Underwater Chillies by Michael Brückner
(26) UNDERWATER CHILLIES (1999-2000)
As also mentioned elsewhere, in the years between 1997 until finally accomplishing "Movies Moving In My Head" in late 2000, I had gotten slightly confused (again) which musical way to follow.
This started with the arrival of hard disc recording in the shape of my first Mac in 1997. Before that, I had used 4-track cassette as a medium and also had come to the conclusion that ambient would be the path (just having finished "A New Age", which I had counted as a milestone in my personal evolution as an artist).
But with new technology more options came along, and old ideas to produce more traditional (instrumental) music raised their heads again, so I found myself once again experimenting with elements of jazz, rock, pop and now also dance and chill-out. While this was interesting for some years, I remember that in 2000 particularily, I wasn't all happy with my own music and had a strong longing to arrive somewhere (...which eventually happened).
However, when revisiting the material in 2007 on occasion of putting together my big promotional CD set "No Single Single" I realised that quite a lot of interesting music had been recorded during these years, and the core of about 6 tracks which - with the addition of some more tracks recorded one or two years later - would become "Underwater Chillies" is definitely among my better work from back then.
As the title suggests, "Underwater Chillies" offers (mostly) laid-back chillout electronica, sometimes leaning a bit more to trance, at others a little more to contemporary new age. All in all one of my rather accessible albums...
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Tracklist
| 1. | Whalecome (To The Sea) | 6:07 |
| 2. | Entdown | 7:12 |
| 3. | Underwater Chillies | 3:33 |
| 4. | Eastern Star | 5:04 |
| 5. | Bayo Del Sol (Mix 2007) | 5:38 |
| 6. | Evening | 4:26 |
| 7. | Reef | 5:09 |
| 8. | Gate Leg | 4:34 |
| 9. | Ambient Guitar '98 (Bonus Track) | 3:35 |
| 10. | Elevations (Bonus Track) | 12:24 |
| 11. | Eastern Star - Mix 2007 (Bonus Track) | 5:02 |
| 12. | Oblique (Bonus Track) | 4:17 |
| 13. | Tortoised (Bonus Track) | 5:53 |
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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
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