Musical Synchronicity: Michael Scanlon and Sequentia Legenda

When music opens dialogue: 
meeting with Michael Scanlon

Music and art sometimes create unexpected synchronicities

Dear friends-listeners,

Michael Scanlon, a passionate listener and London-based writer inspired by metaphysics, discovered my musical vision only recently… and within a few days, all of my compositions had found a full place in his inner world.

From this encounter, a simple and authentic conversation was born. He first shared his impressions with me, then asked three questions to which I responded with what lives within me: memory, sound, and the vibration of the living.

Here is the fruit of this heart-to-heart dialogue, which I invite you to discover.

If you too feel the desire to share a moment of exchange centered around music, please do not hesitate to contact me — it will be my great pleasure.

With all my gratitude and light,
Laurent Schieber – Sequentia Legenda

 

MIKE SCANLON :
Every Sequentia Legenda album is unique 
and irreplaceable

My name is Michael Scanlon and I live in London. I have been married thirty six years and have two grown up children. Before I retired I worked as a librarian in research bodies and Government departments. 

I am also the author of several books inspired by metaphysics. My pen name is Michael Joseph Scanlon. 

I love music a lot and am so happy with Bandcamp for telling me about the music of Sequentia Legenda. Berlin School music is an essential part of my music listening and I am absolutely delighted to hear the music of Sequentia Legenda. 


SL: What inspires you most in my music, and what feelings or sensations does it evoke for you?
MS: The best of the Berlin School is probably the most evocative rock music of all the different genres. Sequentia Legenda’s music scores heavily in this regard, as it so mesmerising and ethereal. The combination of the layered synthesisers and the use of sequencers create an atmosphere that is greater than the sum of its parts. Every Sequentia Legenda album is unique and irreplaceable in this regard. They are all so ambient, yet so invitingly beautiful.

THE FIRST SEQUENTIA LEGENDA CD
I EVER BOUGHT WAS BLUE DREAM
When I heard FLY OVER ME for the first time I was transfixed 

SL: Are there albums or specific pieces of mine that have touched you particularly deeply, and why?
MS: The first Sequentia Legenda cd I ever bought was BLUE DREAM. When I heard FLY OVER ME for the first time I was transfixed. Indeed, not long after, my Sequentia Legenda collection went from one cd to fourteen very quickly. I was disappointed by none of them. In fact, I was astonished that the excellent quality of BLUE DREAM was matched by all of the rest of Sequentia Legenda’s discography, without repetition or rehashing. 

SL: How do you experience the connection between the music and the visual design of my albums—does this unity affect how you listen and feel the music?
MS: For me, the packaging of rock music is an essential part of its art. Accordingly, I don’t do downloads. Sequentia Legenda’s covers are an integral part of the whole Sequentia Legenda experience. I love them all.

 

THE UNIVERSE IS AN INFINITE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION
My music is a way of coming into resonance 

MS: Stars and galaxies obviously inspire you and your music. Do you believe that there is a cause to the Universe, or did it just happen?
LS: The Universe is an infinite source of inspiration — it is the All, the Great Whole. I do not believe that we are, or have ever been, alone. Everything is vibration, and vibration is energy — and energy is life.

For me, the Universe did not “simply appear.” It is the expression of a vast intelligence, a living consciousness endowed with unconditional love, connecting all beings and all worlds. My music is a way of coming into resonance with that cosmic breath, of translating something that goes beyond us, yet vibrates and lives within each of us. 

MS: Do you use old synths in your music or do you prefer the modern ones?
LS: When I was 16, my studio was set up in my parents’ basement, and to me it felt like Ali Baba’s cave. At the heart of it stood the magnificent Korg PS-3200 modular, surrounded by the MS-20 and its little brother, the SQ-10. On my left I had the Oberheim Duo Two Voice, and on my right the Multiman S and the ARP Odyssey.

With the arrival of MIDI, digital synthesizers gradually replaced those beautiful analog machines — instruments such as the Roland JD800, the Waldorf Microwave or the Korg DSS1.

