1. Array Of Fadin' Flowers [4:37]
2. Knock Knock [4:32]
3. Alucard [4:36]
4. Mental Undead [2:52]
5. Waving Goodbye, Waving Waving [3:37]
6. Demeter-morph [3:07]
7. Sleep Well, Elisabeth [7:34]
8. Celebrating Fears Pt.4 [2:53]
9. Scholomance Trance [3:49]
10. Vlad, Anton, Ruediger [3:11]
11. Yersenia Sea [4:13]
12. Ligeias Wake [4:27]
13. Lucy And The Shy Diabolos [2:53]
14. Liliths Cradlesong [8:31]
15. The End Of The End Of Everything [5:59]

Recorded in 2003 & 2006 at Bunker-Studios (Berlin), Q-Music-Studios (Berlin), OrBeat-Studios (Berlin), Rixdorf-Manor (Berlin), Townend-Studios(Berlin), Eastgate-Studio(Vienna)

Thorsten Quaeschning - Synthesizer, Guitars, Ebow : Schoolomance Trance, Sleep Well Elisabeth, Flute : easy Knock Knock, Vocals, Voice, Vocoder, Drums
Thorsten Spiller - Effects, Synthesizer, A & E Guitars
Sascha Beator - Synthesizer
Don - A & E-Guitars
Stoppel - Words, Vocals
Elisabeth Kietz - Clarinet on Sleep Well, Elisabeth
Vincent Nowak - Drums on Knock Knock, Scholomance Trance
Thomas Beator - Irish-Bouzouki on Knock knock, Alucard, Bass on Alucard Bjorn Sjollruud - bass
Kai Hanuschka - drums

Music inspired by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnaus Nosferatu - eine Symphonie des Grauens For its 2nd opus, Picture Palace Music (TD’s Thorsten Quaeschning band), pursues his musical exploration of the underground world of German expressionism cinema. After the work of Robert Wiene (Das Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), Thorsten Quaeschning is now inspired by the vampiric work of Friedrich Wilhelm; Nosferatu the Vampire (Nosferatu, eine Symphony of Grauens). Electronic symphony or electronic opera, PPM offers 66 minutes of well structured music where breaths of the blood suckers hoot in a musical fauna which combine as well contemporary EM, Techno and symphonic rock on melodious structures where nostalgia flatters an eclectic strength.

Soft felted percussions open Array of Fadin´ Flowers. The rhythm is light. A soft and sensual Techno which swirls delicately, becoming much heavier with fine hatched riffs and a romantic guitar which spreads its notes in loops on strata of a synth filled of eerie vocalizes. After a sparkling intro, Knock Knock bursts on good percussions, freeing a heavy atmosphere on a throbbing tempo with a good pulsating bass which opens the path to an aggressive guitar. A melodiously heavy track where the memotron combines vocal orchestrations and harmonies. Alucard looks like a dialogue between mythical presences on a tempo fractured by several rolls of drums and a guitar harmoniously celestial that makes the charm all along this PPM 2nd opus. Mental Undead, just like Celebrating fears Part IV, follows a dark hysterico-psychedelic corridor which leads to the very beautiful and melancholic Waving Goodbye, Waving Waving. A superb track of an apocalyptic softness which really points out vampiric odes, as well as on Sleep well, Elisabeth and Yersenia Sea; ambient titles which seem to get out from Nosferatu’s hypnotic mists and where the guitars howl distress to feel one’s blood run cold. Liliths Cradlesong is a symphony for piano filled of chthonian atmosphere. It is a little long, without rhythm and life… a bit as if Nosferatu doze of its last meal. From astral ambient that haunts our ears, Demeter-Morph and Scholomance Trance light fires of rhythms with good percussions, good guitars and hatched twists which embers in a superb orchestration. Heavy tracks which are inserted between mephistophelic nebulosity’s and lighter tracks like Vlad, Anton, Ruediger, Ligeias Wake thus The End of the End of Everything which sails between synth pop and techno, whereas Lucy and the Shy Diabolos is a good heavy Techno.

Thorsten Quaeschning continues to amaze. He has a very poetic musical vision which fills its imaginations as well as we perceive it. Symphony For Vampires is a superb album of a contemporary music which flees the stereotypes to charm, astonish and touch.

