Eberhard Schoener  Events  1980 Germany Import 1st Press Gate Near Mint

The album Events was released 1980 on EMI Electrola. It is a great example of his ability to fuse different styles together to something entirely new. The opening track called 'Fairlight 80' starts with some funky synth sounds. A female vocalist is accompanied by the fairlight synthesizer and during some parts by an electric guitar. Track two is totally different, a romantic ballad called 'Margaret'. Track 3 'When Colours die' is again quite funky. On track 4, the last track of the first side of the LP it gets really interesting. Musicians from Bali play their traditional instruments along with a funky electric rock guitar. The track swings back and forth between the balineese sytle and Rock/Funk. Side two of the LP is quite different. The first track called Events like the album contains some of Schoener's most atmospheric synth sounds with underlying guitar riffs and the occasional vocal fragment thrown in. During the second half of the track a mix of balineese and rock percussion kicks in and the guitar gets very funky.

Eberhard Schoener (born May 13, 1938, Stuttgart) is a German musician, composer, conductor, and arranger. His activities combine many styles and formats. Originally a classical violinist and conductor of chamber music and opera, he was one of the early adopters and popularizers of the Moog synthesizer in Europe. In the 1970s he traveled to Indonesia and incorporated musical elements from Asia into his own work. He has collaborated with rock musicians such as Jon Lord and The Police and also with Electronic Music German Pioneer band Tangerine Dream on an orchestral arrangement for the "Mojave Plan" track for a live performance on a German TV show. He has composed film scores, videos, music for television, and an opera to be broadcast via the Internet. He has won numerous awards, including the 1975 Schwabing Art Prize for music, the 1992 Bambi Award for creativity and a lifetime achievement award at the Soundtrack Cologne Festival of Music and Sound in Film and the Media in November, 2014