synthforever
I was completely blown away when I heard this amazing music coming from this 10 year old child, so well done, our future KS and Ron Boots coming up, Be blessed and keep creating, wishing you well, very enjoyed , thank you for sharing your gifts!!!
My name is Ansgar Stock, I´m a 10 years old boy from Germany. Besides the normal things kids do I have something special. I´m composing electronic music and so I´m likely the world´s youngest electronic musician.
Musically I like to combine classic electronic music in the style of Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk with various other influences like Techno, Rock, Pop, etc.
At the age of 6 I decided to start playing synthesizers. By doing household chores and saving money and Dad buying second hand instruments for me I managed to establish a small home studio. From 2016 to 2019 I composed and recorded a dozen pieces of music and played live several times in school and at small festivals. I also had the great honour to compose a long track of music together with Tommy Betzler who is the former drummer of electronic music legend Klaus Schulze.
Special thanks to:
Matthias Stock, for teaching me, mixing my tracks, finding equipment bargains, making contacts, borrowing instruments and supporting me,
My family for support and patience,
Ron Boots for making this album release possible,
Thomas "Tommy" Betzler for drumming on Floating Minds,
Claus Jahn for collaboration with Springtime Memories and a lot of support in general,
Harald Gramberg for cover artworks and writing about me in Hippiesland Magazine.
Also for playing my music in their radio shows, for releasing it on their labels, for cover artwork, for letting me play at their festivals, technical support, making contacts, etc.:
Thomas Globotom Albertsen, Patrick Alexander, Uwe Brameier, Stuart Calder, Kalle Christensen, Sammy David, Carlo van Dongen, Rusty Egan, Mick Dundee Garlick, Frank Gerber, Christian Gorsky, Jack Hertz, Hans-Hermann Hess, Lutz Hilker, Stephane Horeczko, Bert Phrozenlight Hülshoff, Steve Jordan, Norman van Krimpen, Henrik Lauge, Klaus Dieter Lübben, Jamie Morden, Stanley Portier (R.I.P.), Wolf Red, Michael Ripley, Laurent Schieber, Rainer Schramke, Stefan Schulz, Taede Smedes, Leonardo Soundweaver, Albert Steenbergen, Anton Uraletz, Jos Verboven, John Valk Waveman, Rene van der Wouden.
Instrumends used:
Alesis Sample Pad Pro, Akai Z4, Arturia Drumbrute, Arturia Microbrute, Atari 1040ST-Speech Synth, E-mu Systems ESI-2000 Turbo, Korg DDD-5, Korg Microkorg, Korg Monotron, Korg Volca Beats, Korg Wavestation, Moog Theremini, Novation Bass Station Rack, Novation Bass Station 2, Novation Mininova, Paiste Cymbals & Gongs, Roland D-550, Roland Drums, Roland JV-1080, Roland JX-3P, Roland JX-8P, Yamaha DJX-1, Yamaha SY22, Yamaha TG-55
supported by 4 fans who also own “Episode I - A NEW GENERATION”
Another majestic outing from the mayor of Em-town. I just love these longer tracks, harking back to the glory days of TanDream and K.Schulze when one side of an LP (sometimes both!) were often a single composition. And unlike a lot of EM artists here on Bandcamp who seem to think “ambient” means long, boring stretches of single notes, there’s plenty of variety on Planet Watch, balancing insistent sequencer pulses with languid, seductive atmospheres. Paul Asbury Seaman