NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Eloy Fritsch

Eloy Fernando Fritsch (b. 1968) is the keyboard player and main composer of Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse and as a solo artist he creates cosmic new age music. Image File history File links EloyFritsch_and_Keyboards. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... New Age music, sometimes referred to as space music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Musea is a French music label dedicated to progressive rock. ... Apocalypse is a progressive rock band from Brazil that plays symphonic rock with strong keyboard orientation. ... New Age music, sometimes referred to as space music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ...

History

Since his childhood , he's been studying music and researching on new sounds through synthesizers in order to express his electronic compositions. During the 1983 Fritsch formed progressive rock band Apocalypse. They are considered pivotal in the development of progressive rock in south of Brazil. Image File history File links Behind_cover. ... Image File history File links Behind_cover. ... A synthesizer (spelling var. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Apocalypse is a progressive rock band from Brazil that plays symphonic rock with strong keyboard orientation. ...

In 1992, he moved to Porto Alegre and began his solo project composing Electronic Music. His first official solo album was Dreams, recorded in 1994 and 1995. During 1997, he released his second solo album, Behind the Walls of Imagination, which showcases his skills with various electronic and acoustic keyboard instruments. In the mid-1990s, Fritsch secured a recording contract with French Label Musea. His thrid album for them, Space Music, was released in 1998. Fritsch acquired a Modular Syntheziser Roland System-700 and recorded the following instrumental albums: Cyberspace, Mythology, Atmosphere, and Landscapes. Image File history File links Atmosphere_cover. ... Image File history File links Atmosphere_cover. ... Atmosphere: Electronic Suite is an album by Eloy Fritsch a keyboard player known for his work in the progressive rock group Apocalypse. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Cyberspace is the fourth album of the composer Eloy Fritsch. ... Mythology is an album by new age artist Eloy Fritsch. ... Atmosphere: Electronic Suite is an album by Eloy Fritsch a keyboard player known for his work in the progressive rock group Apocalypse. ... Landscapes is a powerful electronic/ instrumental that could be considered an electronic keyboards lovers dream come true. ...

The composer offers instrumental music of seventies inspired keyboard symphonic/electronic progressive music. Fritsch performs an electronic music that evolves between Vangelis´ ambient & impressionist electronic, and the synthesised Progressive rock of masters such as Rick Wakeman. Nevertheless, Fritsch has found his own style within melodic Electronic Music framework. The compositions are very melodic and emotive, with multi-layered instrumental textures/voicings and solidly coherent arrangements. The Greek electronic composer Vangelis in 2001. ... Rick Wakeman performing on stage with Yes in the 1970s Rick Wakeman (born May 18, 1949 as Richard Christopher Wakeman) is a British progressive rock keyboard player. ...

Fritsch has earned a PhD in Computer music, and has served as a teacher of Electronic Music at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). During 1999, Fritsch created the Electronic Music Center in the Institute of Arts at UFRGS. Computer music is music generated with, or composed with the aid of, computers. ...

Selected discography

With Apocalypse

Solo works

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Compilations featuring Eloy Fritsch

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Keyboards used by Fritsch

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See also

Categories: 1968 births | Brazilian musicians | Electronic music groups | Electronic musicians | Keyboardists | Living people | New Age music | New Age musicians Jean-Michel AndrÃ© Jarre (born August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a French composer and producer. ... One of the most renowned electronic music composers in the world, Isao Tomita (å†¨ç”° å‹²; Tomita Isao, April 22, 1932 - ) was born in Tokyo and spent early childhood with his father in China. ... The Greek electronic composer Vangelis in 2001. ... Rick Wakeman performing on stage with Yes in the 1970s Rick Wakeman (born May 18, 1949 as Richard Christopher Wakeman) is a British progressive rock keyboard player. ... Throughout his career with The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and as a solo artist, Keith Emerson has proven himself perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history. ... Larry Fast in his Synergy studio Larry Fast is a synthesizer expert and composer, and is regarded as one of the most important electronic music innovators of the late 1970s. ... Patrick Moraz (born June 24, 1948 in Morges, Switzerland) is a progressive rock keyboard player. ... Kitaro Kitaro (å–œå¤šéƒŽ KitarÅ) was born in February 4, 1953 as Masanori Takahashi (é«˜æ©‹æ£å‰‡ Takahashi Masanori) in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, as the son of shintoistic farmers. ... Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. ... Klaus Schulze (born August 4, 1947 in Berlin) is a German electronic art music composer and musician. ... Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the early 1970s. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Apocalypse is a progressive rock band from Brazil that plays symphonic rock with strong keyboard orientation. ... Berlin School of electronic music A development of electronic music in the 1970s characterized by soaring, improvised electric guitar or synthesizer melodies in high-register accompanied by a complex, ever-shifting, sequencer bass ostinato. ... New Age music, sometimes referred to as space music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...

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