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| E-News 1420 – June 22nd 2025 |
| Dear customers, friends, followers and supporters. With Monique in Rome (a work holiday!) shipping will be resumed Thursday! And with that that was the short news I have for you. But I have started to add a lot of CD’s tot eh catalog. A lot of new titles from Rhea / Stefan Erbe / Remy and Dacker! And all are now instock!! And I have added all IC (Innovative Communication) releases that where in the box of CD’s I talked about last week. If you go to our offer page all are on the first page of this! And keep in mind there is only one copy!! And they are in great shape!! https://www.groove.nl/category/offers/?v=1a13105b7e4e So here we go with the new entries and have a nice week. Ron! =========================== New in Catalog =========================== Stefan Erbe – Metamorphosys https://www.groove.nl/shop/stefan-erbe-metamorphosys/?v=1a13105b7e4e  Erbe’s third multimedia story about his android protagonist GENE strives for perfection on three different levels. Whether it’s the music, the visual images or the story itself, all elements share a common intuition and ask the same question: when is something really perfect? As in the previous story from 2023, Erbe blends the music with self-designed visuals and once again presents a complex and AI-generated universe of future thoughts and emotional developments of synthetic characters facing their own contradictions and moral choices. Of course, this theme is not entirely new, but Erbe presents it in a very special way. Music, images and story form a unity that has never been seen before. On the one hand, you get the feeling that Erbe’s musical ideas are clear to decipher and that you can completely immerse yourself in the presentation of the story. Nevertheless, he remains vague in his descriptions and leaves visitors plenty of scope for their own interpretations. No detail reveals the final meaning, but offers a variable motivation for the personal point of view. Of course, the music on the current album also works excellently without the concert images. This time, the 12 tracks manage without additional vocals and atmospheric narrative elements and once again convey a narrative style that comes to a close in a spectacular finale. The music therefore does not follow on from the concept of the previous album, but once again opens up a completely new chapter of unheard musical elements, embedded in Erbe’s unmistakable sound of sequenced melodic structures, the deeply interwoven drum textures and his always very changeable sound aesthetics. However, Stefan Erbe remains true to himself in one thing. His great art of creating a 65-minute arc of suspense that fits almost every BPM category is a key element of his success over the last three decades. While Stefan Erbe categorized the previous GENESYS23 album as “Eletronical”, his current concept should perhaps be described as “Imagical”. Whatever a fitting description might be, Stefan Erbe is inexorably following the path of change and pursuing his own kind of hoped-for musical perfection with the album Metamorphosys. Perhaps even that of producing a final album at some point and being able to say that it simply can’t get any better. But this misconception is probably the perfect reason to just keep going and never end with the pursuit of musical perfection. ===================================== Rhea – Soon, Everything Will Be A Memory (2cd) https://www.groove.nl/shop/rhea-soon-everything-will-be-a-memory-2cd/?v=1a13105b7e4e  All music was live recorded at Rugeley (UK) and Scheiderode (BE) “microCOSM Tour”, in Aarschot (BE) “the Hairshoot Project”, and at the Brussels Planetarium “Soon”, with all the imperfections of a real live performance. ========================================= Dacker (Synquentium) – Immersion in Total Emptiness https://www.groove.nl/shop/dacker-synquentium-immersion-in-total-emptiness/?v=1a13105b7e4e  𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 18𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 2014. 𝘔𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘟𝘗-60 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 20 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴.𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 21𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘺 2014, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘟𝘗-60, 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 ‘𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥’ 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 80 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘣𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤.𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘬𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2024 ========================================= Remy – Planet of the Arps 2 https://www.groove.nl/shop/remy-planet-of-the-arps-2/?v=1a13105b7e4e  “𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘱𝘴” 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘙. 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘈𝘙𝘗 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘰 (𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳), 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦.Composed and produced by Remy Stroomer. Recorded and mixed by Remy Stroomer between August 2012 and March 2024 at Exhibition of Dreams, IJmuiden. Contains excerpts from episode 1 of “Universe – The Cosmology Quest – The Electric Universe and Plasma Physics” (speech by Halton Arp) and “Planet of the Arps”, performed by Remy Stroomer, Roksana Vikaluk (Ukraine) and Wolfram Spyra (Germany). Mastering and post-production by Wouter Bessels, June 2024. Artwork and lay-out by Remy Stroomer. Dedicated to Halton Arp. ========================================= Remy – Exhibition of Dreams 25th Anniversary (2CD) https://www.groove.nl/shop/remy-exhibition-of-dreams-25th-anniversary-2cd/?v=1a13105b7e4e  In the summer of 1999 I moved all my equipment to the attic at my friend Ewout’s home. Earlier that year there was made a selection of tracks which had been composed in the previous two years, and which was likely to appear on the final version of my debut release “Exhibition of Dreams”. The basis of the tracks was recorded on my brave old Atari computer. Because the original recordings were made with minidisc, without the possibility to dub anything or edit afterwards, all tracks had to be recorded in just one take.In the two weeks of recording sessions there had been recorded quite some different takes of the same tracks, of which the best recordings were selected to appear on the album.In December 1999 the final double cd-r version of “Exhibition of Dreams” was distributed in a limited number of copies through several music stores in the Netherlands. After having sold the album to family and quite some enthusiastic people, one copy reached Dutch electronic music label and mailorder Groove Unlimited, which released my first official cd-release “The Art of Imagination” nearly a year later. As a result it was decided that the production of “Exhibition of Dreams” was not being continued.However, ten years later, the original recordings from 1999 were remastered entirely, and an official factory pressed double cd of “Exhibition of Dreams” could finally be heard by a larger audience. To expose the development made in the past ten years, I also recorded and released newly arranged versions of a selection of the tracks of “Exhibition of Dreams”, as “EoD” (later renamed to “Exhibition of Dreams revisited”).Although “Exhibition of Dreams” celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2024, there was decided not to have another remaster, limited edition, or whatsoever, but let you experience the music from the 2009 remaster, just as it was intended to sound. The previous packaging for the 10th anniversary was customized, and has been sold out in the meanwhile. And so have the 20th anniversary limited editions. For the remaining cd stock there was decided to produce this packaging.The artwork of this release has been revisited and derrived from the original images. For the completion, the 20th anniversary artbook has been included. Containing background information, stories and photos, offering a complete overview of this well-respected electronic music album.Enjoy the music!Remy Stroomer, January 2024 ========================================= Olivier Briand and Mourad Aît Abdelmalek – The Dream of the Blue Mandarin (CD-DVD) https://www.groove.nl/shop/olivier-briand-and-mourad-ait-abdelmalek-the-dream-of-the-blue-mandarin-cd-dvd/?v=1a13105b7e4e  An improvised reinterpretation of some Tangerine Dream compositions by the duo Nomad Hands, which draws inspiration from great classics like Rubycon, Ricochet, Strastosfear, etc., and delivers new musical possibilities, all this documented by a “making of” DVD.Passionate about instrumental experimentation, the duo Nomad Hands (Olivier Briand and Mourad Aît Abdelmalek) explores here a reinterpretation of the musical freedom of the 70s, inspired by the iconic group Tangerine Dream.The album concludes with Kurt Ader and Johannes Schmoelling’s live cover of White Eagle at Synthfest 2018.In this tribute, Olivier and Mourad have managed to extract the essence of the Tangerine Dream group’s compositions without distorting them. The spirit of the pieces is preserved and they are enhanced by Olivier’s experience as a sound designer and musician, as well as by the superb and relevant percussion and rhythm choices perfectly mastered by Mourad. The DVD: it is with great emotion and desire that I viewed the summary of a work and challenge started 7 years ago. 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