Spawning from the 70s Krautrock scene, this visionary composer with an obsession with Indian classical and all things avant-garde penned a skull-bursting symphony of serene synth minimalism
A master of the relationship between vowels and chakras - something our old friend Kay Gardner knew all about - in 1978 Munich-born Hamel looked at the world of avant-garde, jazz and pop music and deduced a trend toward a more soul-oriented, introverted musical language. Now, whether thats right or not is, as so many other things, open to as many interpretations as you care to indulge in, but whats certain is while keyboard player/synthesist Hamel may have once been lumped in with a lot of other New Age composers, he has always been able to transcend genre and create music with real depth and purpose.
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by Rob Fitzpatrick via Electronic music | The Guardian
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