Thorsten Quaeschning
Thorsten Quaeschning | |
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Thorsten Quaeschning performing with Tangerine Dream, Germany 2018 | |
Background information | |
Born | Berlin, Germany |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
Instruments | Synthesizers, vocals, guitar, drums |
Labels |
PledgeMusic Azure Vista Records Invisible Hands Music |
Associated acts |
Tangerine Dream Edgar Froese Bianca Froese-Acquaye Minory Picture Palace music Ulrich Schnauss Hoshiko Yamane Quaeschning & Schnauss[1] |
Thorsten Quaeschning (born 23 February 1977) is a German musician.[2] He is the current bandleader of Tangerine Dream who he joined in 2005. He performs synthesizers,[3][4] vocals,[3] guitar[5] and drums.
Early life
Thorsten Quaeschning was born in 1977 in Berlin within a classically trained music-loving family.[6]
As a child he went on to practice the violin, the piano and the flute and was preferential to such classical musicians as Wagner and Humperdinck.[7]
Career
Before joining Tangerine Dream, Quaeschning worked as a producer for the band Minory. Afterwards, he began to tour with Tangerine Dream behind the scenes in 2004 before joining them a year later.
Quaeschning has a second band called Picture Palace music.[7][8]
In 2017 Quaeschning composed the soundtrack to the thriller film Cargo.[7][9][10][11][12]
References
- ↑ Big Takeover Exclusives (15 June 2017). "Video Premiere: "Rain on Dry Concrete" by Quaeschning & Schnauss". The Big Takeover.
- ↑ "Thorsten Quaeschning". AllMusic.
- 1 2 Pareles, Jon (July 9, 2012). "Synthesizers and Drum Machines, Sure, but With a Touch of the Human". The New York Times.
- ↑ Kreps, Daniel (September 12, 2016). "Hear Tangerine Dream's Spooky Cover of 'Stranger Things' Theme". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ "Tangerine Dream in der Elphi Elektronik-Legenden mit Segen von oben". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). February 9, 2018.
- ↑ Tangerine Dream - The Bob Moog Foundation. YouTube. July 9, 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Fifteen Questions Interview with Tangerine Dream". Fifteen Questions. 2017.
- ↑ "Picture Palace music". Picture-palace-music.com.
- ↑ The Film Music for "Cargo" by Thorsten Quaeschning with Steinberg Cubase (in German). MusoTalk. October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Gingold, Michael (May 3, 2018). "Another "[CARGO]" Opens This Summer; Poster, Trailer, Novel And Soundtrack Info/Art". Rue Morgue.
- ↑ Clarkson, John (10 May 2018). "Thorsten Quaeschning : Interview". Penny Black Music.
- ↑ Roy, Precious (May 14, 2018). "CARGO soundtrack is a nice surprise". Ain't It Cool News.