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Melodika

by Michael Brückner

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1.
Wedding Day 04:28
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2.
Klezmie 02:26
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3.
Orchestral Sketch in G# Minor 01:49
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4.
Sweetly 04:22
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5.
Little Birds 03:58
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6.
Annan 03:13
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7.
Claire 02:12
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8.
Slightly Oriental 02:01
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9.
Even More Oriental 03:11
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10.
Guitar Magic 03:21
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11.
Special Meaning 00:49
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12.
Liebeslied 03:09
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13.
Fermanagh 06:36
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14.
Sad Song Backing 04:51
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15.
Bey Of El Buttaris 02:28
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16.
The Sinologist 02:48
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17.
Eye Of Eyrahn 02:42
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18.
Garstig 04:11
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19.
Ara Beata 01:30
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20.
Li'll Jazzy (Bonus Track) 04:47
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21.
Wolfgang Bechtluft (aka WollotoW) & Michael Brückner - Wolle's Shmues (Bonus Track) 07:28
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about

The entry for Melodika in my "nearly complete catalogue" is brief:

19. MELODIKA
1997 to 1998: A collection of tracks in a similar mood like on "One ma Topo"

Let's have a look then how that applies in this case:

My [second] hard disc recording project; a big progress in terms of recording technique, yet a step back artistically, for I gave the my "Oldfield/Vollenweider" leanings a last chance, before finally taking an [overtly] electronic direction; so, here You find [another collection of] rather innocent New Age/World Music inventions, and even some steps into...

...several other genres, actually.

While most of the music probably doesn't belong to the best I ever did (for which reason I share the download basically for free) I'd like to highlight the opener, "Wedding Day":

It approximates an accoustic guitar duo (vaguely in the style of Sigi Schwab*, who I adore) which I - as clearly audible - had put together using the help of rather not-so high quality samples. Now, the "cheap sample factor" might disqualify it in the ears of many listeners, however I think apart from that, the thing works well as a composition, and I always wanted to hear *real* guitarists play the piece. Maybe one day it will happen!

Michael Brückner, August 2017

P.S. …the album actually contains a contribution by a *real* guitarplayer, after all - the bonus track „Wolle’s Shmues“, by fellow B4 SUNRISE member Wolfgang Bechtluft, recorded some day in 2001…



* Sigi Schwab is a German guitarist and composer, from the city of Ludwigshafen, which is (more or less) in the area where I grew up - and I actually learnad just now that at one point he was a member of the legendary German band "Embryo"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigi_Schwab

credits

released May 16, 1998

Michael Brückner: synthesizer, keyboards, electronics, programming

guest:

Wolfgang Bechtluft: guitar on "Wolle's Shmues"
(also co-writing credits go to him - or vice versa: it's basically *his* track, as far as I remember...)

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Recorded and produced by Michael Brückner 1997 - 1998 at the MBP Studio, Ober-Olm (except "Wolle's Shmues", which was recorded in 2001)

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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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