Ici et Maintenant the 2nd title of RENAISSANCE

Share the present moment

🎬 The second preview of my next album RENAISSANCE ♫

I have the pleasure to present you an extract from my next album, "RENAISSANCE".
This title "Ici et Maintenant" is the second track of this futur album.

(1. Out of the Silence   2. Ici et Maintenant   3. Valentin's Traum).
– Official release of RENAISSANCE on 17 May 2018 –

Through this title, it was important for me to share the present moment with the listeners, with my family, with myself. The sounds of the glorious years of the analogue era brought up to date with today's technology, here and now (Ici et Maintenant).

Laurent Schieber (Sequentia Legenda)

🎼 Regular and deep pulse 🎧

After an introduction to experimental, concrete and drones sounds, the enigmatic atmosphere gradually fades away and gives way to a benevolent global atmosphere.
The arrival of the luminous pads, supported punctually by Gregorian-style choirs, amplifies the notion of infinity.

The soundtrack is then filled with multiple pads and sequential loops. Later, a regular and deep pulse joins the ensemble to give even more life. It is like a heart that begins to beat, heralding a rhythmic surge. The snare drum, then a roll of toms complete the climax of this composition, leaving the vaporous pads and the empathetic choirs ornamented with the atmospheric and spiritual finale.

It is peace, contemplative, here and now (Ici et Maintenant),
a return to the roots of the Berlin School.

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Ici et Maintenant testimonial 📓

Michel Boegler (France): "Ici et Maintenant aux influences de la Berlin School est admirable... On sent la plénitude avec la venue d'une séquence feutrée et bien programmée... Toute cette sensibilité à fleur de peau est bien présente et témoigne votre partage avec les auditeurs qu'ils l'écoutent !... En tout cas bravo pour votre travail."


"Your track "Ici et Maintenant" with Berlin School influences is admirable... We feel the fullness with the coming of a felted and well programmed sequence... All this sensitivity is very present and testifies your sharing with the listeners that they listen to it !... Anyway, congratulations on your work."

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Official release of RENAISSANCE on 17 May 2018

            

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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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