Close By My Distance

Joined by Harald Gleisberg on electric guitar, Mario gives a spectacular performance on the seven cuts on this new release. This new collection exhibits amazing colors and mood shifts. Mario composes with the hand of a visual artist whose best work achieves that delicate balance between the powers of definition and suggestion. The highlight of the album is the title cut which is comprised of two inner sections, "Sortilege" and "Chapter 2." This piece features an enormous timeless sound. From the dense waves of synths to the powerful currents of rhythmic and deeply resonant themes of Gleisberg's guitar, the entire production floats and shifts from moment to moment, from emotion to emotion. Throughout the album, Harald's guitar work always is a perfect complement to Mario's synthesizer playing, with all sorts of intriguing details emerging from each composition. It demands your complete attention and leaves you breathless from its emotional force and incandescent originality. With this release (his third CD) Mario Schoenwaelder is quickly establishing himself as one of the main proponents of the classic "Berlin" sound. Available from Eurock or Manikin Records, Schoppinger Strasse 16, W-1000 Berlin 45, Germany. ~ Ben Kettlewell, Dreams Word, Rovi