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	MA JA LE & JAMES JOHNSON - Live Under a Harvest Moon (cd-r)


	MAGIC SOUND FABRIC - Uplift Drift (cd)


	MARK MAHONEY - If Dreams were Clouds (cd-r)


	MAITREYA - .74 (cd)


	MAITREYA - From the Mothership (cd)


	MAITREYA - Telluric Waves (cd)


	MAKO - Forms of Life (cd)


	MAKO - In Other Regions (lp)


	MAKO - Meeting with the Sea (lp)


	MANK - Isbjorn (cd-r)


	MANTARAY - Numinous Island (cd)


	MARA'S TORMENT - MT96061 (cd-r)


	MARCONI UNION - A Lost Connection (cd-r)


	JON MARK - A Celtic Story (cd)


	JON MARK - Alhambra (cd)


	JON MARK - Land of Merlin (cd)


	JON MARK - The Standing Stones of Callanish (cd)


	DEBORAH MARTIN & CHERYL GALLAGHER - Tibet (cd)


	DEBORAH MARTIN & ERIK WøLLO - Between Worlds (cd)


	DEBORAH MARTIN & J. ARIF VERNER - Anno Domini (cd)


	DEBORAH MARTIN - Deep Roots, Hidden Water (remastered) (cd)


	MARTIN/KLAMT/ROWND - Convergence (cd)


	DAVID MICHAEL MATUCH - Before Reality (cd)


	MICHAEL MEARA - Abstractus Somnarium: Deep Space Meditations (cd-r)


	MICHAEL MEARA - The Last Days of Autumn (cd-r)


	MEGABYTE - Powerplay (cd)


	MEGATONE - Pure Land (cd-r)


	MEMORY GEIST - Funereal Cavern (cd)


	MARK MERCURY - Music from the Cycles of Spheres (cd)


	MARK MERCURY - Music of the Domes (cd)


	PETER MERGENER & KLAUS HOFFMANN-HOOCK - Visions of Asia (cd)


	PETER MERGENER - Creatures (cd)


	PETER MERGENER - Passage in Time (cd)


	BYRON METCALF, DASHMESH KHALSA & STEVE ROACH - Dream Tracker (cd)


	BYRON METCALF, MARK SELIG & STEVE ROACH - Nada Terma (cd)


	ROBERT BEAU MICHAELS - Dance of Ecstasy – Dance Music to free the spirit (cd-r)


	ROBERT BEAU MICHAELS - The Wasteland -music for an apocalyptic world- (cd-r)


	ROBERT BEAU MICHAELS - Zero Point –Music to Disappear in- (cd-r)


	MIND OVER MATTER - Indian Meditation (cd)


	MIND OVER MATTER - Indian Meditation II (cd)


	MIND OVER MATTER - On the Wings of the Wind (cd)


	MISTER VAPOR VS ALTUS - Falling Out Of Orbit (cd-r)


	MODULARWHITE - Alpa (cd)


	MODULARWHITE - Canada (cd-r)


	MON0 - Multifidus (cd-r)


	MON0 - Proficisci (cd-r)


	MONOLAKE - HongKong (cd)


	MOONBOOTER - Cosmoclimax (cd)


	MOONBOOTER - Orbit Number 2 (cd-r)


	MOONBOOTER - World of Apes 1 (cd)


	JAMES MURRAY - Where Edges Meet (cd)


	MYSTICAL SUN - Primordial Atmospheres (cd)


	MYTHOS - Gallery Concerts (cd)


	MYTHOS - Surround Sound Offensive (cd)


	MYTHOS - Unabsteigbar! (cd-r)

PETER MERGENER
Creatures
CD, Cue Records, 1991

I’m glad German musician Peter Mergener decided to start a solo career after he quit the collaborative project Software with Michael Weisser. I
I always found the overall sound of the high-tech project far too synthetic and distant. Mergener’s own music though has a human and warm touch, which is nicely displayed on his debut album "Creatures".

Played, recorded and mixed in 1989 and 1990 at Robert Schroeder’s Newsound Studio, the concept music music of "Creatures" deals with the beauty and fate of the earth, as it was inspired by the story of creation from the Old Testament.

The album opens in grandeur with neo-classical sounds and some Russian spoken words. But as soon as the second track starts Mergener’s fine multiple sequencer patterns and spherical synth pads show up, accompanied by varied percussions, drums and even some catchy guitar licks by Achim Elsen. A highlight on the album is the 7-minute title track, presenting a powerful, melodic and positive statement. Things turn to moody soundscapes again on the following two tracks.

"People want more and …" is the next hightlight, an up-tempo melodic outing with powerful drums and energetic, rocking guitar parts, with a quiet passage in the middle.
"Aliens Birth" enters otherworldy atmospheres with nice spatial effects, bringing us to the last tracks of the album, "Song of the Whales", presented in two parts. Although both pieces take its time to unfolds, there’s especially a lot of drama featured in the first part. The second part has a reflective impact, sounding a bit more melodic, again featuring some prominent drums.

All in all, this 55-minute concept album would be the first in a series of successful and more melodic-oriented, contemporary instrumental albums by Mr Mergener.

Website: www.peter-mergener.de