Rene van der Wouden - Cloud Atlas: Altostratus / Cirrostratus

Artist: Rene van der Wouden
P: 2020
The new electronic music album by René van der Wouden. Music with Berlin School flavour and a personal interpretation of that. Powerful sequences with haunting melodies and great sound design. Total lenght is 56 minutes. 5 tracks. The idea of making a recording about the Manor, the studio where bands were signed during the early Virgin label times, and recorded their albums came some years ago. I have always imagined how it would be recording in a big old house with an atmosphere full of magic and unbelievable things. Well here it is. The album has 3 older tracks with were mixed this year and 2 entirely new ones. All together makes this concept. Some elements of those recorded can be discovered in the music as well.

Artist: Rene van der Wouden
P: 2015
In 2008 REWO Music released the EP "Musique Concrete". These songs were written during the same period as those of Universal Quiet. However, these songs are more experimental and therefore released as an EP.
In 2012 REWO Music released another EP called "Pictures of an Indian Summer". These 30 minutes are a short analogue soundtrip accompanied by a Korg Wavestation and an Access Virus KB.
Now because of the 10th Anniversary of Rene van der Wouden releasing music, these 2 EPs are combined on one album especially printed on aluminium CDr.
Track 7 is bonus track, previously unreleased.

Artist: Rene van der Wouden
P: 2006
This CD of Dutch electronic artist René van der Wouden is called: “Alchemia” and is the official follow-up of "Pro Sequentia" CD of the year before.
60 minutes of retro-based music with sequencers, mellotron-sounds and melodies in the style of the grandmasters of EM during 1976-1985 added with some new elements as well.
Since more than 2000 years Alchemists all over the world have spent all their time, effort and mostly themselves to the great Goddess of Alchemia. She demanded from them a lot, but gave more in return to those who had the courage and the talent to become one of her elected sons.
In their search to wisdom, spiritualization and the eternal life, the Alchemists stepped across the borders of all conventions, natural sciences, religion and reason. Although they never may have changed the base metals into silver or gold and they never acquired immortality, human chemistry saw its light in their laboratory. And when Surrealism was borrowed from their way of life and world of arts, the main goal of the Alchemists has always been to shine on that, to what all people may searching for, the Self of the Human Spirit. As Carl Young said: "Heaven has become an empty space to mankind".
May the heavens of the Alchemists be the opposite to that. Through the true glass of alchemy, far across the heavens, strengthened with golden dreams of silver elements, the Alchemists, while the Self already gone to earth thru the books of minerals, will help you to explore your very own imagination.