CRYPTIC SCENERY: A BalconyTV Presentation

http://www.BalconyTV.com‬ <br /><br />'Like' us on Facebook - ‪http://on.fb.me/mhECp2 <br /> <br />PRESENTED BY AL BASTARDO <br /> <br /> <br />Cryptic Scenery was founded in late 1994 and is the main musical project of the german psychologist and musician Christian H. Sötemann. Over the years, cryptic scenery has undergone a number of line-up changes. Since mid-2009, the line-up has consisted of Christian on vocals, guitar, loops, keyboards and other instruments and Thomas Pertzel on saxophone and other instruments. <br /> <br />The first available Cryptic Scenery material, the tape 'cupboard', surfaced in 1995. several song-oriented as well as more experimental albums, e.p.s and even singles have been released over the years. Bearing the line-up changes in mind, it is little wonder that the directions the music took have changed - to an extent - over the years. what has persisted over the years is a focus on aspects of minimalism in a broad sense - that may refer to scarcity of played notes, repetitive piece structures or miniature compositions. <br /> <br />Added to that, much of the music is of rather melancholy, at times outright dark nature. whereas a number of albums (notable 'oceanic feeling' or 'on the outskirts', for example) contain material positioned within the world of rock music, others focus more on a drone/ambient/minimalist direction ('being - six objects', 'the radar society' among others). <br /> <br />A main constant has to be the piece 'being', which was released in many versions in a variety of forms since the mid-90s. besides, it is the only track to appear in every cryptic scenery / chs live concert. 'being' is a radical-minimalist piece featuring silence and two intentional notes played to merely display the presence, the 'being' of that very piece. <br /> <br />In spite of such sonic extremes, the music of cryptic scenery has always oscillated between an experimental, challenging approach... and some more accessible material, at times even pop-orientated songs - it is all part of the world of sounds. <br /> <br />More info at: http://www.cryptic-scenery.de <br /> <br />Tune in to BalconyTV Prague again !!!