull you into a dream state and then like the nightmare where you find yourself falling into a deep pit suddenly shake you awake with a start.
Dark, brooding sounds hint at a presence just beyond the conscious mind (like the night creatures that wait for us to fall asleep?) characterize this album. And while Laudanum Vol. 1 (Fatagaga) and thepresentday (Jason Corder and Opium) are not antidotes they do mix well with Coma Virus and even potentiate its effects.
Coma Virus is a side project for former Tangerine Dream member Paul Haslinger. On "Hidden" he explores pure ambient territory, somewhat reminiscent of Lightwave. Mostly a construction of sounds as opposed to ambient offerings of, say Brian Eno. Melodies are barely hinted at here, as the focus is on the sonic aspects.

Artist: Peter Baumann & Paul Haslinger
P: 2019
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"Long-awaited" doesn't even begin to describe Neuland. After all, its core synth cadets (former Tangerine Dream members Peter Baumann and Paul Haslinger) first workshopped a record under a different name (Blue Room) nearly 30 years ago. Its promising sessions were ultimately shelved, but the project's creative process firmly established their friendship and a fruitful dialogue that defies explanation. Neuland started the way many long overdue projects do: with Paul Haslinger and Peter Baumann asking themselves, "Why isn't there anything out there like this?" In their case, that meant a deeply immersive debut album that’s respectful of their roots in Tangerine Dream but exists on its own astral plane, Far more restless than most ambient records, the pair's self-titled LP is both focused and freeing, alluding to everything from weightless grime melodies to windswept film scores. And while there are hints of many different modern artists here (Oneohtrix Point Never's sci-fi scapes, Zombi's prog nods, the mechanical animal melodies of Amon Tobin and Arca), Neuland is ultimately the sound of something entirely new.
"It all boils down to one word, transcendence" explains Baumann.

Artist: Peter Baumann & Paul Haslinger
P: 2019
"Long-awaited" doesn't even begin to describe Neuland. After all, its core synth cadets (former Tangerine Dream members Peter Baumann and Paul Haslinger) first workshopped a record under a different name (Blue Room) nearly 30 years ago. Its promising sessions were ultimately shelved, but the project's creative process firmly established their friendship and a fruitful dialogue that defies explanation. Neuland started the way many long overdue projects do: with Paul Haslinger and Peter Baumann asking themselves, "Why isn't there anything out there like this?" In their case, that meant a deeply immersive debut album that’s respectful of their roots in Tangerine Dream but exists on its own astral plane, Far more restless than most ambient records, the pair's self-titled LP is both focused and freeing, alluding to everything from weightless grime melodies to windswept film scores. And while there are hints of many different modern artists here (Oneohtrix Point Never's sci-fi scapes, Zombi's prog nods, the mechanical animal melodies of Amon Tobin and Arca), Neuland is ultimately the sound of something entirely new.
"It all boils down to one word, transcendence" explains Baumann.

Artists: Paul Haslinger & V.A.
P: 2001
Paul Haslinger can be heard on one track.
Boy from East L.A. meets girl from the "right" side of the tracks. Unfortunately, their relationship is threatened by mediocre music... er, societal pressures. For every worthy, evocative track that the Kirsten Dunst-starring Crazy/Beautiful's CD companion offers, two seem like recordings that a studio suit decided "the kids will relate to": Emiliana Torrini's Björk-lite "To Be Free," the Getaway People's Beck-lite "She Gave Me Love," and Osker's Blink-182-lite "Alright" might work in theaters, but here they just make the listener hope that the movie itself is better written than these leftovers. Save for the Dandy Warhols' "Sleep" (from 2000's masterful Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia) and maybe Fastball's "This Is Not My Life," the album hardly makes a good argument for the continuing validity of guitar rock--and was Seven Mary Three's "Wait" commissioned as a Goo Goo Dolls knockoff or a Bon Jovi homage? Latin hip-hop is better served, with excellent Mellow Man Ace and Delinquent Habits concoctions on board, but rock tunes by La Ley and Serralde are hardly as inspiring.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 2011
Soundtrack for the same movie.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 2020
"I've never been happy with staying in one particular style of music. The fun was turning things upside down, trying things out." As a former member of the legendary Tangerine Dream, Paul Haslinger is a man who knows how to build suspense, hold moods, illustrate contempt, lies, passion and pleasure; he can create fear, disgust and love - he has unleashed the nuances of such emotions in a highly successful career as a TV and film soundtrack composer ("Halt And Catch Fire", "Underworld" and the Golden Globe nominated "Sleeper Cell")
"Exit Ghost" is his long thought-out opus, a moment caught in time, leafing through reference points and taking an ethereal trip that permeates musical genres while being inundated with intricate sounds and intersecting rhythms. Originally built from the warmth of his grand piano, "Exit Ghost" swings with purity and power, from an uncanny and evocative in-between world that is both sweeping and rolling, then intoxicating and suffocating at the same time; modern composition in its most uplifting form; cerebral, solemn, intense and beautiful
"The search for souls in connection with this record was extensive. To find places of resonance, to give colour to memories. It was a greater challenge because it is not the narrative of another. Finding the core of your story can be the most difficult task of all."
The album, which was created over a period of eight years and is full of personal references, is a testimony to the search - a search full of hints, particles and suggestions.
 

