Valentin's Traum the 3rd title of RENAISSANCE

This composition is dedicated to my youngest son Valentin

🎬  The first preview of my next album RENAISSANCE ♫

I have the pleasure to present you an extract from my next album, "RENAISSANCE".
This title "Valentin's Traum" is the third and last track of this futur album.

(1. Out of the Silence, 2. Ici et Maintenant, 3. Valentin's Traum).

I wish you a very pleasant time during the listening and viewing of my video clip,

Laurent Schieber (Sequentia Legenda)

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✹ Music for hope and love ❣

This composition is dedicated to my youngest son Valentin,
who was diagnosed with autism.
It is a gift for him, my message of hope and love for him.

This title is in German language, thanks to the Germanic public who gave me their trust
 and support. It is a privilege for me to appear in the fiefdom of the Berlin school,
to be appreciated and heard in the land of Klaus Schulze and Edgar Froese.

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Till Kopper: First of all: Happy Birthday to Valentin!

 Sequentia Legenda: Thank you for Valentin, he is an admirable child, besides his pathology (autism) he is a fighter, he has managed to speak, communicate, share and be an exemplary child. I'm proud of his efforts, proud of him. He loves music too :-)  

Till Kopper: This excerpt is again (!!!) Berlin School music at its best.

 Sequentia Legenda: Thanks for this highly praiseworthy comment, I'm really delighted and it gives me strength!! I did my best for this new album and especially for this track which was very important to me for many reasons. From the sentimental point of view, I wanted to offer a title that was worthy of the efforts and courage of my youngest son. Emotionally, I wanted to thank all the Germanic people who gave me their support in a very beautiful way.  

Till Kopper: The mood of this track is so near to the very special Klaus Schulze album "X" from 1978. Without actual copying it, it got the right overall sound. 

The very open mix, although the sounds are layered.

 Sequentia Legenda: Ooooh, what a wonderful comparison! "X" is a very special album and a timeless work by Klaus Schulze. Brilliant sound and exemplary orchestration.
Once again, I'm really happy to be compared to him.
I must confess that I once again spent a lot of time fine-tuning the sonic atmosphere of this opus to the last detail. It is always very important for me to find the right balance of spatialization, harmonics, global sound spectrum.  

Till Kopper: There is no beat or sequence in the first 4:30 min running.
But the music is always slightly changing.
A kind of regular breath makes this track very organic
and by no means static. Then a sequence is faded in.

 Sequentia Legenda: I love your vision and your writing.
It is a pleasure to be able to read your feelings.

It remains essential for me to gently lay down the soundtrack, to install the listener comfortably in the musical universe proposed. It is an invitation, a sharing between the musician and the listener. Especially for this title, it was essential to set up a sensitivity, 

a depth, an emotion.  

Till Kopper: There is a cut (this is not the full track we are hearing here) and we are a bit later in the track. We hear the drums of Tommy Bezler and the now multilayered sequences. But all still relaxed and calm. But with a steady rhythm like a heart beat.

 Sequentia Legenda: On this album Tommy Betzler is not present. I wanted to produce a solo album again. But Tommy and I will meet again soon :-)  

Till Kopper: The sequences disappear. The rhythm of the percussion sound dissipates. And we slowly fall back into the dream as an ambient background that we heard at the beginning.

Fantastic!

 Sequentia Legenda: It is a shared pleasure. I often like to invite the listener to embark on an musical adventure that begins slowly and gradually increases in intensity.  

Till Kopper: Although we are just at week #2 of 2018, I believe this will be one,
if not THE best Berlin School music release for 2018! I can't imagine a music more matching to my personal music preferences.

 Sequentia Legenda: I am absolutely delighted. I think RENAISSANCE will be a beautiful exploration for the listeners, a sound universe to discover,
an extended vision of the Berlin School. I'm crossing my fingers. I really enjoyed composing this album and I hope the audience will appreciate my work. It's the music that comes from deep inside me, my language.  

Till Kopper: Thanks for sharing this excerpt of the upcoming RENAISSANCE album.
I am looking very much forward to listen to it in its full length and glory.

 Sequentia Legenda: The pleasure is all mine. I will be presenting "Ici et Maintenant" and finally "Out of the Silence". I thank you for your comment and look forward to reading you again.  

Interview with Till Kooper January 13, 2018

            

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My encounter with the modular Korg PS3200

I thank my father again today for all his attention.

1982: my meeting with the modular

In 1982, when I was 17 years old, I had just recently discovered the amazing music of Klaus Schulze through his superb album Mirage. At that time, there were many rumors about a rather strange instrument: it was the synthesizer. I started looking for this mysterious sound machine. I was browsing the classified ads section of music magazines looking for analogical machines.

It was during one of my travels in Paris, in an apartment located in an alley of a modest neighborhood, that I was going to get to know a mythical machine. After having climbed the many steps of a dark staircase with the tagged walls, I arrived in front of a heavy door. I was ringing, the door opened and before me appeared as if by magic a superb recording studio! In the midst of the many instruments, a synthesizer immediately caught my eye. It was the famous Korg PS3200. I only had eyes for the modular. The owner of the studio had informed me of his intention to sell the instrument next month. I told him I was very interested. He told me that if I wanted to, I could buy it right away. I was on a cloud, I immediately made a phone call to my father, persuading him to come to Paris to help me pay and also to transport this monster of 30 kilos. Even today, I thank him for his effort, for his attention.

