Hidden facets of GALACTIC CRYSTALS seen by Clavius Reticulus

"After the magical album ALCYONE,
which took us to the Pleiades, I invite you to continue
the journey and let yourself be carried away by the galactic crystals to discover Plenitude and crystalline Light,
where all is Love and Unity."
Clavius Reticulus

LAURENT SCHIEBER EXPERIENCES
THESE COSMIC VIBRATIONS
and plunges us into it to open the portal of perceptions

The stars twinkle in the galactic quadrant, where adamantine crystals float. Laurent Schieber experiences these cosmic vibrations and plunges us into them to open the gateway to hitherto unsuspected perceptions. Perception of the Absolute, the Infinite. An album of universal timelessness.

 

THE SONGS OF ORION
magically transcended into divine harmony

THE SONGS OF ORION evokes a summer when birdsong blends with the psithurism of flora lulled into a Zephyrian languor. Orion, one of the most beautiful constellations and nebulae in our sky, is magically transcended into divine harmony.

Laurent: "For this very special title I had to show as much courage as for the central title. While at the beginning it went surprisingly smoothly, the second part of the work was much more complex. From a technical point of view, something significant happened: voices literally emerged from the soundtrack. You can make them out as early as minute 2:33, with a subtle and increasing evolution to finally occupy all their place. These murmurs, these songs, these choirs, they were born from the Minimoog! An incredible alchemy. In fact, there's a module in the VST (virtual synth) version of Arturia called Vocal Filter, consisting of a formant filter and an LFO (inaudible low-frequency oscillator used to modulate the signal). It was here that I created these subtly-tuned voices from Orion (with the resonances playing their secret role), to remind us how important freedom is and how crystalline the Light is. Then, in the final third of this composition, the voices from the Minimoog fade away, giving way to the choirs of the Mellotron".

CRYSTAL OF LIGHT
is once again close to the galaxy of the great Klaus

CRYSTAL OF LIGHT is once again close to the galaxy of the great Klaus, Laurent's master thinker. The man who started it all. Veils of synth float over hypnotic sequences, gradually bewitching us, freeing our minds from material and physical constraints and allowing us to slide little by little into the depths of the multiverse. Suddenly we take off towards the great Light and, surrounded by Akashic entities, we embark on a journey that is both inner and cosmic.

Laurent continues: "The creation of the album required a considerable investment of energy, particularly for the centrepiece, CRYSTAL OF LIGHT, which benefited from the collaboration of Tommy Betzler on percussion! After many exchanges, I had to adjust certain fundamental aspects to achieve perfect harmony and best express the richness of this composition, which is both sonorous and full of emotion. The piece exudes an abundance of cosmic, crystalline vibrations."

RETURN TO MESHALEA
a journey to the end of the dream and to the very edge
of the ultimate Truth

RETURN TO MESHALEA is without doubt my favourite track on the album. Already for its mystical side. Meshalea is the name given by the Andromedians to the spiral galaxy they inhabit. They believe in Unity. The synthetic moires are once again synonymous with astral vibrations; celestial choirs can be heard mingling with the backwash of the space-time ocean of the cosmos. A journey through a vortex where everything is splendour, majesty and pure light. Laurent's sublime compositions translate the language of the Aeons, which can only be understood by those who align themselves with these frequencies and take off with him on a journey to the end of the dream and to the very edge of the ultimate Truth. 

 

 

LET YOURSELF BE CARRIED AWAY
BY THE GALACTIC CRYSTALS
to discover Plenitude and crystalline Light

 

After the magical album ALCYONE, which took us to the Pleiades, I invite you to continue the journey and let yourself be carried away by the GALACTIC CRYSTALS to discover Plenitude and crystalline Light, where all is Love and Unity. 