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 2017
This soundtrack music is with a lot of melodies and sequences, that could have been with the old TD Soundtracks back in the 80s. Complete synthesizer score, excellent.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 1998
Paul Haslinger was a member of Tangerine Dream in the mid-1980s, but while that German synth band cranks along like an alien Edsel that doesn't realize its time has gone, Haslinger has been building a catalog of cutting-edge music that will take us into the next millennium. Following on the heels of his 1997 ethno-techno blowout, World Without Rules, Haslinger steps into a space-age bachelor pad for Score. Although Haslinger is a classically trained keyboardist, he doesn't let that get in the way of his sample-and-paste aesthetic. On "Accidental Measures of Cool" he mixes live performances from singer-songwriter Julianna Raye's moaning voice and Bumi Fian's muted trumpet with a snarling electronic groove and dub bass line to create a techno-noir landscape. Then he uses Indian chanting, not for the ethnicity of it all, but just for the pure sonic joy as the chant calls out across what sounds like a klezmer band on acid. Juliana Raye returns on "When Worlds Collide," coolly intoning her surreal lyric cut-ups in this electronic ballad. Taiko drummers, talking tabla players, snakey jazz rhythms, and electronic abstractions swirl in a giddy head dance on Score. "Fantastic Voyage" reaches almost symphonic dimensions, in a loungey sort of way. Only once does Haslinger succumb to ethno-kitsch, that's on "Magheda" with what sounds like a Native American chant sampled over an electronica groove à la Deep Forest. Paul Haslinger not only challenges his space-music origins, but ups the ante for electronica with music you might hear in a cyber-lounge someday around 2010.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 2010
Takers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Paul Haslinger. This is the composed score to the film by the film's composer, Paul Haslinger; not the source music from individual artists or bands.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 2003
This soundtrack is magnificent but dark never the less. The music rises like mist and fills my ears with clouds of color and sound, murky, pulsating and totally electrifying. I haven't listened to it for some time and when this album came on my iPod at random it shocked my senses during my moon lit midnight walk home. The music send a kick through my insides and by the time I got home I felt like the Terminator because this music makes you walk like something out of a movie. In this soundtrack there's no subtle slithering in dark corridors, the music is eerie with an obvious feeling of approaching dread, you know that something big and bad is coming....Not every tracks it loud, some has whispers and monk's chanting, soft piano and violins ( "Eternity and a Day" for example), while others sound like an industrial revolution in the tombs occupied by the vampires. I totally loved it, highly recommended to fans of soundtracks and of fans this movie.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 2009
Haslinger has really outdone himself with this one. Although it's short, noisy and to the point... it certainly gets the job done! Bits of classical, industrial, world, metal, ambient and even jazz pop up in this beautifully rendered score. Lucian and Sonja's love story is underscored by dark piano, tortured strings and brutal electronics. Similarly, Sonja's execution is scored to tragic perfection utilizing a heavier string sound than Haslinger has used in this series yet. The action music is up to par with the first two scores and is both intense and wonderfully textured.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 2012
The fourth Underworld movie and the 3rd soundtrack made by Paul Haslinger.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 2007
This is the soundtrackscore to the movie Vacancy. In addition, this CD contains a remix of a track made by Lightwave Christoph Harbonnier,a remix made by Lustmord and a remix by Michael Fakesch.

