Kubusschnitt - Entropy's Evolution

Artist: Heimann
P: 2010   
A fresh melodic album produced in an excellent Heimann-typical sound! Pleasingly accessible though touching titles remind us of his successful albums like "Touch The Sky" and "Twilight Voyager". Heimann created many new ideas by combining dreamy melodies and harmonies with decently driving beats.
Recommendable to all fans of melodic electronic music!

 

Artist: Peter Mergener
P: 2004
On the DVD you can see and hear the whole concert, in another chapter you will have the opportunity to get an impression of the Mystic Night during a 14 minutes walk throught the illuminated aisles of the Kaiserthermen, another chapter shows the gladiators in the Amphitheatre and you can escort the legonaries from Porta Nigra to the Roman camp.
All music is recorded in real surround 5.1., so sit back, relax and enjoy a brilliant concert and the whole Roman festival.
As bonus you will find the complete Audio CD on the Set.

Artist: Jiannis 
P: 1998
‘Apocalypsis ll’ and most of this CD in fact is very much Tangerine Dream in ‘Encore’ and ‘Sorcerer’ mode. Spooky atmospherics and strange alien animal noises lurch from the speakers. Calm descends and electricity arcs across the atmosphere to be joined by sonic booms then a beefy sequence jerks into life. The lead lines could have been taken from ‘Encore’, ‘Force Majeure’ or even ‘Romance 76’ by Peter Baumann. Graham Getty once said about RMI’s ‘Republic’ “if it gets any better than this, tell us”. Well Graham I put this up as a contender. As the sleeve notes mention, the sound quality occasionally leaves a little to be desired but really this music is so brilliant I am sure most people will be only too happy that these gems have been released. Just wait until the distorted synth guitar blisters over the top, lasting less than a minute but devastating in its impact never the less. After about ten minutes there is a welcome return to the spookyness so that we can get our breath back though the heart keeps pounding. The atmospherics sound a little like Edgar Froese’s ‘Epsilon In Malaysian Pale’ but with a bit more bite. More booms like vast metallic doors being slammed in subterranean hell add to the tension but even these fade away into the foggy wastes. At around the twenty minute mark another sequence tentatively emerges and takes us close to the end until more atmospherics and a beautiful piano melody bring us to the close. Oh My.
The next track ‘Zoomland l’ is a real shorty at almost quarter of an hour. It begins with metallic shimmers then we are treated to some very ‘Sorcerer’ type eerie bits but it isn’t too long before a tinkling sequence breaks through. A chopping static laden sequence joins it and a flutey synth lead line plays over the top. A third more robust sequence is also added but somehow Jiannis manages to avoid overload. Things mutate and shift throughout the piece in a most magical way, I just wish it had gone on for longer.
‘Zoomland ll’ initially takes us back to the alien jungle of the first track but then all is change with the ominous tones of an organ droning over the top. Just before the ten minute mark the sequence decides to make an appearance but it is not on its own for long before a slow snapping rhythm is added.