Nies, Harald

Artist: Harald Nies& Dagi Daydream
P: 2017
`Always hold the light` is a fine piece of spiritual, joyful, ambient Rockmusic. It awakens one`s inner personal view to deeper soul connections and shifts into a higher, brightfully state of consciousness with spiritual awareness. Haralds heart touching Guitarriffs accompanies the creative ambient keyboardsounds and caresses the warm, expressive voice of Dagmar. Meditative healing Lyrics merges with Dynamism and creates fields of blissful inner silence.

All titles composed, arranged and produced by:
Dagmar Anneliese Hoffmann (Dagi Daydream) and Harald Nies
Lyrics and Songmelodies by: D. Hoffmann

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2018
Axial is the new 2018 studio album by Harald Nies. After a break of two years, he surpasses again with a new and a different sound. Flowing tracks, Spacerock and dreamy Electronic Music alternates. The magic is in between: Harald's music has an inimitable flow, which he can do like no other. Where it should be, he puts his guitar on. Not too much, not too little. Axial is running in one piece. No interruptions, no breaks. That's how it should be. Simply enjoy.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2012
„Cableworld“ is the name of the new album of the spacerock-musician Harald Nies. Whereas his last album “Torodial Sequences” was dominated by experimental, meditative moments, with his new album the musician shows a slightly different side: “Calbleworld” is full of catchy melodies at a high level using sounds from past and present. Elegant guitar-soli are skilfully combined with dreamy sequences. Nies even adventures a short trip to the world of 4tothefloor in his own manner. “Cableworld” is full of music, which does not follow a fixed scheme but whose catchy grooves invite the audition to daydreams. Moreover, the theme of the album “Calbleworld” can be found in the music immediately which makes the album, a real insiders’ tip.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2008/ 2009
"Cryptic Labyrinth" is spacemusic as You will like it: pulsating sequences a´la Chicane, soft rhytmic beats and in between Harald´s rockin´electronic guitar. Although his music is soft, warm and melodic, it is not cheesy at all. On "Delay Rama" is a special track for spacerock-fans. The artists shows with this track what can happen if you will play a single guitar with diffrent reverb-rooms.
The album was produced in 2008 and is now released for the first time.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2010
With "Earth Creator" Harald Nies delievered his best album so far. Catchy synthesizer-melodies gently accompanied by electric guitar solos. So far only time not new. What is special about "Eartcreator" is that the musician do not add so much songs but they produced with longer play time. And that's good. Ideas are not just playing dead, but there are always identify new variants and facet. There are also some EM elements of the 80s and 90s flashing. In particular give brief ethnic elements "Earth Creator" a special atmosphere. In sum, the album is very relaxing and has a high daydream factor.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2019
Harald Nies has always been enthusiastic about mathematical structures. This theme was already used on "Torodial Sequences" or "Axial" as a source of ideas for his concept albums. Now follows Fractal, his third work, which deals with unusual but calculable geometric structures. Musically, the theme was very cleverly implemented. Sequences and melodies are repeated without appearing monotonous. Organic sounds mix skillfully with the rigid grids of electronics. The electric guitar only seldom steps, but when it does, it takes a huge amount of action. The album is very diversified and shows the manifold sides of the musician in a very pleasant way. Harald Nies likes to play with the clichés of EM. Almost playfully he always develops new variations, which always carry his very own handwriting. And that is exactly what makes a real musician.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2015
68 very varied minutes in which Harald takes us through various genres of EM. Melodic, spacious, faded areas with his distinctive guitar. Beautiful sequencers a la Schulze in the background. Someone who knows his craft.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2006
Magnetic Deflection is an opus which tints and amalgamates with wonder, progressive and electronic sonorities of the 70?s. A beautiful voyage in time, without losing from ear, the more contemporary sonorities.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2023
It would be wrong to claim that spacerock musician Harald Nies reinvents himself on his new album "Multiverse". But, and to be quite honest, that is sometimes a good thing. Much more the musician refines his very own sound. "Multiverse" is more electronic and has this deep and incredibly relaxing flow. Even though the term "spacerock" hovers over Harald's music, it's basically classic electronic music with elements of spacerock. The artist shows again and again how many facets this genre has and how well musical genius can be mixed with simple, monotonous sequences. From the first second on you dive into the fascinating sound worlds, which are not only a lot of fun, but let you forget the everyday life for a moment.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2013
Berlin School sequencer music, with harmonic melodies and a littel spacemusic touch. Some tracks reminds of the famous TD soundtrack titles from the mid 80s.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2005/ 2006
Once again Harald Nies turns in a wonderful album of cosmic/space rock guitar,spacey synths, and a melodic feel that is quite similar to the best of Ashra and Mind over Matter.The overall feeling of the album is quite melodic and relaxed,though the first track is a driving slice of spacy synthrock,similar to some of Ashra's music,but with the drums and percussion quite far in the background,the foreground dominated by ostinato guitar figures and synth leads.Track three, Nightszene,showcases the album's dominant feel with its mellow synth background and layers of melodic spacy guitar,that have all the melodicism and feel of the best of Ashra and Mind over matter in their more reflective moments.Track Four, Arthors Dance,is a faster sequencer based piece,which has some elements of the "Berlin" style,but is more structured and contains yet more superb guitar playing, with soaring leads flying over the backing of sequences and synths. Track Five Moog is Rise Again is another sequencer based track,but with no guitars. Lead synth lines grace rippling arpeggios and a solid rythmic synth backing,evolving into majestic mid-eighties TD like chords and rippling synths.Track six features guitar again, and starts with ostinato guitar lines that gradually give way to layers of cosmic synths, the guitar surfacing from time to time to provide the rhythmic backbone of the music.Track eight,another highlight,takes us into symphonic synth territory,with majestic synyhs and plaintive electric guitar evolving halfway through into a "Vangelis"-like progression complete with a guitar melody and synth leads.This is the most melodic track on the album.Track nine is similar,though without guitar.The final track,Lydian Sun,is another laid-back,melodic musical excursion,with some very evocative synth leads,deep bass backing,minimal percussion,guitar leads,synth arpeggios,and an overall feel that brings to mind the melodicism of Vangelis and later Tangerine Dream without the saccharine(or saxaphone)excess that they were prone to during the late eighties.This is a great album which is as different again from Restart from Sedna (Krautrock) as that was from Planet and Gongs (space/cosmic), and sees Harald Nies exploring more melodic ground.
Dave Dilliway

