Red (Manikin, 2012)
If you fell in love with the Berlin-style electronic music of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Ash Ra Temple, you are in for a treat here. Broekhuis, Keller and Schönwälder is a trio that brings together three of the finest musicians in today’s progressive electronic music scene, drawing from the masters of the past and updating the music for the 21st century.
Bas Broekhuis is a Dutch drummer and sound technician, Detlef Keller is a German keyboardist and sequencer programmer and Mario Schönwälder is a German synthesist and sound designer from Berlin. Red is the latest of the trio’s albums. It is divided into three lengthy space music suites, Red One, Red Two and From Red to Green.
The perfectly synchronized pieces developed by Broekhuis, Keller and Schönwälder build up slowly and gradually. What makes up Red attractive is the brilliant combination of mesmerizing electronic ambiance, pulsating sequences, evocative melodies and rich palette of percussion.
The trio is a live band. They have performed throughout Europe and visited the United States recently. In addition, Schönwälder runs the business side of the group, managing the record label and tour planning.
Schönwälder is the organizational mind and is taking care of CD releases, concert planning and the so beloved bookkeeping.
Red is a spellbinding album of vital space music by three of the finest electronic music makers of our time.
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