Frühstücke (Early Tracks 1992 - 1994)

by Michael Brückner

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2.	The Hanfseil 05:40	buy track
3.	Squatch 02:06	buy track
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64.	Organ Improvisation based on Traditional Indian Mantra 10:28	buy track
65.	At The Mop Of The Fountain Hinge (Keyboard Improvisation) 17:13	buy track

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(1) Frühstücke (Early Tracks 1992 - 1994)

What can I say about these earliest of my tracks, from my first two years of 4-track tape recording…?

They don't really form a cohesive "album" yet because I still was learning the basics about composing, recording and producing from track to track - finding out about what I could do and my tools could do - and couldn't do.

Being basically without any practical musical skills (and not a lot theoretical knowledge either), I still was eager to see where it would take me.

These two years were very intense - and immensely joyful. Even if they at first didn't result in a lot of listenable music. And when things finally got *slightly* more listenable, they still weren't anywhere near to where I had imagined to go. And how could they?

Anyway, my vision always had been much bigger than what I could achive, but for some reason, that always rather spurred me on than held me back, and even more so when I was younger).

When in 2007 I constructed my big promotional CD box "No Single Single" I felt that - inferior music or not - these enthusiastic beginnings deserved to be represented, and so I picked a CD full of examples from my vast vaults of early recordings - these are the first 25 tracks.

They are (as far as I could detect or remember) in chronological order, from indeed the very first thing I cobbled together on the day I purchased my first keyboard ("The Hanfseil" - which is kind of a grotesque funny little "fairy tale") until unused tracks from the sessions of my first two "real" albums (Earthed/Unearthed and Sheba's Dance).

Since this re-release is the final one to end the whole business of transferring my back catalogue onto Bandcamp, I thought I'd do something more and unearthed another 38 tracks to add them as a new section, again going chronologically from early to later.

Most of these tracks are rather short, however there are a few exceptions - especially the two lengthy improvisations I put right at the end of the collection.

What kind of music to expect?

Well, that's kind of hard to describe, because I was all over the place right from the beginning. There's a lot of rock and pop influences, of course, some rather kitschy "piano + synth pad" stuff, traces of jazz, funk and reggae (!).
You won't find a lot of ambient yet, though (even if a few tracks also hint in that direction) but already some melodic electronic music that doesn't try to pretend to be anything else...

Some groups of tracks also form little "suits" (like "The Gift 1-3" - which had been recorded as an actual present to a real person - and also contained one more part, which mercifully I did not include...).

Listening to this music again on occasion of the current re-release (most of it for the first time in ten years or more) I couldn't help but think that many of it is (slightly) better than I remembered it - it's inventive, partly surprisingly complex, often highly melodic (even if the melodies often tend to be a bit naive), if you are willing to tolerate the at times cheesy or rightout cheap sounds and the "genre hopping" it's often entertaining, and there are even a few tracks on it which I still find seriously cool.

On the other hand, I already back then was aware of the at times (probably not always intended) "comical potential" of many tracks, so my old advice basically is still valid:

If You ride with me into the last battle of General Midi, do so well equipped with a healthy dose of sonic humor...

P.S. ...speaking of humor - people who don't speak German probably need a hint to get the joke in the title and cover "art":

früh = early

Stücke = tracks, musical pieces

Frühstück = breakfast

Frühstücke = early pieces & "breakfasts" at the same time (but like in English, the plural of this word is rarely used)

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released June 15, 1993

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Michael Brückner Mainz, Germany

Born in Heidelberg, Germany, later settled down near Mainz.

Earns a living as a graphical designer.

Ambient and other electronica since 1992.

Accumulated an extended back catalogue (more than 90 albums by end of 2011, number still growing).

Since 2007 offers his music in the internet, via the usual platforms.

Sometimes gets reviews + airplay.

Very rarely plays live.

More is to come... ... more

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