Artists: Paul Haslinger
P: 1996
Very strong showing by this ex-Tangerine Dream member.
This release is glorious with peak guitar, strong rhythms and shiva sensibilities. A hard mixture of electronics and gamelan sound, with a guest appearance by Mark Isham on processed trumpet and flugelhorn. Some of this music is downright exhausting, taking it much further than normal contemporary instrumental music. With the stream of tribal-techno/world-ambient releases hitting the market these days, programmers and consumers may be feeling a little jaded about this format, and despairing that the chances of hearing something fresh seem to be lessening. Paul Haslinger, an erstwhile Tangerine Dream member, shatters this perception by delivering original, cutting-edge, consistently exciting songs on World Without Rules.

Artist: Tangerine Dream
P: 1989
This album is probably more intense overall than its predecessor, "Optical Race", but with a slightly lighter mood and more variety toward the end. Paul Haslinger and Edgar Froese continue to show off their wizardry here on electronic keyboards, guitars and drums, and again the emphasis is on progressive, driving compositions that are never boring because they don't just stick to one pattern or texture, but morph and grow with each phrase. This music is undeniably cool and a great motivator for workouts or physical tasks. Standout numbers on "Lily on the Beach" include "Desert Drive", "Crystal Curfew", "Valley of the Kings" and the opening track, "Too Hot for My Chinchilla". The closing track, "Long Island Sunset", is nice too, with varying tempos and intensities, and accoustic saxophone and flute provided by guest artist Hubert Waldner. If you like "Lily on the Beach", you're sure to like two other Tangerine Dream releases too--"Optical Race" and "Melrose".

Artist: Tangerine Dream
P: 1988
The Albuquerque Concert was performed during the TD North American Tour June/July '86.
The music was produced,composed and performed by Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger, Chris Franke.
The West-Berlin Concert was an open air concert performed during the 750th Anniversary of the city of West-Berlin in August '87.
The music was produced, composed and performed by Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger, Chris Franke.

Artist: Tangerine Dream
P: 1987 / 1988
Original Motion Picture by Jill Clayburgh and Barbara Hershey
Music Composed, Performed and Engineered by Tangerine Dream (Froese/Franke/Haslinger) in 1987.
* Singer: Jacquie Virgil - Lyrics: Edgar Froese
** Singer: Diamond Ross - Lyrics: Haslinger, Franke
Shy People is a relatively long track. It starts off, very similar with the intro from Shine On You Crazy Diamond, from the Pink Floyd record Wish You Were Here.
Jacquie Virgil, the singer, begins with beautiful wordless vocal, but when she sings the lyrics, you get very disappointed, as she sneers the words out. Especially in the chorus, that has an interestingly quirky synth-melody, she sounds like a bad Tina Turner. If you can get beyond the singing, the track is acceptable. Joe's Place is a dark piece, and it sounds as if the Mellotron has had a revival. This flashback, makes this 70's inspired track pretty interesting. The Harbor, sung by Diamond Ross, is uptempo synthrock, with well performed synth and guitar interaction, that has the track to be credited for. The singer, undoubtedly paid for the occasion, really can't deliver the goods, as Haslinger and Franke simply has provided some poor lyrics. The rhythm of the song reminds of One of These Days - yet another reference to Pink Floyd. Nightfall is background music, and not very interesting on record. Together with Brother Or Stranger from 1986, Dancing On A White Moon is the closest Tangerine Dream comes to genuine pop music. The experience of writing pop songs is almost on an embryonic stage. In spite of the killer synth riff, the track lacks a great deal of enthusiasm, not only from Jacquie Virgil, but also Tangerine Dream. It can tempt you to think, that the film producers wanted a soundtrack with pop songs, and Tangerine Dream only did it to afford the newest synths on the market.

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Artist: Paul Haslinger, Lustmord,
Thomas Köner u.a.
P: 1996
Treatments of raw wire footage from Alan Lamb's "Night Passage" session tapes (Dorobo 013). Demixed and edited with respect.
WARNING : Low frequencies in track 4 may damage some speakers. Headphones recommended.
As the liner notes state, these were demixed and edited with respect. While bearing the trademark styles of each artist, the "treatment" requires attentive listening to find the wire footage buried in each mix.
If you aren't familiar with Lamb's work, this is a good place to start as the more drone/minimalism of the artists' work makes the journey more familiar than the often jostling experience of listening to the recordings on Lamb's "Primal Image" or "Night Passage" releases.
Lamb's releases are essential, however, especially to provide context. There is a strange sense of beauty and wonder in them as attested to the fact that the artists here chose to rework them.
One remix is even made by Paul Haslinger.

Artist: Bernard Xolotl, Michael Stearns, Nick Rhodes,...
P: 2001
LTD 1000
Unreleased Tracks celebrating the masters of electronic, ambient and progressive music.