Robert Schroeder - Driftin
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Artist: Robert SchroederEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-01-02
Music Label: The Orchard
Soundtracks:
- Driftin'
- Secret Winners
- Envision
- Colours of Fantasy
- Harmonized Air
- Elements
- Soft Touch
- Wishes
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Free Music Review: Drift back to 1988
Hit: 3 Stars
Robert Schroeder is a German electronic musician who got started back in the late 1970's somewhat under the tutelage of Klaus Schulze, recording many albums on the DAmusic label then Racket Records.
Being somewhat of a collector who owns hundreds of CDs in this vein, I own nine Robert Schroeder CDs. I will list them all here in order, with brief comments, with a fuller review of the CD listed here.
1. Harmonic Ascendant (1979) - Long droning compositions, produced by Klaus Schulze, very meditative.
2. Floating Music (1980) - Two very long suites, again produced by Klaus Shulze. More active and less meditative than Harmonic Ascendant.
3. Galaxie Cygnus - A (1981) - Despite the spacy title, not an homage to space music from the mid-1970's per se, at least not as much as the previous two, as Schroeder moved further away from Schluze shadow.
4. Paradise (1983) - A unique direction, with a nice digital, spatial sound, and some peculiar voice whispers, if a bit repetitive. Some of the sounds are to this day fairly unique considering the experimental nature of much of the album, but other aspects sound dated.
5. Computer Voice (1984) - Somewhat of a re-mix/re-recording CD of various earlier Schroeder cuts modernized in a less droning, and more traditionally arranged format with more song structures and better control over synth sequences. Real effort was put into this and it shows.
6. Brain Voyager (1985) - A new direction for Schroeder with a very spatial and open sound. The arrangements are fuller than what came before (and after), even if the album doesn't have the coolness that Computer Voice did.
7. Time Waves (1987) - While the fuller sound Schroeder grew into on Brain Voyager is at times present, just like part of early and later works, much of this CD sounds very dated digital synth music from the late 1980's.
8. Driftin' (1988) - This album here. Robert dove fully into the digital synth age, and this CD sounds stuck there and quite dated, with patches used by many other musicians from that era. That's a real shame considering that on Robert's first album he used some synths he actually built himself. This is a production that has a clean, but often drab sound. Some nice melodies help cut through. I can't really recommend it though except for serious Schroeder fans.
9. Pegasus (1989) - Schroeder returned somewhat to a more ambient sound, with lush, digital landscapes. Almost gone are the drums and drum machines, and the leads are often blended more fully into the mix than before. Powerful pads and a rich sound.
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