The Story of Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member. Drummer and composer Klaus Schulze was briefly a member of an early…
The Story of Ron Boots Introduction His favorite bands and artists include Simple Minds, David Sylvian (from the band Japan), Pearl Jam, Marillion and film composers John Williams and Maurice Jarre (the father of Jean Michel). In 1984 he bought his first synthesizer, a monophonic Yamaha CS10. While,…
The Story of Enigma Enigma is a German new age band formed in 1990 by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, from the early 1990s until…
The Story of Kraftwerk Kraftwerk, (“power station”) is a German electronic music band formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970 in Düsseldorf, and fronted by them until Schneider’s departure in 2008. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western…
The story of Jean-Michel Jarre Jean-Michel Jarre (full name: Jean-Michel André Jarre), born 24 August 1948 in Lyon, is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organizer of outdoor spectacles of his…
The Story of Biosphere Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born May 30, 1962), a Norwegian musician who has released a notable catalogue of ambient electronic music. He is well known for his “ambient techno” and “arctic ambient” styles, his use of music loops, and…