Rüdiger Lorenz
Rüdiger Lorenz was an obscure German electronic musician in the 1980s and 1990s.
Lorenz played his music live[1][2] into his multitrack recorder, rather than layering it up one part at a time. This was similar to Vangelis's workflow, showing impressive musicianship.
I'm not terribly good at genres, but given the use of sprawling modular synthesisers and swirly string machines to make ambient, melodic, often beatless music, I believe it counts as Berlin school.
Quotes
The modular system allows me to programme a lot of things and play them in live performance using one finger. I only have two hands, and I think playing live is more fun for the musician, which is important as music is my hobby; by profession I'm a pharmacist.
— Rüdiger Lorenz, 1983[2]
Equipment list
- Boss KM-60[2]
- Crumar Brassman[2]
- Doepfer modules, pre-A-100[2] ("Modules designed and constructed by Dieter Doepfer and Markus Aigner.")
- Dokorder 4-track[2]
- Electro-Harmonix flanger[3]
- Elektor Formant[3][2]
- Elektor ring mod[3]
- Korg MS-02[2]
- Korg MS-20[2]
- Korg Polysix[3][2]
- Korg SQ-10[2]
- Korg VC-10[3][2]
- MXR Stereo Chorus[3]
- Moog 900 Series[3][2] (S&H and ribbon controller only)
- PPG 300 Series[3][2]
- Revox A 77[2]
- Roland TR-808[3][2]
- Roland VP-330[3][2]
- Roland SH-3A[2]
- Vorg Echo Orbit-1[3]
Selected discography
- Invisible Voices, 1983
- Earthrise, 1983
References
- Earthrise Rüdiger Lorenz, 1983
- "Home Electro-Musician" Rudiger Lorenz, Electronics & Music Maker, Aug 1983, p. 69
- Invisible Voices Rüdiger Lorenz, 1983
Further reading
Interviews
- "Home Electro-Musician" Rudiger Lorenz, Electronics & Music Maker, Aug 1983, p. 69
Berlin school: Rüdiger Lorenz
German people: Kraftwerk | Richie Hawtin | Rüdiger Lorenz
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