Sven Grünberg is an Estonia

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n ambient

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 and progressive rock

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 composer and musician most known for his meditative

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 organ

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 and electronic

Electronic music

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 works involving the concepts of Tibetan Buddhism

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. He has collaborated with the film director Olav Neuland and written the soundtrack

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s for the most of his films.

In the 1970s Grünberg was the leader of the progressive rock

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 band Mess, which was founded by him in January 1974 together with Härmo Härm. Despite the years of the band's existence and many live performances, Mess did not release a single studio album because of the contradictions of their musical style with the Soviet

Soviet Union

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 ideology; only in 1996 did Grünberg released a compilation from several survived Mess recordings and a full remastered album in 2004.

Grünberg is also the Chairman of the Board of the Estonian Institute of Buddhism.

Albums

• Mess (1980)
• Hingus (1981)
• OM (1988)
• Milarepa (1993)
• Prana Symphony (1995)
• Hukkunud Alpinisti Hotell (2001)

External links

• About Mess
• OM and Hingus reviewed
• Estonian Institute of Buddhism