1. Departure From The Northern Wasteland [20:53]
  2. Hanging Garden Transfer [10:56]
  3. Voices Of Where [6:19]
  4. Sun And Moon [4:16]



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info		 Produced by Michael Hoenig.
All titles composed, arranged, performed, recorded and mixed by Michael Hoenig , except lead harmonies on Sun and Moon by Micky Duwe and double guitar on Departure From The Northern Wasteland by Lutz Ulbrich; voice by Ushi.



review		 Departure from the Northern Wasteland, a classic of the progressive electronic genre, contains four pieces that are almost perfect in their realization of the sequencer as a compositional tool. Hoenig took the concept of repetitive music further than most anyone in his homeland and claimed his inspiration was drawn from American minimalist composers Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley.
The title track is a sublime 20-minute journey through ever-changing melodic and rhythmic phase relationships, creating the vivid sensation of a train ride through misty Northern European landscapes.

Linda Kohanov / All Music Guide



review		 This time I review an older album, “Departure from the Northern Wasteland” by Michael Hoenig, whom nowadays spends most of his time composing movie scores.
The album contains (just) four tracks, varying in length from 20+ minutes (Departure from the Northern Wasteland) to just 4+ minutes (Sun and Moon).
The album contains beautiful analog sounds en perfect sequences. The first track mainly consists of a great rhythm and contains enough thematic variations to prevent you from getting bored.
“Hanging Garden Transfer” then speeds things up a little and is therefore less ideally suited for falling asleep (or waking you up).
“Voices of Where” makes the picture of Path Finder on the desolate planet of Mars, appear before the mind’s eye, searching for any proof of life: not a single beat, just wonderful dreamscapes. Hoenig saves the best for last: a wonderful melody built upon a great sequence.
This album is strongly reminiscent of the music of Tangerine Dream, in which Hoenig did a very brief stint in the mid-seventies.

2004.Sander van Oosten / SonicImmersion.org