2010. Sylvain Lupari / Guts of Darkness This release from 2008 offers 67 minutes of powerful electronic tuneage with a spooky edge.
PicturePalace Music is: Thorsten Quaeschning (on synthesizers, guitars, drums, flute, piano. memotron, and voices), Sascha Beator (on synthesizer), Thorsten Spiller (on guitars and synthesizer), Stoppel (on voices), Vincent Nowak and Kai Hanuschka (on drums), Don (on guitar), Elisabeth Kietz (on clarinet), Thomas Beator (on Irish bouzouki and bass), and Bjorn Sjollruud (on bass). The music inspired by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s film Nosferatu.

Dense electronics operate with luxuriant rhythms and astral guitars and haunting whispers, all conspiring to achieve a spectral sonic presence possessing a tasty hint of oomph. The electronics display an airy quality that is frequently cast into darkness to establish an eerie moodiness. Deeper synthesizers enhance that noir feeling. Meanwhile, versatile keyboards provide fanciful riffs that soften the general creatures-of-the-night milieu. Gloomy chords are counterpointed with lively passages that sparkle with life-affirming resonance.
The guitars provide instances of softly searing fire that enlivens the music’s demonstrative demeanor. At other times, acoustical strumming lends a lilting flair to the pieces, creating islands of relief amid the ghostly tuneage.
The rhythmic presence is generated by e-perc and traditional drums, the latter bestowing the songs with a restrained rock-out flavor, the former injecting an unnatural cadence to the material. Both contribute strident character to the tuneage with complex and engaging propulsion.
While there is no lyrical content, the music features heavenly choral layers and spontaneous mutterings, which respectively generate positive reinforcements and uneasy undercurrents.

These compositions are an excellent combination of contemporary electronic music and rock, fusing the two genres with satisfying ease. Despite the music’s overall shadowy nature, a sense of optimism is conveyed with bouncy melodies rising from gloomy passages. The tunes strive to infuse the audience with an uplifting aftertaste lingering long after the haunting soundtrack is finished.

Matt Howarth / Sonic Curiosity This album is inspired in the film "Nosferatu" directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau in 1922, yet the musical focus is basically modern.
The style of the compositions can be more or less placed within Synth-Pop, with some Gothic characteristics. They are pieces of a complex conception, yet at the same time they are easy to listen to.

"Symphony for Vampires" is a flight of imagination to the realms of romantic vampirism, which will no doubt please a wide audience.

Virginia Tamayo Known for his recent participation with Tangerine Dream, Thorsten Quaeschning is carving out his own unique niche in EM with his music inspired by silent films, this being his second such outing, this time based on "Nosferatu".

Quaeschning presents a fully developed thematic work with an ensemble cast, including players on guitars, synths, drums, bass, clarinet, voice, and something called an Irish Bouzouki. The end result provides a compelling story in music and words, though I can’t make heads or tails out of most of the vocals. It plays very much like a soundtrack, part symphony, part synthesizers and rock music.
Some tracks are upbeat, some are uplifting, and some are low-key, even sad, such as "Waving Goodbye, Waving Waving." Titles seems to describe scenes and dialogue, adding to the story line.
Often the music has powerful emotional impact, as on the majestic, sweeping "Knock Knock" and "Demeter-morph," both aided by a strong rhythmic component that really drives the music home.
More relaxed moods are explored equally effectively on gentler numbers such as "Sleep well, Elisabeth." Both the quieter and louder tracks have strong guitar solos, and the one here is particularly nice, adding depth without overpowering the softer elements.
On the other hand, "Scholmance Trance" totally rocks!

This is as varied a release as I’ve heard on the label, and while it may surprise EM purists I hope they will give it a chance, as it is excellent.

2008. Phil Derby / Electroambient Space I still think Symphony for Vampires is really great. Array of Fadin' Flowers and Sleep Well, Elisabeth are really smooth and very beautiful, Alucard and Demeter are really good at what they do, Scholomance Trance rocks, Yersenia Sea is really dark and atmospheric (which I love), and the last track is a great rock song on its own.

Vampires may be my favorite release of 2008.

2010. Cyaron