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Some months later a real drummer went in and we called ourselves Prisma D. Our music became harder and more rock-oriented but not better. Especially the attempts of singing were dreadful. Of course we liked it at that time! All recordings of that early period are in our safes and they will never touch your ears. 1984-1985: The drummer left and we didn't sing anymore - that meant that the music became different - and Les Commandeux was born. For some years we played instrumental rock with a cheap rhythm machine. The music became strange and we took the chance to make some 4-track recordings. 1986-1990: Our music became more complicated and although the style was the same or at least similar, another name occured. As Alexander von Ostwestfalen Christian and I recorded some bewildering tracks with frequent changing of guitarists. There is a CDR collection of that material (together with two songs of Les Commandeux) on ENC006 (see catalogue). 1987-1990: During the existence of Alexander von Ostwestfalen I had a "side project". Die Fruchtzwerge were a fun pop rock band with classical line-up. A reissue of the first tape release (with drummer) is possible while almost all songs of the second tape release (with rhythm machine) have been re-recorded (HDR) by keyboarder Frank Zonza and me (see Flash Of Genius) and are available on ENC004 (see catalogue). 1991-1996: Coincidentally I met Marion Koslowski in a phase I began to write lyrics and it happened that our ideas of writing and recording music fit perfectly together in that time. Vakuum had a creative period, sometimes we recorded 60 minutes of music during one weekend. Music of Vakuum is available on ENC001 and ENC002 (see catalogue). I have completed the summary of this creative time fourteen years later in a requiem (ENC010) we've never finished together (see catalogue). 1985-now: Frank Zonza and I recorded some songs as Flash Of Genius. Later we gave up that name and called our releases Musik aus Barmbek. A compilation can be found as ENC004 (see catalogue). One version of a brand new track can be found here, three other versions of the same song can be found here. 1985-2002: Of course I recorded some solo stuff. Until Vakuum's death I called it Fizzle Project, a collection of this material is released as ENC007 (see catalogue). Later I called myself Halbes Vakuum. You can find a re-mix of material from 1996 on ENC003 (see catalogue) and there's a minialbum ENC008 (see catalogue) with songs from 2002 as well. 2001-2008: Lars Tängmark from Sweden and I made a collaboration project (Chanting Sheep). In order to make music together we sent files to each other. It was worth the effort! The music is released as ENC005 (see catalogue) and with enhanced sound as ENC011 (CD pressing, see catalogue). 2003-2006: Christopher Garbers and I (I.H.M. - that's not an abbreviation for "I hate music", it's a kind of answer to HIM) have produced some rock songs. This music will possibly appear on Hotel Encore sometimes. Now: Actually I'm recording in three different projects with Frank Zonza (Musik aus Barmbek, see above), Christian Hennig (see above) and Sascha Beyer. With Christian and Sascha is the way of making music together similar to Chanting Sheep (see above). Back to main page. |