Thorsten Quaeschning

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Thorsten Quaeschning in the Elbphilharmonie (2018)

Thorsten Quaeschning (born February 23, 1977 in Berlin ) is a German musician, composer and producer.

Since 2005 he has been a member of the Tangerine Dream group .

biography

Quaeschning received flute, piano and violin lessons as a child. This was followed by singing and drum lessons as well as studying classical music and composition.

In 2003 he founded the band Picture Palace Music . In the same year Quaeschning started working as a technician for Tangerine Dream and in 2005 he finally became an official member of the group. Thorsten Quaeschning has been the band's musical director since the death of founder Edgar Froese in January 2015. The album Quantum Gate was released on September 29, 2017 for the 50th anniversary .

2017 Quaeschning published together with Ulrich Schnauss album Synthwaves on the label Azure Vista Records . In 2018, the soundtrack Cargo, composed by Thorsten Quaeschning, was released on Invisible Hands Records in London .

Discography (selection)

solo

  • Synthwaves (2017) together with Ulrich Schnauss
  • Cargo Soundtrack (2018)
  • The Munich Session (2019) Live Recording at Ambient-Waves-Festival, Munich

Picture Palace Music

  • Next Year, We May All Be Miles Away - Music For The Winter Solstice (2007)
  • Somnambulistic Tunes (2007)
  • Music Inspired By Robert Wiene's "Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari" (2007)
  • Nostalgia - Music For Pictures And Sculptures (2008)
  • Walpurgis Night - Music For Saints & Witches (2008)
  • Auerbach's Night Club - Music For The Lust Generation & Wine-Cask-Riders (2008)
  • Symphony For Vampires (2008)
  • Natatorium - Music For Moonlight Drive & Swimming Pools (2009)
  • Fairy-Marsh-Districts - Music For Sunken Monasteries & Castle Moats (2009)
  • Midsummer - Music For Sound Divers & Baptism Ceremonies (2010)
  • Metropolis Poetry - Music Inspired By Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" (2011)
  • Indulge The Passion (2012)
  • Remnants - Music For Ancient Light And Bluestone Circles (2013)

Tangerine Dream

  • Phaedra 2005
  • Jeanne D'Arc - La Révolte Éternelle (2005)
  • 35th Phaedra Anniversary Concert (2007)
  • Springtime In Nagasaki (2007)
  • One Night In Space (2007)
  • London Astoria Club Concert 2007 (2007)
  • Madcap's Flaming Duty (2007)
  • Autumn In Hiroshima (2008)
  • Loreley (2008)
  • Purple Diluvial (2008)
  • The London Eye Concert (2009)
  • Izu (2010)
  • The Angel From The West Window (2011)
  • Knights Of Asheville - Tangerine Dream Live At The Moogfest In Asheville 2011
  • The Gate Of Saturn (Live At The Lowry Manchester 2011)
  • Live At Admiralspalast Berlin (2012)
  • Starmus - Sonic Universe (2013)
  • Grand Theft Auto V Soundtrack (2013)
  • Mala Kunia (2014)
  • Zero Gravity with Jean-Michel Jarre (2015)
  • Quantum Key (2015)
  • Live At Philharmony Szczecin-Poland 2016 (2016)
  • Particles (2016)
  • Quantum Gate (2017)
  • The Sessions I (2017)
  • Light Flux (2017)
  • The Sessions II (2018)
  • The Sessions III (2018)
  • The Sessions IV (2018)

Web links

Commons : Thorsten Quaeschning  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Christoph Dallach: Tangerine Dream on Tour: The Search for the Froese Factor . In: Spiegel Online . February 7, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 6, 2019]).
  2. Düsseldorfer Anzeiger: Interview with Tangerine Dream: “Don't be afraid to destroy something”. Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
  3. Stefan Schulz: 10 questions for ... Thorsten "Q" Quaeschning. Retrieved June 6, 2019 (German).
  4. 15 questions | Interview | Tangerine Dream | The Accident of Creativity. Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
  5. Home. Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
  6. Edgar Froese: TANGERINE DREAM - FORCE MAJEURE - 1967-2014 . 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-056524-3 .
  7. ^ David Stubbs: Tangerine Dream review - despite loss of leader, the Dream continues . In: The Guardian . April 24, 2018, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed June 6, 2019]).
  8. Malcolm Dome 2017-10-06T13: 45: 00 278Z Prog: Tangerine Dream - Quantum Gate album review. Retrieved June 7, 2019 .
  9. Synthwaves - Quaeschning & Schnauss, Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss | Songs, reviews, credits. Retrieved June 6, 2019 (American English).
  10. Cargo [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Thorsten Quaeschning | Songs, reviews, credits. Retrieved June 6, 2019 (American English).
  11. Know The Score: The Music Of Grand Theft Auto V. Retrieved June 6, 2019 .