Mark Jenkins - A Rainbow In Curved Air

Artist: Däcker & Skoulaman
P: 2025
It all started with a Yamaha CS-60.
Däcker asked if somebody was able to collect his CS-60 after it had been repaired. Skoulaman volunteered and once the CS-60 was brought back to Däcker’s studio, he tried it out and was immediately blown away. What an amazing sound!
Däcker and Skoulaman had jammed together once before and found in each other a rather similar approach in creating electronic music and they both love the music of Vangelis.
The idea was born to make some music around the CS-60.
This culminated in three days of recording sessions and what you hear on this album is a selection of the best parts from these sessions.

Artist: Mark Jenkins, Spyra & Others
P: 2025
LTD 100
MARK JENKINS has assembled a stellar cast from the USA, France, Germany, Argentina, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and Japan to collaborate on tracks which roughly alternate between experimental and up-tempo electronic pop. Russia's MARIA MATVEEVA worked with world music legends DEEP FOREST to create "Vision", a slice of rhythmic world pop with dramatic voices, while longtime Berlin resident JAYNEY KLIMEK, originally from Australia and well known for her work with TANGERINE DREAM, was produced by DEPECHE MODE regular GARETH JONES on "Heartbeat", a quirky piece of sample sliced vocals, drums and synthesizers. PATRICE DE VINCENTIS from the USA has her innovative soundscapes merged with those of several other artists on the CD, while YUMI IWAKI and EWA BARAN are the only artists whose short pieces are delivered entirely solo. LYLI J features instruments from Arturia the music software/hardware company for which she works on sound programming, while fellow French artist KLAIR ZAKI takes us on a "Magical Rollercoaster" of snappy sequencers, bass, guitar and voices. Centrepiece of the album is the remarkable epic "Ukrainian Suite" by ROKSANA VIKALUK which merges voices, synths and the sequencers of WOLFRAM SPYRA into a powerful electro-acoustic world music odyssey. EDEN GREY from the USA is a well-known modular systems experimentalist and conference organiser while KO PANDO an experienced film effects artist from Argentina equally imaginatively manipulates abstract electronic sound textures. Producer MARK JENKINS ties all the track segments together including the use of sounds from the mighty KORG OASYS synthesizer.

Artist: Mark Jenkins, Spyra & Others
P: 2025
LTD 100
Completely unconnected to the recent Tangerine Dream Coventry release, this is the much anticipated second volume of classic era cover versions by Mark Jenkins with special guest Ro Merium. You'll hear familiar tracks from TD's Virgin Years and beyond, all with startling new arrangements and combinations of themes. Pieces which are snippets on the original albums or concert sets are fully arranged and extended; tracks are merged into exciting combinations; and familiar TD special Mellotron samples pop up in some very unexpected places.