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2005
This sounds like 70is spacemusic with guitar and everything they used back then. Elements like elektronic, ambient, psychedelic, artrock and melodicrock can be found on this second release of Harald.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2005
This sounds like 70is spacemusic with guitar and everything they used back then. Elements like elektronic, ambient, psychedelic, artrock and melodicrock can be found on this second release of Harald.

Here the last copy of the Syngate version!

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2004
After jamming around with Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock, he released this first soloalbum with some help of Klaus. This is fine electronicmusic with the special guitartouch. With some india influences and spacesounds.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2007
If Magnetic Deflection pleased, Dual Systems (NOW called SPACEJUGGLER) will do it again for sure. Harald Nies continuous it work undertaken on its 3rd opus, but with more audacity. His evolution is clear (Orange Temple, Magma Chakra and Organic Section), testifying an increasing maturity and a taste to develop a more complex music, but always by privileging an accessibility, an opening for a still tepid public. A good album, with beautiful lucky finds.
 

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2016
Ambient, Berliner Schule, Electronic Music, Instrumental, Progressive, SpaceMusic, Spacerock

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2019
Wer sich bereits mit der Musik von Harald Nies beschäftigt hat, wird wissen, daß Herr Nies ein Freund der Formen ist. Neben Fractal, Axial oder Torodial geht es nun um eine weitere mathematische Form: den Kreis. Somit erklärt sich der Titel seines neuen Albums „The Circle“. Musikalisch spielt die Mathematik keine Rolle. Viel mehr ist seine Musik frei von allem. Für Harald Nies scheint es keine Regeln zu geben. In 11 Stücken zelebriert er seine ganz eigene Art der Elektronischen Musik. Rhythmisch, melodisch, sequenzerlastig, episch, alles getragen durch eine leichte aber immer positive Melancholie und den für ihn typischen Groove. Sehr zu empfehlen.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2020
Fast, rhythmic electronictracks.

Artist: Harald Nies
P: 2011
Berlin School sequences and nice melodies with a rhythmic background, that is not so slow as you might think.
Music composed & played by Harald Nies 
audiomastering by moonbooter 
December 2010, at Skyflight Studio 2, Germany 
coverdesign by LunArts
Voices and lyrics „Ring of Creation“ by Nichael Hasterok