With a compact setup and an eclectic choice of instruments, Ösla creates lush arrangements that sound much bigger than the sum of their parts. For Henry Armbrecht and Bradley Thomas Turner, Ösla is the product of two best friends getting together to write and perform music. Henry, a self-taught singer, guitarist, and keyboardist, started playing guitar at age 11 and switched to the keyboard as a teen. Bradley is classically trained and studied music in college, getting a Ma

“Excellent from the first to the last second!” An ambitious project totaling over 3 hours of high-quality electronic music (EM), ONE HUNDRED MILES UNDER THE STARS (Revisited) celebrates the 30th anniversary of Michael Brückner's career as a musician as well as the 10th anniversary of his very first CD which was released on the SynGate label in 2012. Those who know the very talented German composer and musician know that he never does things by halves. For this occasion, this

“An audacious album conceived in visions that take us away from the base of music as such” Do I have to talk about it? Write about this new album released on the Cyclical Dreams label? Because this adventure to another sonic galaxy is one of the most daring that I've heard from the Argentine label. Are we in the realm of anti-music? Of sources of noise as a new sound mosaic? The debate remains to be made. Let's start at the beginning! Who is SONICrider? Jurgen Winkel is an a

“An album that can be listened to with the feeling of floating towards Mars' horizons” Man's obsession with discovering the immensity of space and the vast territories of Mars and probing its darkest secrets, such as do Martians really exist, is the main source of inspiration that led John Scott Shepherd to write LEGEND OF MARS. Built around 10 short tracks, averaging 4 minutes in length, this 2nd album by the American musician on the Cyclical Dreams label transcends the rat