2023
56 min.

SMCD 2501

harmonic

spheric

varying

spacey

melodic

dreamy

melancholy

bright

dynamic

quiet

mysterious

sequencer-based

experimental

rhythmic

relaxing

easy

Spaceshuttle
Hycean Planet

TITLES:
*DISCOVERY *SPACESHUTTLE *SURROUNDINGS *KOSMONAUT *HEART OF SPACE *HYCEAN PLANET *NEW HORIZONS *IGNITION *MISSION CONTROL

Peter Mergener is back with a brilliant Berlin School album.

When Lambert Ringlage (Spheric Music) heard the music for the first time, it was clear that he had to make an effort to release it: "The best thing I've heard from Peter in years!"

Peter Mergener became known in the 80s through the IC albums under the formations "Mergener/Weisser" and "Software".
After Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, Mergener was the "next generation" of the Berlin School and enjoyed great popularity with "Electronic Universe" and "Phancyful Fire". After numerous stylistically different publications on various labels, it became quieter around Peter. All the more pleasing that Peter used the time to produce another first-class electronic album. Harmonic choral surfaces create a deep atmosphere from which hypnotic sequences gradually emerge, become denser and rise to a top Berlin School track. Compositionally flowing with sensitivity, incorporating Klaus Schulze's and Tangerine Dream's stylistic elements and also atmos known from Software, a varied, homogeneous album has been created. Wonderful for dreaming and drifting away. Spheric Music is proud to publish this album.

Wikipedia about Peter Mergener (in German)

Similar to: Software, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream

2025
58 min.

SMCD 2502

harmonic

spheric

varying

spacey

melodic

dreamy

melancholy

bright

dynamic

quiet

mysterious

sequencer-based

experimental

rhythmic

relaxing

easy

Iteration
Attractor
White Noise

TITLES:
*CHAOS AND ORDER *JULIA QUANTITY *SYNERGETIK *ITERATION *ATTRACTOR *SYSTEM OVERLOAD *RELAXATION *WHITE NOISE

Completely new material!

A new album from Software? Not quite... Chip Meditation was one of Software's most successful IC albums in the 1980s. Peter Mergener was primarily responsible for the music at the time and is now celebrating the 40th anniversary of Chip Meditation 2025, a cult album that set new standards in the electronic music scene. Since the project cannot be continued under the name Software, Peter decided to release it as a solo album. Electronic music fans know that Peter Mergener was actually the musical force behind Software at the time.

Music to dream to. That's what electronic music listeners associate with Chip Meditation.

On Chip Meditation 2025, the choir sounds are interspersed with the typical Software sequences (trademark!), which interweave with warm pads and culminate in a successful Berlin School track. The sounds develop fluidly, with occasional effects and splashes of colour reminiscent of Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream, and gain depth through the pad sounds.

Peter Mergener knows how to showcase these traditional Berlin School style elements in the current full sound in a first-class way, in an atmosphere in which one can ‘bathe’ as in the old days.

Fans have had to wait a long time for Peter to revive the ‘old days’ again. Sweet dreams!