Imaginary Rooms by Bridge To Imla

On October 26, 2019 Bridge to Imla performed live at the gallery "Kunstraum" in Erlensee (near Frankfurt), Germany for the first time. The two sets contained only new music, composed (and partly improvised) specifically for the occasion (with the exception of "Greenhouse" which is a live version of Michael Brückner's 2002 piece "A Thin Line" - however quite different from the original...).

The duo had planned to record the event, however due to an equipment failure, this didn't work out (...still there * is * a lo-fi recording of most of the concert - except for the final ten minutes - captured with a video camera, that has been added to this release as two digital bonus tracks).

The material seeming too good not to be released, HaDi and Michael decided to produce a studio version instead - which resulted in "Imaginary Rooms". Most of the recordings and basic mixing already took place in 2019, and was completed and finished in early 2023.

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Many thanks to the organizers and artists of gallery Kunstraum / Erlensee for making it possible!

https://kunstraum-erlensee.de/

Tracklist

1.	(Please step inside our) Imaginary Rooms (CD 1)	7:00

2.	Her Secret Room - Part 1 (CD 1)	7:00

3.	Chamber of Sorrows (CD 1)	7:12

4.	Make Room! Make Room! (CD 1)	7:58

5.	The Palace of Mysteries (CD 1)	8:08

6.	Greenhouse (CD 1)	6:58

7.	Hall of Memories (CD 1)	7:27

8.	BONUS TRACK: Tonraum - Part 1 (CD 1)	19:35

9.	BONUS TRACK: Imaginary Rooms - Early Rehearsal Version (CD1)	6:45

10.	Deserted Homes (CD 2)	8:04

11.	Men‘s Room (...just Booze and Madness) (CD 2)	7:55

12.	The Temple of my Blessings (CD 2)	7:38

13.	Her Secret Room - Part 2 (CD 2)	6:44

14.	Crypt of Shadows (CD 2)	6:44

15.	Living Space (CD 2)	7:06

16.	(Back on the) Wide Open Road (CD 2)	9:00

17.	BONUS TRACK: Tonraum - Part 2 (CD 2)	8:29

18.	BONUS TRACK: Chamber of Sorrows - Early Rehearsal Version (CD 2)	7:13

19.	BONUS TRACK: The Palace of Mysteries - Early Rehearsal Version - (CD 2)	8:44

20.	EXTRA DIGITAL BONUS TRACK: The Kunstraum Performance - Part 1 (Live Bootleg)	51:40

21.	EXTRA DIGITAL BONUS TRACK: The Kunstraum Performance - Part 2 (Live Bootleg)	38:56

Credits

released March 3, 2023

Hans-Dieter Schmidt
synthesizer, keyboards, EWI, piano

Michael Brückner
synthesizer, keyboards, electronics

All music written, performed, recorded, mixed
and produced by Bridge to Imla, 2019 - 2023

Mastering by HaDi Schmidt

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Cover design and photo editing
by Michael Brücker

Cover photography by Kilian Schloemp

cabguy.smugmug.com

Concert photography (digital bonus items)
by Mirka Seidel

www.mirkaseidel-art.de/malerei/

Please also visit:

imaginary-landscape.bandcamp.com
michaelbrueckner.bandcamp.com

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