Starfished by mbp (michael brückner project)

This album was my first ever attempt at "real" club sound; probably a weird variety of Hardtrance (You see, I'm clearly not a purist if it comes to microscopic sub-genre divisions; on the contrary, I'm a musical omnivore...).

By the end of the 90s I finally had taken more interest in the dance / techno genre (which in former years I used to despise) after friends had initiated me to several albums from more creative and progressive dance artists than I knew from the local parties etc. I had experienced before.

Around the time also the first virtual synthesizers arrived that aimed at dance sounds (like for example the rather popular "ReBirth" by Propellerhead, which I actually used on most tracks of this album) and while I at first only saw that as a budget chance to get"analog" sounds after all (but at first not intending to do "techno") little by little I started to dabble in dance music - and this was the first (but not worst) example of my efforts in the genre.

It was a rather naive and - obviously - also often humorous way to approach the matter; actually I had good fun producing most of this stuff - but some tracks are actually also a bit "deeper" (hopefully).

For the purpose of releasing dance music in the first place I also invented the "fashionable" project name mbp (short for: michael brückner project, but also an anagram of bpm = beats per minute). I used it for the first time here, but dropped it again a few years later...

Speaking of "humorous" - one track, Beautiful Music, was so bizarr and actually quite annoying with all kind of "funny" distorted voices all over it that I decided to replace it by a new version, where those voices are cut well back and the groovy sequences rule instead; the original version still is added - for hysterical, erm: historical reasons ;-)

And: original only meant as a background soundscape for the new version of "Beautiful Music" I also have added a new ambient piece, entitled "Beauty Loops". ENJOY! :-)

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Born in Heidelberg, Germany, later settled down near Mainz.

Earns a living as a graphical designer and social worker.

Ambient and other electronica since 1992.

Extended back catalogue (more than 150 albums by end of 2024, number still growing).

Since 2007 offers his music in the internet, via the usual platforms.

Sometimes gets reviews + airplay.

Plays live now and then.

More is to come...

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Michael Brückner
Bridge To Imla
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