Rüdiger Lorenz

German pharmacist Rüdiger Lorenz, given birth to in 1941, was a devoted collector of analog synthesizers. Lorenz’s innovative recordings had been often composed reside in his house studio room, and explored designs of space aswell as Earth, ocean, and character. He began launching cassettes of his music in the first ’80s, mainly on Syntape, the label he co-founded with Peter Schaefer. His initial vinyl discharge was 1983’s Invisible Voices by himself Syncord label, which released most of his following albums. He released five LPs of his very own materials in the 1980s, aswell as International Camaraderie, a compilation offering parts by Maurizio Bianchi, Yoshi Wada, De Fabriek, and several other experimental performers. Lorenz’s 1990 record Fata Morgana was his initial CD discharge, and started a prolific 10 years of albums mainly themed around particular Earth places and seas, including Sibiria, Congo, Ozeania, and Coral Ocean. Lorenz died instantly in 2000, departing 1998’s Tropica as his last album. More than ten years after Lorenz’s loss of life, his music discovered new viewers, as his first recordings had been reissued for the very first time. Anthology Recordings unearthed Invisible Voices in 2014, and Krautrock label Bureau B re-released 1984’s Southland the next yr. Another German reissue label, Vinyl-on-Demand, released The Syntape-Years 1981-83, a vinyl fabric box group of Lorenz’s early cassette produces, in 2015 aswell.