Robert Schroeder - Sphereware (2010)

The German Electronics artist Robert Schroeder (discovered 1978 by EM pioneer Klaus Schulze) has produced numerous excellent solo CDs as well as his success album Double Fantasy / Universal Ave., which reached the US Charts in the end of the 80s. The music of Robert Schroeder is various, but always soulful. He combines spherical synthesizer sounds with modern rhythmical contrasts, often supplemented by spacey guitars and sometimes also by piano, cello or voices. Schroeder's music spectrum includes Electronic, Ambient, Chill-Out, Lounge, Berlin School, Adventure and Trip-Hop. Electronic Music in the widest sense is the musical style of this artist who has his roots in the music of Klaus Schulze, Can and Pink Floyd.

This 16th solo album SphereWare is something for experts and lovers from Chill Out, Lounge, Space, Berlin School and Ambient with modern beats and sounds. The promising Ambient opener (dark, weird, atmospheric) is followed by an experimental and beautifully soft track with the finest effect sounds, nice surfaces, retro sounds, successful lead guitar and relaxed Chill-Out sound. This strong atmospheric track will inspire the electronic fans!
Other tracks offer interesting rhythmical elements, trance, hypnotic sequences, Techno reminiscences and analogue sounds, dreamy melodies and Melotron choirs.

SphereWare is a successful mixture of analogue and digital sounds and atmospheres. The precisely 15 minutes track "A Quarter Of An Hour" includes spacey e-guitar lines, these, however, also with strong and interesting effects.
SphereWare is Chill-Out, cosmic, spacey rhythmical, romantic and full of suspense and relaxing. Enjoy it .MP3 Robert Schroeder - SphereWare - Download Dance, Electronica

Robert Schroeder - Brainchips ( Vocal version) (2010)

The German Electronic artist Robert Schroeder (discovered 1978 by EM pioneer Klaus Schulze) has produced numerous excellent solo CDs as well as his success album Double Fantasy / Universal Ave., which reached the US Charts at the end of the 80s. The music of Robert Schroeder is various, but always soulful. He combines spherical Synthesizer sounds with modern rhythmical contrasts, often supplemented by spacey guitars and sometimes also by piano, cello or voices. Schroeder's music spectrum includes Electronic, Ambient, Chill-Out, Lounge, Berlin School, Adventure and Trip-Hop. Electronic Music in the widest sense is the musical style of this artist who has his roots in the music of Klaus Schulze, Can and Pink Floyd.

With brainCHIPS (14th solo album, 74 minutes) the artist has produced a special kind of Electronic Music by adding some experimental and exotic singing atmospheres.
The Moroccan Rahal Brimil was inspired here by Schroeder's new compositions - and Robert Schroeder by the unusual voice and the unconventional style of the singer. The special: Rahal sings not only in up to 7 languages, he connects this even within a song, multilingual. There originated a music absolutely detached by usual structures, timeless and simply relaxing Electronic Music which invites you to dream and stay. Rhythmically music and singing play consciously sometimes mutually what leads to a very interesting and just detached atmosphere. brainCHIPS offers embedded masterpieces for your brain, musical tidbits, in a trip by different spheres of Electronic Music.
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Egyptian Impressions (Robert Schroeder-Wafer)


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Robert Schroeder - Mindwalk (2008)

The German Electronics artist Robert Schroeder (discovered 1978 by EM pioneer Klaus Schulze) has produced numerous excellent solo CDs as well as his success album Double Fantasy / Universal Ave., which reached the US Charts at the end of the 80s. The music of Robert Schroeder is various, but always soulful. He combines spherical synthesizer sounds with modern rhythmical contrasts, often supplemented by spacey guitars and sometimes also by piano, cello or voices. Schroeder's music spectrum includes Electronic, Ambient, Chill-Out, Lounge, Berlin School, Adventure and Trip-Hop.

MINDWALK (11th solo CD, 74 minutes) was created with a lot of love to the detail. This album exists partly of rhythmical, tuneful tracks (Synthi, drums, e-guitar) and partially of sphere, meditation and sound sceneries. Some tracks were composed especially for live performance. They originated in 1990 on the occasion of the MINDWALK concert âSchwingungen Live Nachtmusik im WDRâ (WDR is the main German Radio (Cologne, 3.3.1990).
The repertoire of this successful concert was reconstructed and re-produced in the studio, exactly how it was, with the atmosphere and the mood of this live event but without the undesirable side effects. MINDWALK also contains a SKYWALKER (1983) remake, which counts always to the popular Schroeder's repertoire on live concerts. GUITRONIC, the DreamShocker, takes a special place in Schroeder's concert, as well as on the present CD. GUITRONIC does not adapt itself so easily in the available stereotype EM. GUITRONIC is hard, crude and aggressive - a dream shocker - an experiment. The effect with the audience: The best of the evening! Clear, this track had to go on CD.

