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The Far Shore

by Michael Brückner

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The Far Shore 17:44
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2.
Clousilly 01:01
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3.
Drop Out Experience 07:00
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4.
Douventine 00:33
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Laktoflavin 02:53
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6.
Bouclée 01:14
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Shwirm 00:34
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8.
Electroceltique 01:11
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9.
Chinese Wallpaper 09:42
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10.
Je M'Apelle Michel (Bonus Track) 08:44
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World Room Dance (Bonus Track) 04:22
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THE FAR SHORE contains a collection of early electronica tracks which I had recorded in 1994 and 1995. Still on 4-track tape, actually.

The "center piece" is the title track, an electronic "suite" which I consider to be a turning point:
While it's true that even before that, I had recorded a couple of decidedly "electronic" sounding tracks, my goal until then had been to somehow manage and produce "acoustic" sounding music by means of electronic equipment. Or rock music, etc. - whatever...

Whether it was only a question of my (very humble) equipment or rather my poor musical and producer skills, I never felt that my attempts had been as succesful as I wished for - but with "The Far Shore" (the track), for the first time I realized that electronic music which did NOT attempt to be anything else came across much more convincingly...

The experience indeed was an eye opener to me, and I considered for the first time to "go completely electronic" (I did relapse though on a few occasions to the earlier, "acoustic", desire on different points in my musical journey - still overall, this was the point where I changed roads...).

And the nice thing is, listening to it again after so many years, I still think it's an attractive album and has aged quite well. In fact, I even think I did a few things better back then than I do today, and my younger self had still a lot more drive and creativity...

P.S. One word about the cover: for whatever reason, the original cover was one of my poorer efforts on this field (it comes with the download, if You're curious). This is something I rarely do, if ever, but on occasion of the re-release, I decided to create a new one. I think it suits the music much better...

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released May 19, 1995

Michael Brückner: Yamaha PSR 2700 (...and that's it! )

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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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