 

As essential as each new Sequentia Legenda opus! 5/5

El Jice
(Clavius Reticulus by Prog censor : https://www.facebook.com/progcensor)
 

Jean-Claude Leroy (Clavius Reticulus) is a Belgian music reviewer.
His branch is electronic music. He has also composed four albums to date under the pseudonyms El Jice and Avian (eljiceavian.bandcamp.com). A fan of science fiction, he has created illustrations on the theme and wrote a novel in the early 2000s. He has worked for the Mellow Records label and for synthesist Andy Pickford.
His work can be found on facebook.com/zeta2reticuli/
and on his Youtube channel El Jice Arghones.

GALACTIC CRYSTALS

 

 

            

Sequentia Legenda in the Top 10 with ALCYONE

"Apart from the fact that I'm in the top ten,
it's the sharing that's most important to me.
Sharing emotion, sincerity, awareness and light.
Thank you for all your attention."
Laurent Schieber

The Schallwelle Awards ceremony

SCHALLWELLE 2023
ALCYONE in the Top 10

It gives me great pleasure to share with you this wonderful news from the Schallwelle Awards voting: ALCYONE is in the Top 10 in the "Best International Album" category. Thank you for your trust and support. It's a great pleasure to be able to share my musical vision with you.

I'd like to take this opportunity to announce the forthcoming release of my album GALACTIC CRYSTALS, scheduled for 2 July 2024, as well as my next live performance with Tommy Betzler in the Netherlands on 20 April.

🎹🙏🎹 I send you my warmest musical greetings,
Laurent Schieber (Sequentia Legenda)

 

GALACTIC CRYSTALS
Official release on 2 july 2024

I'm planning to release GALACTIC CRYSTALS on 2 July (my late mother's birthday). It's a gateway to a new dimension, an invitation to travel, where everyone is free to interpret my universe according to their own feelings and give free rein to their imagination. An opening of the heart, a musical sharing, a vibratory union, a subtle connection to open up to the intangible. Tommy Betzler will take part in the second piece.

📽️ CRYSTAL OF LIGHT (Work in Progress) Trailer
📽️ RETURN TO MESHALEA (Work in Progress) Trailer

SEQUENTIA LEGENDA ON STAGE
First rehearsals with Tommy Betzler

Tommy and I are delighted to be performing together again. Our next concert is scheduled for 20 April in the Netherlands. We'll be playing three songs for a shared passion: The Berlin School. Meeting the public is a special moment and we look forward to seeing you again. We hope to see you soon.

📽️ Facebook Reels 1 and 2

 

            

💫Departure for a Celestial Voyage💫 un hommage à ma Maman

💫Departure for a Celestial Voyage💫
est un hommage à ma Maman,
décédée le 4 novembre 2022
pour un Univers de Lumière et de Paix.

UN HOMMAGE À MA MAMAN
Partage de cœur à cœur à travers les dimensions

Il y a quelques jours, j’ai ressenti la demande de ma Maman, et j’ai composé un titre pour Elle. Cela fait un an qu’elle est partie pour son voyage céleste le 4 novembre🙏 et je partage avec vous Departure for a Celestial Voyage, disponible ici, ainsi que le clip vidéo, visible ici.

Depuis son départ, je la ressens.
J’ai perçu 8 jours avant cette date commémorative sa demande :
« Tu ne veux pas composer un titre pour moi ? ». Spontanément, j'ai eu l'idée de faire une extraction du final de « CRYSTAL OF LIGHT », c'est-à-dire le deuxième titre de mon prochain album.

Car en travaillant sur la partie finale de cette composition, il s’était produit une surprise technique et musicale assez déroutante que j’ai rapidement associé à une nouvelle guidance.

Certains éléments seront présents dans la version pour l’album « GALACTIC CRYSTALS » prévue pour 2024 et d’autres ont été retravaillés ou ont été ajoutés tous spécialement pour cette version.

Subjectivement, la valeur la plus importante de ma musique n’est pas ce que vous pouvez entendre en l’écoutant, mais ce que vous percevez se manifester dans votre cœur. D’ailleurs, si l’on écoute attentivement, on peut discerner dans la seconde moitié de cette composition un son subtil qui s’apparente aux battements du cœur.

