Release Date: 07 April 2023
Label: Viktoria Park
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 705632684092
Genres: Electronic
Description
"The Immortal Tourist" is Johannes Schmoelling's first collaborative album with his bandmate from Loom, Rob Waters.
The brilliant ex-TD melody man Johannes Schmoelling is at the helm with his wonderful synth/keyboard work, so we know this is going to be just great; and here it is....
Opener and title track "The Immortal Tourist" is THE perfect blend of melody, rhythm that we all know and love from Johannes Schmoelling! "My DNA" with beautiful piano lead backed with gorgeous symphonic synths and solid rhythmic structures features a little additional vocal sampling from the seminal theorist/author of Cosmos: Erich Von Daeniken.
Continuing with even more melodic/rhythmic/atmospheric perfectionism, with a cosmic edge where a deeply moving, almost Vangelis-like piano lead is surrounded by soft, haunting synth textures, including slight allusions to Tangerine Dream from the 70s.
Last track "The Unknown" begins with a short piano refrain before Moya Brennan (the voice of Clannad) takes over with a haunting, Celtic-like vocal over a dark, electronic arrangement of synthesizers and effects, augmented only by some acoustic instruments.
Once again, a glorious synth CD where the traditional, melodic synth style of Johannes Schmoelling meets the more modern input of Rob Waters, and the whole thing just strikes the perfect balance between melody and rhythmic elements! Johannes Schmoelling is still one of the best overall representatives of the German synth genre, and together with Rob Waters he works well in the modern era.
Tracklisting
Johannes Schmoelling
Schmoelling & Friends
Johannes Schmoelling
Johannes Schmoelling
Loom
Schmoelling & Waters
Johannes Schmoelling
Johannes Schmoelling
Ollie Wride
Tom Donnelly
100%
Time For Dreams
Bt
U
Drone Assembly
Eric Hilton
