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| Years active | 1983–present |
Eloy Fritsch (1968 - ...) is the keyboard player and main composer of Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse.
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.
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 next albuns: Cyberspace, Mythology, Atmosphere and Landscapes.
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. 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.
Selected Discography
With APOCALYPSE
- Apocalypse (1991)
- Perto do Amanhecer (1995)
- Aurora dos Sonhos (1996)
- Lendas Encantadas (1997)
- The Best of Apocalypse (1998, Compilation)
- Live in USA (2001, Live)
- Refugio (2003)
- Magic (2004)
Solo works
- Dreams (1996)
- Behind the Walls of Imagination (1997)
- Space Music (1999)
- Cyberspace (2000)
- Mythology (2001)
- Atmosphere - Electronic Suite (2003)
- Landscapes (2005)
Compilations featuring Eloy Fritsch
- Planeta Nova Era Vol.7 (1997) Track: Lake of Peace Movement 1 and 2
- Planeta Nova Era Vol.13 (1999) Track: Cosmic Winds
- Planeta Nova Era Vol.14 (1999) Track: Starlight
- Margen - Music from the Edge Vol6 (2002)- Track: Ionosphere
- Edition #5 (2005) Track: The Garden of Emotions Suite (short version)
- Brasil Intrumental 2006 (2006) Track: Suite Garden of Emotions Suite (short version)
- Compact Mellotron 34 (2006) Track: Andromeda
External links
- Eloy Fritsch official web site.
- A lot of information about Eloy Fritsch´s music.
- info and sounds.
- French fan site.