However, MINDWALK also exists of new titles which were played neither live, nor were published up to now. Klaus Schulze said once to Schroeder's music: "If there is generally contemporary romantic music, it is this from Robert Schroeder". With MINDWALK-tracks like "FOLLOW ME" or "FROM A DISTANCE" Schroeder also does justice even today to this label. "IMPRESSIONS" is fresh Rhythm'n'Sound. Old-analogous sequencer sounds with modern drums, easy to remember guitar reefs and 138-bpm get going the imagination - impressions become free.

This CD is a re-release with sound update. The master recordings of that time were finalized with todays digital technologie and re-released in 2008. The result is a very powerful and clear warm sound. I called it the "Power-Sound-Edition".

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Skywalker Composed By Robert Schroder

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Robert Schroeder - Cream (2010)

How should one describe a music such as CREAM ?
CREAM one must simply have heard and experience. The fact that on a CD with the title CREAM, nothing else should have to be expected then the absolute CREAM of Electronic Music, that even the artist himself in such a way designates his new and thus 21st solo work. Of course the 6 titles of the 68 minutes long CD are designated enough as CREAM de la CREAM of the EM, particularly because Robert concentrated contentwise here on traditionally long EM tracks, and this produced also in the style of the typical EM with strong influences of the so called Berlin School style.

Naturally, after over 30 years experience Robert knows the tools of the goose skin producing elements and Schroeder has used the trick box of his experiences. He has produced an album that offers very positive surprises by analogue sequences, sound surfaces, harmonies, melodies and emotions. Finally an album with long tracks between 8 and 17 minutes. The feeling of the good old genuine Electronic Music becomes fully effective here.
CREAM is truly EM, as we expect and like, well balanced first-class EM with varies passages, surprised atmospheres, traditional and modern electronic sounds and music with goose skin effect.

Sylvain Lupari of âgutsofdarkness.comâ has found the right words to describe the music of this wonderful album:

Hummmâ¦! Robert Schroeder's musical adventures are rich, both in tones and varied rhythms where the funky flirts with the groovy on heavy percussions surrounded of a universe full of synths with rich tones. A mixture of kinds, rich and smooth as the cream de la Cream; the 22nd solo album of the mythical German synthesist. An at once heavy and limpid album, so much notes and details are finely chiseled on sweet and stormy rhythms. Tempos broken, interrupted and wrapped by synths which separate their pads to mold choirs, mists and angelic breezes among voices, vocoders and murmurs of all genres. An album with mesmerizing intros and varied rhythms, hammered by heavy electronic percussions, as bongo and conga style. In brief a powerful album with ambivalent rhythms which cross periods and musical styles of Schroeder, and this since "Paradise" in 1983.

Arpeggios skip awkwardly on "Magnetics" opening. They espouse a delicate line of bass which molds a discreet funky rhythm on fine percussions, while beautiful mellotron pads float slightly above this atmosphere sieved by cosmic sound effects. A little as everywhere on Cream, Magnetics pours and moves in rich and unctuous sound cream where various instrumentations come to enrich its minimalist and hypnotic structures. Synths flow with abundance and nuance there, mixing skillfully the sweet vocalizes, melodious solos and ethereal pads which glance through a soft rhythm sometimes shaken by scattered percussion strikes and keyboard keys which gossip as a galactic duck.

"Groove Electronically" is a very beautiful track with its notes of piano which are spreading in a cosmic ambiance where whispers, very plaintive synths and sound effects hatch this strange ethereal intro. Hesitant pulsations light finely the tempo, trampling on the romantic series of these minimalist piano notes. Percussions tumble down and increase the rhythm of a notch. But Groove Electronically remains secretly delicious in spite of this full array of percussions and tones with colorful forms which break out on a constantly evolving tempo of which cadenced contrasts can be hear under strata of a shrillness and spectral synth, percussions rolls, hatched keyboard keys and a tempo which gallops under undulations of a wandering synth such as crystalline prisms which hoot between brief and delicious solos. A tempo rich in tone which dies away in the notes of this piano so delicious even if minimalist. The world of Schroeder is complex and harmonious. On each of Cream tracks, the German synthesist sprinkles quantity of instruments which kick away thick clouds of tones as intriguing as attractive.

So "The Zong" starts with heavy metallic sounds, as monsters robots of The War of Worlds. Percussions unfurl with strength, but remain indecisive, while others more nuanced forge a soft rhythm livened up by a fine bass pulsation and encircled by a synth with extraterrestrial waves which hoot at once pleasant and childish laments. The rhythm became heavier and more intense; The Zong evolves in an ambiance of the carnival with a mi funky and mi groovy tempo which zigzags on circular keyboards keys and among glaucous pulsations. A world of strongly diversified rhythm which is wrapped by a synth with foggy pads and wandering choirs.

