Covid19 Lockdown Music - 2 : twitch edition

 

It's been so long since I last blogged here. I plan to catch up with some album and artist posts, but today, I present the second part to my lockdown music findings, as I've  been expanding my search on twitch, and also discovering new musicians via the streamers' raids into other channels. 

Covid19 Lockdown Music

These past couple months have been trying to most of us. Even as an introvert, there have been times that I struggled with the imposed changes in routines and other impacts on daily life. 
One of my coping tools this entire period, like mentioned in my mental health blog entry 427, has been listening to music. 

ZOYA's trancemusic podcasts

I already presented ZOYA, so today I'll discuss her new trance music podcast series, which started on 14/11/2017 and airs live every second and fourth Tuesday at 16:00 GMT, on Trance Energy Radio.   Note:  it seems this website works better on Edge than on Chrome, at least on my PC.
You can get notifications through her Facebook or Twitter pages, as well as that of the radio's twitter. 

During live, the player tells you that you are listening to ZOYA's podcast, and a few days later, you can read the track listing on her upload to soundcloud. This is her main page, and 
Podcast 1 (14/11)  & 2 (28/11), 3rd podcast (12/12) and soon, the 4th from (26/12). 

Each show has a very varied set of pieces and songs, cohesive in itself and yet a part of a whole. 

So, if you like trance music and want to discover any of ZOYA's inspirations, head over to her podcasts, which I enjoyed quite a bit, with very few exceptions.

Schiller (album 3) - Leben

Schiller's third album, Leben, is one of my favorite of his albums, and there are quite a few versions of it in the market, with varying tracks.

It was recorded in 2002-2003 and released in Germany on 13/10/2003. 

  

Schiller (part 0)

Let me introduce you to my second biggest musical obsession of the past couple years: German electronic DJ Christopher Von Deylen, aka Schiller - named after the famous poet and dramatist of the same name (and with the first name Friedrich).

In the early days, Schiller wasn't a one-man band with guests, but also included Mirgo Von Schlieffen, who remained with Christopher from 1998 to about 2001 or 2002. 

Like many other DJ's, Christopher/ Schiller never provide any vocals. Instead, he has a plethora of guests who sing - usually in English, but sometimes in German or other languages.

Schiller (vid 1) - Weltreise

Schiller's second album is also the first to get a video release in the form of a DVD, released the same year as the regular and limited edition CD. But, why would anyone buy this since that CD is made in dolby surround? I'll tell you why : because it offers more than the album itself.

Schiller (album 2 - Weltreise (world travel) / Voyage

Schiller's second album marks a shift in its entirety: if you recall, the first album, Zeitgeist had a few spoken word lyrics, all in German. The music was Trance and Ambient. 

Weltreise ( meaning World travel), is the first Trance and Synthpop, and also the first to invite vocalists for several songs as you'll see on these images of my special, 2 cd, limited edition

Schiller (album 1) - Zeitgeist

Schiller's first album was released in 1999. It is characterized by mostly instrumental pieces, with very little spoken words, mostly at the start and end of songs. 

It is a trance and ambient record, offered in Dolby Surround like the following 5 albums would be.