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Thorsten Quaeschning (born 23 February 1977) is a German musician. He is the bandleader of the electronic music group
Before joining Tangerine Dream, Quaeschning worked as a producer for the band Minory. Afterwards, he began to tour with Tangerine Dream behind the scenes in 2003 before joining them two years later.
Quaeschning has a second band called Picture Palace music.
In 2018, Quaeschning released the soundtrack to the thriller film ''
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese having been the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup ...
which he joined in 2005. He performs synthesizers, vocals, guitar and drums.
Early life
Quaeschning was born in 1977 inBerlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
within a classically trained music-loving family.
As a child, he learned violin, piano, drums and flute and was drawn to classical composers such as Engelbert Humperdinck, Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
, Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesh ...
, Smetana and Mozart
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.
Career
Before joining Tangerine Dream, Quaeschning worked as a producer for the band Minory. Afterwards, he began to tour with Tangerine Dream behind the scenes in 2003 before joining them two years later.
Quaeschning has a second band called Picture Palace music.
In 2018, Quaeschning released the soundtrack to the thriller film ''Cargo
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''.
Discography
Solo
The Seaside Stage Session (2019) *The Munich Session (2019) *Autokino Session (2020) The Capitol Session (2020) Ballhaus Session (2020) *Ama (2021)with
Ulrich Schnauss
Ulrich Schnauss (born 1977) is a German electronic musician and producer based in London, England. He is best known for being a member of Tangerine Dream from 2014 to 2020.
Biography
Ulrich Schnauss was born in the northern German seaport of ...
*Synthwaves (2017)
with Picture Palace Music
*Nostalgia (2006) *Somnambulistic Tunes (2007) (recorded 2004) *Symphony for Vampires (2008) *Natatorium (2009) *Cargo
Cargo consists of bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land. In economics, freight is cargo that is transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. ''Cargo'' was originally a shipload but now covers all types of freight, including trans ...
(2018)
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