"Funky Spacetrip" is very representative of its title; a big cosmic funk with vocoder, strong percussions and a tempo vaguely wavy accompanied by a magnificent synth whose lines are subdividing to create a rich atmosphere where solos go alongside ethereal pads. A very rich track which is near "Groove Electronically" structures.

Languishing and sensual, "Foaming Waves" is simply captivating with its soft rhythmic which flows as a graceful exotic dance under soft foggy pads. Suggestive and daring, Foaming Waves embraces almost the textures of an electronic and cosmic blues, on a cadence which increases gradually the pace with its subdivided chords beneath a synth with delicious laments. A great track from which the musical intensity keeps increasing, bringing us near "Paradise" and "Time Waves" era with smooth synth solos which flow under pulsations of an enticing bass line.

Hesitating piano notes, sensual murmurs and sensual pulsations open "Simply Cream". Bongo percussions unfurl on a languorous rhythm, between funk and groovy, coated by magnificent strata of a foggy mellotron. The synth there is suave, the rhythm suggestive and keyboards draw fine hatched lines, crowning a catchy synth melody and Simply Cream disentangles such a sensual hymn in a shape of musical retrospective of the first 5 tracks of Cream.

Rich, Cream is! Rich in sounds and tones of any kinds and in diversified rhythms, Robert Schroeder handles his synths with an incredible address and makes us discover a rich sound fauna where reliefs are as much feel as hear. A pure marvel where we are riveted to our loudspeakers so much the rhythms, atmospheres and ambiances are finely cut and returned to us with a surgical precision. A beautiful, rich and unctuous cream which dilutes very well in the universe of dreams where the music of the 80âs, with the technology and the sonorities of today, floods our ears with soft, suave and stormy rhythms unique to Robert Schroeder's world.

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Robert Schroeder - Computer Voice ( 1984 )

In 1984 another two other Schroeder's releases from the baptism were lifted. On the one hand, the publication of the production PARADISE as compact disc (LP release 1983) which was with it the first Schroeder's CD, and on the other hand the publication of his 6th solo production COMPUTER VOICE, as a LP and as a CD.

COMPUTER VOICE is a kind of chronicle of Schroeder's present music creating, a fusion of his best titles published till then (new admissions) with new compositions and new sound. Also COMPUTER VOICE is a degree wandering between experimental, spherical electronics and rhythmical pop music.

The music magazine SPOTLIGHT (issue 10 / 84) called Schroeder once appropriately as a musical chameleon.

Guest's musicians by the COMPUTER VOICE admissions were the guitarist CHARLY BUECHEL and the bassist MICKI MEUSER (Ideal, Ina Deter). Review from The Musc of  Robert Schroeder

 

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Robert Schroeder - Timewaves ( 1986)

Robert's eighth recording was also released on CD with a long bonus track "FLOWMOTION". The first side of the LP is a bit too commercial for my taste, using rather dated samples and drum sounds. Flipping the record, however, there is a return to form on the Neuronium-esque seventeen-minute track "THE MESSAGE" which moves between cosmic, melodic and rhythmic phases recalling Paradise and Brain Voyager. The final track "IMAGINE" sees sequenced basslines and (vastly improved) drum programming supporting Schulzian synth solos. Review from The Music of Robert Schroeder

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Robert Schroeder - Pgasus (1990)

Pegasus is atypical of Schroeder's latterday work; in fact it's not quite like any of his work. Recorded as a separate project in 1982 and released some years later, it was originally issued in 1990 without his permission. But it's out there now and a wonderful thing it is too - a 40 minute futuristic epic with long drones, bubbling sequencer passages and slowly developing themes. It's as if Schroeder is paying tribute to early 80's Tangerine Dream, a task for which he is better qualified than
most. AmbientMusicGuide.com - Robert Schroeder

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Robert Schroeder - Galaxy Cygnus A (1982)

Galaxie Cygnus-A (again, unavailable on CD) brings the words "lost classic" to mind. Having left the live rock ensemble behind, this is Schroeder's enduring contribution to synthesised spacemusic and an essential listen for anyone with an ear for the genre's awe-inspring magic. The continuous 6-part suite ranges from non-musical metallic clangs, groans and radio transmitter noise to bleepy melodic waltzes and lovely celestial glides. It morphs from one movement to the next with remarkable grace and its classical avant-garde tendencies towards atonal noise are integrated in a surprisingly musical way.

Note: All Robert Schroeders releases are available to buy on CD which were apparently not when the above review was written. SoLaRiS

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Galaxie Cygnus-A, Teil 2

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Robert Schroeder - Mosaique (1981)

In 1981 Robert Schroeder the third LP MOSAIQUE was published. Like every present production was also marked Mosaique by Schroeder's independent style and sound and richly in change.