For more than ten years now, I have been working exclusively with virtual synthesizers, like the Arturia collection. I feel totally at ease with them. They allow me to rediscover sensations I once had, while offering freedom and fluidity in the creative process.

For me, the heart always comes before the technology. Music remains, above all else, a sharing from heart to heart. 

MS: How did you come up with the name Sequentia Legenda?
LS: I initially had a long list of possible names, and in the end Sequentia Legenda emerged as a blend of two of them. There was also a beautiful synchronicity in the fact that the initials S and L are my own.

To me, the name perfectly reflects the spirit of my musical vision. Since the sequencer is still my preferred tool for composition, “Sequentia” felt natural to me. “Legenda” evokes memory, mystery and timelessness.

And perhaps legends are, in truth, simply veiled forms of reality? 

At the end of our exchange, Michael made a very specific request:
“Laurent, could you one day put together a clear chronology of your discography? I believe it would be valuable for us listeners, to follow the evolution of your universe.”

I found this suggestion both thoughtful and relevant, and I am grateful for it. May these milestones serve as a guide for those who wish to journey through my sounds — step by step, album after album.

Chronology of Sequentia Legenda’s Discography:

2025 — A RAY OF LIGHT (CDr Digipack & 8 page Booklet, Digital Version)

2024 — DECEM (CDr Digipack & 8 page Booklet, Digital Version)
2024 — Echo of Vibrations (Digital Version, name your price)
2024 — GALACTIC CRYSTALS (CDr Digipack & 8 page Booklet, Digital Version)

2023 — Extended Intuition Into the Unknown (Digital Version)
2023 — Departure for a Celestial Voyage (Digital Version, name your price)
2023 — ALCYONE (CD Digipack & 8 page Booklet, Digital Version)

2022 — The 432 Hz Berlin School Box (Double CDr Digipack & 8 page Booklet, Digital Version)
2022 — ANNO 1880 - Variations on the finale of ELEVATION (Digital Version)
2022 — RESONANCES (CD Digipack, Digital Version)
2022 — ELEVATION [Portal Version 2022] (Digital Version)

2021 — Luminosa Veritas [Xmas 2021 Version] (Digital Version, name your price)
2021 — HEAVENLY RESONANCE (Happy Birthday Version) (Digital Version, name your price)
2021 — CELESTIAL (CDr Digipack, Digital Version)
2021 — THE RETURN (Long Version) (Digital Version)
2021 — Around the Second Moon – Floating Days Edition (Digital Version)
2021 — Deep Sequences [Grenzwellen Version] (Digital Version)
2021 — Five Minutes Around the Second Moon (Digital Version, name your price)

2020 — VOICES 55 [EXCLUSIVE Version] (Digital Version)
2020 — BEYOND THE STARS (CD Digipack, Digital Version)
2020 — CIRCUMNAVIGATION [Study Version] (Digital Version)
2020 — Valentins Traum Exclusive Version (Digital Version)

2019 — FIVE (CDr Digipack & 8 page Booklet, Digital Version)
2019 — CODEX ON THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS (Digital Version)
2019 — THE LUNAR TRILOGY (Digital Version)
2019 — OVER THERE (CD Digipack & 8 page XL Booklet, Digital Version)

2018 — SOLITUDES LUNAIRES [XMas 2018 Version] (Digital Version)
2018 — RENAISSANCE (CD Digipack, Digital Version)
2018 — MIND LAKE [experimental version] (Digital Version)

2017 — THE RETURN experimental version (Digital Version)
2017 — Out of the Silence - Collaboration version (Digital Version)
2017 — ETHEREAL (CDr Digipack, Digital Version)
2017 — Out of the Silence - Exclusive version (Digital Version)

2016 — EXTENDED (Double CDr Digipack & 8 page Booklet, Digital Version)

2015 — AMIRA (CDr Digifile, Digital Version)
2015 — AU REVOIR (Digital Version)
2015 — VIBRATIONS - Blood Moon exclusive version (Digital Version)

2014 — BLUE DREAM (CDr Digipack 6 page, Digital Version)