Departure for a Celestial Voyage : C’est un lien direct vers un monde empreint de spiritualité, une porte d’entrée vers un monde céleste.

Je vous souhaite à tous un bon voyage.

📽️ Voir le trailer

Je vous souhaite le plus agréable des voyages🙏
Laurent Schieber (Sequentia Legenda

Departure for a Celestial Voyage

 

GALACTIC CRYSTALS
voyager là où tout le monde est libre

J’ai le plaisir de partager avec vous la bande-annonce du deuxième titre de mon prochain album, dans sa version de travail. Voici un avant-goût de l’ambiance musicale de GALACTIC CRYSTALS, mon prochain album, prévu pour mi-2024. Pour moi, la musique constitue une mission de partage, une invitation au voyage où chacun est libre d’interpréter mon univers selon son propre ressenti et de laisser libre cours à son imagination.

 

Entrez en résonance avec CRYSTAL OF LIGHT pour une quête vibratoire vers la paix profonde 🙏💎🙏

PLANETARIUM CENTURY
Le son des étoiles

J’ai le plaisir de partager avec vous le projet Planetarium Century, pour lequel j’ai eu le privilège de collaborer avec deux autres musiciens, Jean-Luc Briançon et Emmanuel Quenneville.

3 musiciens, un mouvement : La Berlin School et la musique cosmique sous les feux de la rampe.

Planetarium Century

LA MISSION D’ALCYONE EST D’ÊTRE UNE INVITATION
pour se mettre en harmonie avec la Lumière

La mission d’ALCYONE se veut d’être une invitation pour se mettre en harmonie avec la Lumière, se revisiter, aller au fond de soi, se recentrer, lâcher prise en suivant son cœur, afin d’entamer un voyage initiatique guidé par une vibration douce et bienveillante. C’est l’illumination d’une énergie source de vie, qui anime nos sentiments et nos pensées, pour une élévation vers un monde serein, lumineux et baigné par un amour inconditionnel.

Pour moi, ALCYONE, c’est tout cela, c’est bien plus que de la musique, c’est un partage de cœur à cœur, une communion, une prière dédiée à la Lumière.

ALCYONE

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Departure for a Celestial Voyage - Berlin School music

💫Departure for a Celestial Voyage💫
is a tribute to my Mother,
Who passed away on the 4th of November 2022
for a Universe of Light and Peace.

A TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER
Heart-to-heart sharing across the Dimensions

A few days ago, I felt my Mum's request, and I composed a song for Her. It's been a year since she left on her celestial journey on 4 November🙏 and I'm sharing with you Departure for a Celestial Voyage, available here, as well as the video clip, which can be seen here.

8 days before this commemorative date, I perceived the following Request from Her Spirit: "Don't you want to compose a song for me?"
Spontaneously, I came up with the idea of doing an extraction from the finale of "CRYSTAL OF LIGHT", i.e. the second track from my next album.

As I was working on the final part of this composition, a rather astonishing technical and musical glitch occurred that I quickly associated with a new piece of Guidance.

Some elements of the latter will be manifested within the version retained for the "GALACTIC CRYSTALS" album due in 2024 as well as others which have been reworked or added especially for this version.

Subjectively, the most important value within my music is not what you may hear when you listen to it, but what you perceive manifesting within your heart. Moreover, if one listens attentively, one can discern in the second half of this composition a subtle sound akin to the heart beating.

Departure for a Celestial Voyage: this is a direct link to a World imbued with Spirituality, a gateway to a Celestial World.

📽️ Watch the trailer

I wish you All the most pleasant Voyage🙏
Laurent Schieber (Sequentia Legenda

Departure for a Celestial Voyage

 

GALACTIC CRYSTALS
to travel where everyone is free

I'm delighted to share with you the trailer for the second track on my forthcoming album, in its working version. Here's a foretaste of the musical atmosphere on GALACTIC CRYSTALS, my next album, due in mid-2024. For me, music is a mission to share, an invitation to travel where everyone is free to interpret my universe according to their own feelings and give free rein to their imagination. 

