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Andreas Akwara - Biography

Andreas Akwara was born in Kleve Germany 1965. He startet of with a Group named “A. Gool Gang” playing a mixture of Funk and Jazz that time. Being very interested in theoretical and nuclear physics he soon developed a special interest in soundscapes and electronic music.

An early compilation of early Works (early play around on cheap synthesizer’s) was called Empathy and got the attention of Electronic Music Guru Ron Boots from the Netherlands. It was actually Ron who encouraged Andreas to work out an album, as he liked what he heard on “Empathy” despite the very poor production.

The result was Synthetic Horizon 2002. The Music Critic Paul Reijkens from the Netherlands statet that “Akwara may have set new standards for Space music.” With the very first album- and even though technically it was still under par. Andreas subsequently released a string of releases all entering TOP 10 Ambient Charts in the US.

Here a Critic from Ambient Visions:
"Andreas Akwara is a brilliant electronic musician. He has created some outstanding CD's that combine sequencer e-music and ambient atmospheres. The best of that style – by far – is Synthetic Horizon."

Jim Brenholts from Ambient Visions wrote in 2006: the tracks have no titles. They are ”Parts I – X”. Thus, there are no preconceived notions or expectations. The listers are free to allow the music to dictate the experience. Andreas' soundscapes contain deep atmospheres, dramatic crescendos, heavy sequences, nature samples, symphonic synths and some glitchy dissonance. It is quite a melting pot of sounds and Andreas' sound design skills make it work – seamlessly as a continuous work of art.
It usually comes back to style and the need to categorize music. This is not pure ambience. It is not pure sequencer e-music. It is equal parts of both, combined excellently and deftly. It is an awesome and essential CD!

Reviewed by Jim Brenholts for Ambient Visions

http://www.ambientvisions.com/07012006.htm

In 2010 Andreas made the Score for a Journey through Space for the National Space Center England. The Album to the Score was called “Quantum”.
In 2010 came the Albums Erwachet in 2011 Reinheit and 2012 Klangbild, for which Andreas had a Record Label contract bringing out these albums internationally online.
All Albums hat TOP 10 Placements in US Ambient Charts.

In 2012 Andreas Akwara comes up with an Album he calls Raum. With Album he tries to show that what we conceive as a 3 Dimensional Universe is actually a multiple dimensional Space-Time Continuum, in which Space curves in a way, that makes huge interstellar distances accessible, if we only understand the multiple dimensions that govern its laws. Just as we take shortcuts in a 3 Dimensional System Andreas believes that we can take interstellar shortcuts in a multiple dimensional Space made up of 4 and more dimensions. Space is thus very plastic and not static. This idea influenced the Music he calls “Raum” meaning space. The music is consequently very spacey, and for the first time Andreas Akwara has perfected the Art of making music “fluid” and multiple dimensional. In Raum Andreas displays a mastery in producing electronic music, that actually sets him apart from many other. His style of music being quite in a class of its own, making it quite special, even though reminding of early Jarre, but still unique.

Andreas Akwara now dreams of making open air music shows with a difference. The idea he is having is music playing out of “nowhere”. Andreas wants the audience to be the centre of the show and not the stage. Guests should sit or lie on pillows and become engulfed in a new sound and visual experience, setting them back in time and space and indeed back into their very soul- a process Andreas sees as vital in our today’s fast world, were humans tend to forget their “souls”.