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POEtry (Drones, Atmospheres and Dreamscapes Vol. 2)

by Michael Brückner

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This is the "extended edition" of my musical adaptation of E. A. Poe's famous poem "The Raven".

One version of my rendition already was released back in 2017 as part of the huge V/A compilation "Nevermore" by Rebekkah Hilgraves & Friends, which itself grew out of a "themed challenge" in Rebekkah's radio show "At Waters Edge" in 2014.
I consider this piece to be my most accomplished dark ambient composition to date, and always wanted to re-release it as one of my own albums.

While that version features a vocoded reading of the poem by Rebekkah Hilgraves (as well as field recordings of real ravens by her), this new, extended edition will also include a version with Rebekkah's clear voice, plus another with a reading of the German translation of the poem by horror author and audio book voice artist Georg Bruckmann (who also contributed some metal guitar soundscapes).

I created these new versions in the first place as an answer to requests by some of my listeners back in 2017 - some disliked the vocoded voice (which actually is a nod to Alan Parson's wonderful version of the same poem, one of my all time favourite songs since I was a boy), and some German listeners struggled with the English.

Once working on alternative versions, I made use of the opportunity and applied further changes to make each rendition unique and thus (hopefully) interesting:

There are (completely) different versions of the dark ambient instrumental part (which now come as seperate tracks), as well as two new arrangements of the pseudo-orchestral opening, one (again) by Georg Bruckmann (who is, as you can see, also a musician), the other by HaDi Schmidt (my duo partner in "Bridge To Imla").

Also brand new is the rendition of another Poe ballad, "Ulalume".

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released November 6, 2020

All music conceived, performed and produced by Michael Brückner,
2014, 2017 & 2019

Rebekkah Hilgraves: narration (tracks 1 & 6), field recordings, vocals (and starting the project from which this music evolved)

Georg Bruckmann: narration (track 4), guitar, guitar soundscapes, *orchestral arrangement (track 5)

Hans-Dieter Schmidt: *orchestral arrangement (track 2 & track 6)

* pseudo-orchestral rather, as we only could afford a sample based orchestra


Cover artwork and design by Michael Brückner
(based on public domain photographs)

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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.

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