 

Enter into resonance with CRYSTAL OF LIGHT for a vibratory quest for deep peace 🙏💎🙏

PLANETARIUM CENTURY
The Sound from the Stars

I'm delighted to share with you the Planetarium Century project, for which I had the privilege of collaborating with two other musicians, Jean-Luc Briançon and Emmanuel Quenneville.

3 musicians, one movement: the berlin school and cosmic music in the spotlight.

Planetarium Century

ALCYONE'S MISSION IS TO BE AN INVITATION
to come into harmony with the Light

ALCYONE's mission is to be an invitation to come into harmony with the Light, to revisit ourselves, to go deep within ourselves, to refocus, to let go by following our heart, so that we can embark on an initiatory journey guided by a gentle and benevolent vibration. It's the illumination of an energy that is the source of life, that animates our feelings and our thoughts, for an elevation towards a serene, luminous world bathed in unconditional love.

For me, ALCYONE is all this, it's much more than just music, it's a heart-to-heart sharing, a communion, a prayer dedicated to the Light.

ALCYONE

To the French version of the article

 

            

Renaud Joly highlights Sequentia Legenda's music

"In summary, I would say that Sequentia Legenda's music
represents a fabulous regenerative capacity that allows 
me to find a new breath despite the challenges I face."
Renaud Joly

Thanks to Renaud Joly for this photo

I WOULD SAY THAT SEQUENTIA LEGENDA'S MUSIC
represents a fabulous regenerative capacity

Sequentia Legenda: What does Sequentia Legenda's music represent for you?

Renaud Joly: It represents a lot to me. Even though I really enjoy my work, it remains a job for a company with its profitability rules that generate a certain amount of stress. Furthermore, my personal life involves challenges related to a rare genetic disease that affects a loved one, progressively impacting their physical abilities. This situation adds significant stress and pressure to my life. One of the ways that allows me to maintain hope and joy in life is to embark on a small journey almost every day by listening to Sequentia Legenda's music. Whether it's after lunch or in the evening before sleeping, I choose a track and it allows me to completely escape, to go somewhere else. In summary, I would say that Sequentia Legenda's music represents a fabulous regenerative capacity that allows me to find a new breath despite the challenges I face.


Sequentia Legenda: What are your feelings regarding ALCYONE?

Renaud Joly: In "ALCYONE," I fully feel that constant regenerative capacity that can be found in almost all of Sequentia Legenda's creations. When listening to this album, I have the sensation of hearing music in three dimensions. The sequences overlap, intertwine, offering a certain depth to the entire album. I find the sound particularly well-crafted, with finesse, precision, and melody. Each of the tracks paints different landscapes for me.

For example, when listening to "AROUND THE GREAT CENTRAL SUN", I feel like I'm flying or soaring through spaces. At certain moments, the crystalline notes allow me to imagine various landscapes or creatures.

"THE RING OF GOLDEN LIGHT", evokes space, stars, a focus on the future and hope. It gives me a revitalizing and energetic sensation.

With "BON VOYAGE", I go diving (I actually enjoy scuba diving). This piece is very colorful in my eyes, reminiscent of corals.

"LOVE FEEDS LOVE", although short (it leaves us wanting more, I am waiting for an extended version like the one you did with "THE RETURN"), is both nostalgic, a look at the past and the passing of time, but also carries hope, mystery, dreams, an invitation to travel.

 

BLUE DREAM TO ALCYONE
is a true invitation for me to explore
new musical dimensions

Sequentia Legenda: As someone who has almost all of my discography, how do you perceive the evolution of my music from BLUE DREAM to ALCYONE?

Renaud Joly:  For me, I perceive a greater depth of sound. As the albums progress, the sequences become more complex, more refined. I sense the emergence of new elements, surprises that arise, crystalline notes. The sounds become more enjoyable to listen to; they speak to me much more than on the early records. I find greater complexity in the overall composition. In the new tracks, I also feel a multiplication of sequences, the loops become more subtle and numerous. The sounds become more spatial, more crystalline. All of this creates an immersive and captivating musical experience that transports me to unexplored sonic horizons.