MOSAIQUE retreated from the frame of the character usual at that time of Electronic Music clearly. Here Schroeder combined the style patterns of the "old electronics school" with the timbres of "real" instruments. To produce a successful experiment, electronic music under use of conventional music instruments (bass, drums, E guitar, synthesizer). (Application of the first PPG digitally synthesizer). Review from the electronic music of Robert Schroeder

Dfferent again is Mosaique (not yet issued on CD) which positively rocks in places. A core group of bass/drums/electric guitar backs Schroeder's inventive keyboard bleeps, washes and cosmic chords. This is proper electro-rock fusion, its brilliant innovations devoid of bombast. The focus is very much on tight arrangements and the art of composing, with no empty displays of virtuosity ala Rick Wakeman or Emerson Lake & Palmer. The closing track "Computervoice" sits apart from the others, a deeply beautiful and melancholic piece of layered ambient trance. Review from AmbientMusicGuide.com - Robert Schroeder

Robert Schroeder Utopia

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Robert Schroeder - Brain Voyager (1985)

The Brain Voyager album is a film score for keyboards and synths with occasional acoustic guitar lines. It's a solid collection of ambient-leaning pop-friendly tunes; full-blooded arrangements and clean sounds but understated and reflective too, just like Tangerine Dream's best 80's film soundtracks. AmbientMusicGuide.com - Robert Schroeder

Robert Schroeder - The Inside of Feelings 1985

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Robert Schroeder - Floating Music (1980)

     

        Second album by this very under appreciated german electronic artist.

Floating Music drops the classical leanings in favour of more electronics but also loosens the grooves with live drumming on several tracks. Strongly melodic, colourful in texture and varied in tempos, its synthetic sounds are subtlety different from any other music of the era. Different again is Mosaique (not yet issued on CD) which positively rocks in places. A core group of bass/drums/electric guitar backs Schroeder's inventive keyboard bleeps, washes and cosmic chords. This is proper electro-rock fusion, its brilliant innovations devoid of bombast. The focus is very much on tight arrangements and the art of composing, with no empty displays of virtuosity ala Rick Wakeman or Emerson Lake & Palmer. The closing track "Computervoice" sits apart from the others, a deeply beautiful and melancholic piece of layered ambient trance.  AmbientMusicGuide.com - Robert Schroeder

Robert Schroeder - Out of Control -excerpt- (1980)

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Robert Schroeder - Harmonic Ascendant

Schroeder is one of Krautrock's forgotten heroes, perhaps because he started releasing music towards the end of German electronica's first wave rather than near its beginning. Stylistically he is close to the Berlin school of ambient trance and psy-rock which includes Tangerine Dream, Ashra and Klaus Schulze among others, yet today he rarely rates a mention in such exalted company. Schroeder deserves better. His classic albums from the late 70's and early 80's compare favourably to the music of his peers. They are also blessed with the childlike curiosity of a musician who loves to custom-build his electronic instruments. Upon hearing his early demos Schulze called him a "contemporary romantic" and his music "naive and beautiful", taking the youngster under his wing and producing his first four albums.

The "naive" reference was no doubt meant only in spirit because Schroeder's lovely debut Harmonic Ascendant is the sound of an artist arriving already fully formed. His style proves less epic and more intimate than Schulze, a trait preserved on most of his subsequent releases. The 22-minute title track is like Mike Oldfield on a trip to Germany, combining an ensemble playing bright piano, acoustic guitar and cello with the celestial synths and chugging sequencers of vintage Berlin ambient. "Future Passing By" builds its repeated motif very slowly with odd vocoder mumblings skimming the surface, eventually swimming in an incredibly lush male choral sound. Although rich, the sound of Harmonic Ascendant is never overly dense, Schroeder perhaps learning something from the less successful outings of his more famous mentor.AmbientMusicGuide.com - Robert Schroeder

Robert Schroeder - Harmonic Ascendant -Excerpt- (1979)

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Robert Schroeder - Taste It (2009)

The latest release from one of Germany's finest synthesists.

Way back in 1978 "Schroeder" became friends with "Klaus Schulze" who upon hearing his stuff signed him up to his new "Innovative Communications " label and has since released quite a body of work, also offshoots such as "Universal Avenue".

Unlike many synth players "Schroeder" does have a recognisable style which is probably down to the fact that he builds a lot of his synths himself. One could pigeon hole most of his sound as contemporary romantic, which is certainly in abundance on this release.

Not exactly in the same league as say "Harmonic Ascendant" but as with all his releases there's plenty to enjoy.

"Taste This" sees him in a very melodic and romantic mood with very sci fi sounding ambiences, which is what he really excells at. Check out the songs below!

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