Merry christmas and a happy new year 2011!

My dear friends,
christmas time is there and it is time for gifts!

2010 was again a year with successful events and new releases.
 Inspiration cannot be planned or prepared and when I had started to read Frank Schaetzing's science-fiction novel "The swarm" one year ago, I didn't know how deep it would touch and inspire me. So the music of "Beyond The Deep" happened in fact from itself.

First "tests" during the "Music Fair in Frankfurt" in march showed, that there was a real chance that you would like this music. The response of you confirmed this.

This brings me to the very positive cooperation with "Roland Germany", which had been intensified over the past 12 months. From "Frankfurt Music Fair" to "Ricochet Gathering" in Berlin and finally to Cologne and Berlin with a series of synthesizer-workshops (with my personal premiere as "lecturer" on synthesizer topics). This cooperation will continue and at the moment we work on new activitites in 2011.

Back to "Beyond The Deep". Short before the release of the CD, I was invited by "Schallwende e.V." to inaugurate the renovated "Planetarium Bochum" in past june. This was my first concert in Germany since many years. The Planetarium was sold out and what can I say: there are considerations and plans to do more in 2011 - of course.
The invitation to participate on the famous "Ricochet Gathering" festival (for the first time in Berlin) reached me in august. For a certain time, I was involved into the organisation. This was another chance again to meet interesting and nice people. Future cooperations could be a result of this. But I was also asked to perform and did this with a longer, new track which was conceived as a musical bridge between my recent symphonic style and past "berlin school" textures. This track - "Let It Out!" - will be my christmas-gift to all of you. Together with "MellowJet Records", we decided to release this music for the first time only as download - available only via the website of "MellowJet Records". Date of release is "01.01.2011"

So we start with a brandnew release into the next year. More will follow.

Finally I will not leave this year without saying thank you to all people, who have helped me to go forward again. Thank you to Bernd Scholl and his family (MellowJet Records), Sylvia and Klaus-Ulrich Sommerfeld (Schallwende e.V.) Mrs Huettemeister (Planetarium Bochum), Andreas Michel (Synthesizer Magazin), Ute (Rathaus Schoeneberg), Cord Brandis and Michael Menze (Roland Germany), Olivier, Christian, Yann, James and all other guys of Cosmiccagibi and last but not least the best friend of the world: Michel Le Stum.

You, you and you! I wish all of you a merry christmas, a peaceful time and a happy new year!

All the best

Bernd Kistenmacher

Interview and new music on Syndae-Podcast!

"Gentle fingers dancing on the keys tonight. Having yet another interview special on syndae, this time with EM grande Bernd Kistenmacher. He's been one of the most productive and well received artists in the 80s and 90s and has just made a return to music and stage in these years. Many things are different, and you will get to know Bernd's opinions and impressions on these changes as well as interesting insights and information on his upcoming symposia on November 27 and December 4."

Host Stefan Schulz announces his latest show with kind words about my work.
So please follow the link to "Syndae" and enjoy the latest podcast with a recently given
interview and an excerb of my concert at "Ricochet Gathering"

Ricochet Gathering - A brief review

From 15th to 18th of october, "Ricochet Gathering Festival 2010" was held  in its 10th year in Berlin. The motto was "40 years of Electronic Meditation". Another might have been "40 years of Berlin School of electronic music". Howsoever history will call this event, because of the fantastic location (Rathaus Schoeneberg in Berlin), the whole event became much larger as it originally was planned.

Anyway, there was a lot of music, a lot of "meet and greet" with artists and fans and a big chance for exchanging ideas and making contacts.

And there also were a lot of sessions and life-performances. My was on sunday the 17th. Especially for this concert I had composed a brandnew track called "Let It Out!". Conceived as a combination of classical motifs and an audible reverence to all artists, which had started with "our" kind of music 40 years ago. No question, the track is 40 minutes long (!).  Some minutes of my performance can be watched in a little video on "Youtube".

What else can I say? It was a unique event and it would be great, if there would come a chance for a repitition. In Berlin and in the "Rathaus" again.

What do you think Vic?

...talking with Vic Rec in the "Brandenburg Hall"

Ricochet Gathering - Huge advertising!

Dear friends,

I think this picture speaks for itself!

It was taken today right in front of "Rathaus Schoeneberg". The "Gathering..." is coming closer...and there are still some tickets for sale. Please check out "KOKA36".

Ricochet Gathering and Elektro Beats

Tomorrow, on october 6th at 23.00 host "Olaf Zimmermann" will present again his famous, weekly "Elektro Beats" radioshow on "Radio Eins".

Beside other good music, he will focus on the upcoming "Ricochet Gathering" festival, accompanied with music from me and "Wolfram Spyra".
Details about the programm can be found in the actual "playlist".

So don't miss this show which is always broadcasted "on air" as well as via "livestream".

Enjoy!

Ricochet Gathering - Roland Company is main supporter!

Yesterday was a good day.

The upcoming "Ricochet Gathering" festival in Berlin is not only a place to discover a lot of finest electronic music or to meet famous artists.
It is also a place to discover the "machines behind" which are responsible for all those crazy sounds: the synthesizers.
As known since some weeks, "Roland Germany" will set up a special "synthesizer-island" during the whole festival. "Hands-on synthesizers" is the right motto for you and the opportunity to discover quite cool "machines". Other companies (for example "Manikin Electronic") will follow.
But there is more! Roland will also support the festival with their latest digital "Pro-Audio" equipment. That means, that they will install the actual "V-Mixing System M-400 console" which is distributed by "Roland RSS" and they will record the planned sessions as well as the concert with the new "Cakewalk Sonar" recording system. What an offer!

Michael Menze explains...

So yesterday was "training-day" at "GL-Audio". We ( Berlin's best sound engineers and some artists, which are involved in the organization of the festival) were exclusively introduced into the "V-Mixing System" by Mr. Michael Menze from Roland. He is product specialist for digital audio. So a lot of "oohs" and "aahs" and much more, a lot of answered questions were the result of this meeting. Michael will also participate on the "Ricochet Gathering" and all artist as well as the audience can be assured that the music will be delivered with best sound equipment.

Man of the day: Michael Menze

Ricochet Gathering - Official Tickets!

Good news. From now on you can order tickets for "Ricochet Gathering Electronic Music Festival" at "KOKA36" ticket-service. Please follow this "link" to enter the website.

Also "CTS Eventim" offers the tickets for the same event. For orders please click onthis "link".

See you!

Ricochet Gathering 2010 - New concert!

"Ricochet Gathering", international festival for electronic music, comes to Berlin for the first time!
This 4-day festival is organized by "Ricochet Dream" label and will take place on the famous "Rathaus Schoeneberg".

I will give a special concert on sunday, 17th of october beginning at 8-00 o'clock p.m at the "Willi-Brandt-Saal" (where the whole event will happen).

Details about the complete line-up and ticket-sales can be found "here".

You can also find some infos on the Roland-"website", Soundcheck-"newspage" and of course at "Cosmiccagibi".


Happy to see you there...



note about this event: "gefördert durch die Dezentrale Kulturarbeit Tempelhof - Schöneberg"