In summary, the evolution of your creations is a true invitation for me to explore new musical dimensions and dive into a constantly expanding sound universe, embarking on a journey.

CREATIVE IDEAS
express themselves to me spontaneously
like synchronicities

Renaud Joly: In general, how do you come up with creative ideas for your compositions?

Sequentia Legenda: It's a fascinating subject, and one that probably varies from one artist to another. As far as I'm concerned, inspiration and creativity express themselves to me spontaneously like synchronicities, like an attractive force, like real guidance, support and enlightenment. In fact, I don't choose, I let this divine presence come to me, so to speak. Then elements such as images and texts come along to complete this exciting phase of expansion. Not forgetting the mystical and spiritual facets that play a major role. It's magical, a kind of joyful drunkenness, an artistic firework display. I never know where I'm going in advance, but I move forward with serenity and the ideas keep coming to me and influencing my compositional work.

Renaud Joly: What emotions do you feel when you listen to your creations again?

Sequentia Legenda: I usually feel a certain nostalgia when I listen to music again. It's a rediscovery, with memories and emotions flooding back, as well as musical and/or technical challenges. Each creation is a unique experience in itself, a story, an atmosphere, an experience linked to a very specific moment in my life. Listening to my albums again is a good time for a new exploration, sometimes leading me towards new ideas and new experiments. I revisit certain aspects that can sometimes fuel my inspiration.

Renaud Joly: Apart from Klaus Schulze, of course, what other major sources have influenced you?

Sequentia Legenda: The legendary group Tangerine Dream was the other major source of inspiration after Klaus Schulze. Occasionally, I found the work of Kraftwerk (Trans Europe Express in particular) interesting and in a more melodic style Vangelis (the soundtrack to Blade Runner is a reference). Then there was Jean-Michel Jarre in his early days, with his interesting atmospheres. On a completely different note, classical and symphonic music also inspire me.

ALCYONE'S MISSION IS TO BE AN INVITATION
to come into harmony with the Light

Renaud Joly: For me, each of your albums is both an internal and external journey. With Alcyone, what kind of journey would you like the listener to take, and what kind of journey has this album been for you?

Sequentia Legenda: Thank you very much for your beautiful testimony.

ALCYONE's mission is to be an invitation to come into harmony with the Light, to revisit ourselves, to go deep within ourselves, to refocus, to let go by following our heart, so that we can embark on an initiatory journey guided by a gentle and benevolent vibration. It's the illumination of an energy that is the source of life, that animates our feelings and our thoughts, for an elevation towards a serene, luminous world bathed in unconditional love.

For me, ALCYONE is all this, it's much more than just music, it's a heart-to-heart sharing, a communion, a prayer dedicated to the Light.


Presentation of Renaud Joly
Let me introduce myself, my name is Renaud, I am of Swiss origin and have been living in Asia in Singapore since 2005. I followed my Singaporean wife, whom I met in Geneva through my work. By the way, I am passionate about my work as I have been working in the field of perfume development and creation for over 24 years. I have two sons, Yueh, who is 17 years old, and Jie, who is 13 years old.

I have a passion for wines, teas, gastronomy (high-quality, authentic, simple, and traditional foods), and perfumes. I enjoy adventure activities such as mountaineering, ski touring, rock climbing, scuba diving, long-distance running, and triathlons, and I consider myself a world traveler. Thanks to my work, I have had the opportunity to visit many countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, China, India, and see how people live locally.

Finally, on a daily basis, I love reading and, above all, listening to music. It is actually my passion for travel and discovering new universes that led me to discover and greatly appreciate the creations of Sequentia Legenda. The first time I heard the track "Vibrations" while listening to Volume 9 of the "La Planète Bleue" collection, I immediately hooked and sought to discover more pieces. What I loved from the start is the ability to embark on a journey while listening to your creations.

ALCYONE