That's how the PS3200 found itself the next day in my parents' basement, where I had set up my little studio, in the middle of the ARP Odyssey, the Oberheim SEM, the Korg MS20 and its sequencer SQ10, the Crumar Multiman S. I then took great pleasure in discovering all the facets of my new "baby". I have the memory of beautiful pads, strange sounds created with the ring modulator a bit like Klaus Schulze's "Dune". I really enjoyed the 16 available storage memories. The modular polyphony was one of its strengths.

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I am pleased to be nominated for this new edition

of the Schallwelle Awards

Dear listeners

During the last issue, I had the great pleasure to appear with my album EXTENDED on 9th place in the category "International Album" (after Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Enigma)

For this new edition I have the honour to be nominated again.

If you like, you can vote for my album "ETHEREAL by Sequentia Legenda" as well as for me in the category "Artist 2017".

Album 2017 (Sequentia Legenda - Ethereal)

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For the end-of-year holiday season, I am pleased to offer you 

an excerpt in its experimental version.

THE RETURN comes from my archives, this title dates from the period of BLUE DREAM.

The composition is in its embryonic phase, the general atmosphere of this title is ethereal with a touch of analogue sound. It's a return to the original sources of Berlin School.

I invite you to download this experimental and collector's version.

I wish you a pleasant listening and a good discovery,

Sequentia Legenda

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A small gift for the Christmas season 🎁

Enjoy a little musical gift for the holidays

 An unreleased and Collector's title "THE RETURN"

For the Christmas holidays, I am pleased to offer you this experimental version

I found in my archives this version dating from the creation of BLUE DREAM. It is not excluded that the elaboration of this extract is not going to continue, so just take it as a small collector's gift.

The evolutionary sequences, the atmospheric pads are here in their development phases. The sound of this extract is oriented towards the warm grain of the analogical era. I leave you to take full advantage of this sound rough draft and wish you a beautiful immersion.

TESTIMONIAL 
Till Kopper (Facebook 24.12.2017): "Although rather minimalistic track without bells and whistles (literally). But with a wonderful quite certain ambient mood mixed with Berlin School sequencing. AIt is not a remake or some cover of some well known artist, this is a unique Sequentia Legenda track. Laurent Schieber once again proves his great skills of doing new tracks in the Berlin School style without repeating music recorded 45-35 years ago. And without using the vintage techniques. This way the sound scapes are clear and well defined. But not sounding like cold digital at all. Rather organic and analog (without covering exact typical analog sounds). Well done! Very recommended for all listeners of Klaus Schulze and other more calm Berlin School music."

THE RETURN: a return to the sources of the Berlin School music

Enjoy your gift!

I am pleased to announce my new album „RENAISSANCE“ for 2018

My next opus "RENAISSANCE" will finally see the light of day in 2018, more precisely on May 17, a small wink to my wife.

RENAISSANCE, in the purest tradition of the analogue era.

This new album is a continuation of my musical vision: an extension of the Berlin School movement.

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My wishes

I wish you a pleasant time with my music
and a happy holiday season for you and your family.

Musically,
Laurent Schieber (Sequentia Legenda)

            

Carte Blanche à Sequentia Legenda

Un retour sur l'émission "Le BunKer" de Guy Devilla,
"Carte Blanche Sequentia Legenda"

 

Le Bunker par Guy Devilla

C'est le Vendredi 12 Février 2016 qu'eu lieu l'émission de Guy Devilla "Le BunKer", une émission spéciale puisque les 2 heures d'antenne furent allouées à Sequentia Legenda.

Présentation de l'émission : Retrou­vez un Bun­ker par­ti­cu­lier puisque Guy Devilla, qui pro­pose chaque ven­dredi soir sa sélec­tion de musiques élec­tro­niques alternatives laisse cette semaine carte blanche à Sequen­tia Legenda qui pro­pose sa musique atmo­sphé­rique, qua­si­ment pla­nante ins­pi­rée de la Ber­lin School.

Pen­dant deux heures retrou­vez cet artiste à l’actualité très riche : plu­sieurs pro­gram­ma­tions sur cou­leur 3 dans l’émission Yves Blanc « La Pla­nète Bleue », élu Album de la semaine par la radio ber­li­noise Modul303 et en liste pour une double nomi­na­tion au Schall­welle Awards 2016 en tant qu’Artiste inter­na­tio­nal 2015 et pour l’Album inter­na­tio­nal 2015. Il est éga­le­ment en lice pour les Mur­mures d’or 2015 sur la radio qué­bé­coise Mur­mures du son !

 

Guy Devilla "Le BunKer" Carte Blanche à Sequentia Legenda

Comment l'idée d'une Carte Blanche à vue le jour ?

Explication de Guy Devilla (Animateur Radio) : "C’est en écoutant mon émission radio préférée « La Planète Bleue » d’Yves Blanc, que je découvre avec un grand étonnement la programmation d’un artiste mulhousien ! Sequentia Legenda, de la berliner school ! Une première et une aubaine !

Étant moi même Dj - animateur d’une émission de musiques électroniques, ce fût une évidence pour moi de chercher à rencontrer ce musicien .

Nous avons fait connaissance autour d’un verre dans un bar de la ville et tout naturellement, une idée d’une carte blanche dans mon émission s’est imposée.

Mon objectif était de faire découvrir le talent de notre artiste local !!

Mission accomplie !"

Laurent Schieber (Sequentia Legenda) dans les studios de Radio MNE en 2016

  

            

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