While listening to the old Ohr records by Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze or the old Pink Floyd albums, it occurred to me how few instruments the musicians back then managed to create such captivating music and so much atmosphere. I mean, Pink Floyd, back then it was just drums, bass, electric guitar, and a Farfisa organ. That was all. And that's how songs like "Careful with that Axe Eugene" and "Echoes" came about. The electronic equipment of Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream on their first records essentially consisted of organ, VCS 3 synthesizer, electric guitar, and a few effects. Another source of inspiration for my album "Electronic Sounds" was the documentary "Sisters with Transistors." It's incredible how minimal the musicians were able to use to realize their ideas in the 50s and 60s. Tape played a major role here, allowing sounds and voices to be distorted.

This gave me the idea of ​​limiting myself to just a few instruments and tools, such as test generators, the Farfisa organ, the Synthi A, or the Arp 2600, and producing an album that draws on the zeitgeist in which early electronic music emerged. My goal with "Elektronische Klänge" is to build intense moods with minimal resources, to weave soundscapes that never seem static because something is constantly changing. I'm interested in music that focuses on sounds and atmosphere, music in which noises can become the lead instrument or rhythm generator.

“If you don’t pay attention to listening, you miss something and hear nothing.”

Eliane Radigue, Paris 2018 (Arte Mediathek: “Sisters with Transistors”, approx. 51:10)