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Stephen Parsick - Hoellenengel ("Hell's Angels")
"Not every angel is a godsend."
Der Tod ("The Death")
Der Prinz ("The Prince")
Die Koenigin ("The Queen")
Die Burg ("The Castle")
Der Leichenkeller ("The Morgue")
Der Barde ("The Bard")
Der Nullpunkt ("The Absolute Zero")
Einer wartet immer ("Someone will always be waiting")
Das Lied vom Ende ("The Song about the End")
Das Observatorium ("The Observatory")
Das Auge des Horus ("The Eye of Horus")
Auf dem Boden tote Engel verstreut ("Dead Angels scattered about the Floor")
"hoellenengel" became stephen´s second solo album after a long break. between the initial release of his acclaimed debut album "traces of the past" in 1998 and the release of "hoellenengel" in 2005, stephen focussed mainly on working with ['ramp], playing concerts and releasing albums. when the ['ramp] enterprise began to slow down, he felt the need to concentrate on his own musical output again which could not have been more radically different from "traces" than this.
recorded between september 2000 and november 2004, and produced between december 2004 and may 2005, "hoellenengel" represents an extended period of time in which stephen improvised music straight to dat on basically the same array of instruments that vangelis had around when he recorded the score for ridley scott´s "blade runner" film in 1982. the main focus of the album firmly on the colossal yamaha cs80, stephen set out to combine vangelis´ more orchestral timbral palette with the darker and more foreboding soundscapes inspired by brian lustmord´s work.
"hoellenengel" was widely recognized as one of the most authentic-sounding approaches at making a musical sequel to "blade runner", and it even received some rave reviews on fan sites dedicated exclusively to scott´s film (among the reviewers were gary willoughby of bladezone.com and arvin clay of radio2019). other reviewers billed stephen´s album as one of the darkest albums of electronic music ever recorded. decide for yourself whether there still is a tiny bit of light shining through its darkness.
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