Atomic rooster, Ufo, Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Camel, Caravan, Sameti, Birthcontrol, Can, Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream (the old one) Peter Baumann, Klaus Schulze, Alan Parsons, Genesis, Weather Report, Eberhard Weber, Terje Rypdal, Grobschnitt, Wallenstein, Omega, Pentangle, Van der Graf Generator, Phil Manzanera, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Phil Upchurch, Trevor Rabin, Stanley Clarke, John Handy, Grover Washington jr, George Benson, Philip Catherine,
Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Les Dudek, Golden Earring, Earth & Fire, Alquin, Jimi Hendrix, Mike Oldfield, Brian Auger, Pat Matheny, Quincy Jones, Ralph Nowy, Ibliss, Yes, Carlos Santana, Steve Winwood, Manfred Mann, Marillion, Jean-Michel Jarre, Deep Purple, Aphrodites Child, Nektar, Chick Corea, Led Zeppelin, East of Eden, Guru guru, ELP, Moody Blues, Flash & the Pan, Kraan, Black Sabbath, Duke Ellington, Julian Cannonball Adderly, Volker Kriegel, Wolfgang Dauner, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Gabor Szabo, Ron Carter, Jan Hammer, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Aldi Meola, Killing Joke, The Mission, Depeche Mode, Todd Rundgren, Steve Ray Vaughan, Jethro Tull, Hawkwind, Embryo, Styx, Free, Bad Company, The Who, Y & T, Gentle Giant, Rare Bird, The Greatest Show on Earth, String Driven Thing, Secret Oyster, Pacific Eardrum, Brand X, Tim Weisberg, King Crimson, Iron Butterfly, Blind Faith, Traffic, Jim Capaldi, Blue Oyster Cult, Outlaws, April Wine, Bob Seger, Crawler, Cristopher Cross, Steve Miller, U2, Def Leppard, Del Amitri, Gary Wright, Fastway, Head East, Hooters, It Bites, Mindstorm, Moebius, Neu, Nova, Peter Schneider, Richard Schönherz, Streetmark, Novalis, lots of the german krautrock heroes ...... and many others i didn..t mention
The project "Shamall" around the musician and alternative rock music DJ Norbert Krueler was founded in 1986 as a club project. With the first hits "my dream" and "feeling like a stranger", which reached rank 9 in the german dj top 40 charts, Shamall became very quickly well-known in the disco scene. Despite Norbert's happiness about Shamall's sudden fame, he couldn't really get used to this style of music. Since his childhood he was affected by bands like Pink Floyd, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Deep Purple, Alan Parsons, King Crimson, Caravan, Tangerine Dream and other bands from the psychedelic rock scene.
Because Shamall didn't want to be categorized as "disco project" in perpetuity, Norbert thought about his musical ambition and was looking for an intellectual challenge. According to his inner call, Shamall created 1989 the debut album "journey to a nightmare" in a way which gave direction to the musical future of Shamall. On his subsequent albums Shamall always made an effort to bring in new musical elements, to avoid being pigeonhold. Norbert was accompanied by several musicians of the years.
Since the foundation in 1986, Shamall released biyearly a new album. The answer to the question what motivation is driving Norbert, still making music after releasing so many albums seems logical, even in view of being quite successful, as he turned his back on disco music: "I make music for music's sake and stopped thinking about the question if Shamall will earn commercial success. How should my fans like the music of Shamall, if I don't? So I rate each composition with emotional criteria. As I did it for my current work "is this human behavior". Of course I could say: "This album is innovative, brilliant and not to beat. But what should I say about my next cd? Every serious musician strives to do his best to give, so for me. This is a matter of course for each of my works. Naturally I try to avoid repetitions by bringing in new influences. And I set a high value to deal with socio-critical or political issues in my lyrics, which are as important as the composition itself."
Like its predecessors "ambiguous points of view" and "questions of life", Shamall's current work "is this human behavior" is apparently affected by well-known bands from the alternative rock scene of the 70s and 80s. A hallmark of those bands was their love to make music and to experiment with sounds, both is also abound on "is this human behavior".
"But my fans needn't to fear too experimental excesses. The melody itself is still in the foreground and may not disappear behind too much technology or extensive technical skills of single musicians, who ends in themselves. Heart, culture and brainpower shall always be consistent with each other.
Especially the new album contains 156 minutes of goosebumps and breathtaking soundtrips...."
I am thrilled to hear of your latest CD set. I will surely be getting my copy soon. I think I had your last one in my CD player in my car for six months straight! I hope you and your wife have a wonderful time in San Diego for the holidays. I grew up down there as a teenager so I have many fond memories of the area. I have been studying astronomy as of late. So many astonishing shots of the Universe can be seen now, thanks to the Hubble telescope.
Peace to you and all of yours this coming Holiday season. You remain a treasure in my life, Norbert.
Danke nochmal für die Aufnahme in deine Freunde liste.Mein MySpace sieht noch etwas katastrophal aus aber mit den Wochen wird das schon.Momentan bin ich per Touchscreenhandy im web und wurstel mich so durch.Hier oben in der Pampa ist über Stick am PC eh nix zu machen.Sonst geht es mir einigermaßen gut,ach ich mach jetzt Führerschein auf die alten Tage.lach alles gute Christian
Thank you for the kind comment. Florida, is running between 50 to 80's. My closets, and drawers are confused. We normally run shorts and tee. Whipping out the jeans...and sweaters.....ahhh...I CALL IT A BIG FAT MESS.
Hi Shamall.. Thanks for taking the time to listen! Your music is really awesome, fantastic songs.. My favorite tunes are "Running and falling", love the guitar sound, and "The difference between" just love the atmosphere in the song.. You have a really good voice... I hope you have a wonderful day!! Have fun, Josh
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Moinsen, danke für die Blumen. Der Lob eines hervorragenden Musikers ist schon was wert :-) Ich bin mittlerweile ein echter Strat Fan geworden, nachdem ich sonst nur Humbucker-Pfannen gespielt habe.
Du bist ja wieder 24 Stunden am Tag kreativ...ein Doppel Album. Ich denke, dieses mal werde ich es kaufen. Bin gespannt was du so erschaffen hast.
Ich brauche Musik die mir beim ersten hören gut, beim zweiten hören besser usw. gefällt. Also nichts belangloses, was man beim fi.... hören kann.
Wenn du in den Staaten bist, grüße mal die Tima von mir, wenn du sie treffen solltest :-)
Grüße jens
Was anspruchsvolles....ich denke das ist genau das was du machst.
hallo! vielen dank fürs freunde werden! nicht vergessen unsere neue single "volle kontrolle" auszuchecken, jetzt auf myspace...! liebe grüsse, funkfiaker.
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