Otarion

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Rainer Klein

Otarion is a German music project in the field of electronic music or synthesizer music . Behind this is the Siegen composer Rainer Klein (* 1961 ).

Klein's first activities in the field of electronic music go back to the 1970s, when he tried to contribute elements of electronics as a member of a school band. Later, after a long period of abstinence, he returned to synthesizers and making music in the early 1990s.

After the composer Detlef Keller , who was already known in the EM scene at the time, became aware of Otarion's music in the mid-1990s , contact with Mario Schönwälder's Manikin label came about, so that in 1997 the first CD ( Let there be light ) was produced on this label . In the years that followed, there were not only other CD releases, but also live performances, including the annual "Klang-Raum-Wort" event with Detlef Keller, Mario Schönwälder and Arcanum .

Otarion's musical style is diverse, mostly melodic and with influences from the Berlin school .

Discography

  • Let there be light (1997)
  • Evolution (2000)
  • Creator (2002)
  • Faces of the Night (2004)
  • Out of Eden (2013)
  • Genius (2014)
  • Monument (2015)
  • Constellations and the Red Thread (2016)
  • Live Münster 2016 , with Moonbooter (2016)
  • Decide (2017)
  • Under Surface (2018)
  • Extensive (2019)

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personal data
SURNAME Otarion
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klein, Rainer (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1961