Johannes Schmoelling - A Thousand Times [CD]

Cat. no: VP180832
Format: CD
Barcode: 4012831180833
Release Date: 28 Apr 2023
Genre: Electronic

"A Thousand Times" was released by Johannes Schmoelling in late 2009 on his own label Viktoriapark - On it are 11 compositions, including a remake from 1980 from his time with Tangerine Dream

Listening to Johannes Schmoelling's music, his immense infuence on Tangerine Dream's career becomes even more apparent. If Christopher Franke had a sense of rhythm, Schmoelling's strength was in harmonies. And on each of his solo albums we discover more and more of the charm of Tangerine Dream. "A Thousand Times" is a successful collection of 11 tracks with nostalgic harmonies, in which we can still capture the essence of the mythical German trio.With its melodic approaches and its melancholic piano, "A Thousand Times" is the kind of album that passes as quickly as a soft azure wind caressing the skin. A very good album, where the catchy passages, like the moments lost in the melancholic mists, challenge us to listen again and again. One of the best Johannes Schmoelling works, where he weaves a perfect blend of synthesizers, sequences and his wonderful piano, creating magnifcent jewels whose cradle was the harmonic structure of Tangerine Dream.

Johannes Schmoelling was a member of the electronic rock legend Tangerine Dream from 1979 to 1985 (e.g. the famous soundtrack to German crime television series Tatort "Das Mädchen auf der Treppe" - engl. "The Girl On The Steps)

Tracks: Monochrome / Diorama / Abacus / Stigma / Funeral Tears / A Thousand Times / Blueprint / A Thousand Times Reprise / Kiterunner / Palace of Dreams / Footsteps