Wolfram Spyra is a German

Germany

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 composer of ambient music

Ambient music

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Spyra was born in Eschwege

Eschwege

Eschwege , the district seat of the Werra-Meißner-Kreis, is a town in northeastern Hesse, Germany.- Location :The town lies on a broad plain tract of the river Werra at the foot of the Leuchtberg northwest of the Schlierbachswald and east of the Hoher Meißner...

. He began his career in the early 1990s constructing 'soundscapes' and installations around Germany. He has collaborated with a wide range of visual artists, musicians, producers and DJs. He has released several albums, starting in 1995 with Homelistening Is Killing Clubs. Spyra's focus is on instrumental electronic music, seamlessly blending interesting samples, synthesizers, percussion and other elements together in unique ways. While sometimes experimental, most of his music has a certain accessibility in terms of the rhythmic and melodic components. Though frequently associated with the retro or Berlin School

Berlin School of electronic music

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 sound pioneered by Klaus Schulze

Klaus Schulze

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 and others, he uses modern ambient electronica

Electronica

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 elements extensively, creating his own rich sound that defies easy categorization.

Discography

• Sex, Chaos, Energy (Maxi-single) (1995)
• Homelistening Is Killing Clubs (1995)
• Phonehead (1997)
• My Little Garden of Sounds (1997)
• Future of the Past (1997)
• VCM 100F (Maxi-single) (1997)
• Sferics (1998)
• Kassels Akustischer Stadtplan (1998)
• Virtual Vices (with Pete Namlook
  Pete Namlook
  Pete Namlook is an ambient and electronic-music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversees...
  
  ) (1998)
• Etherlands (1999)
• Virtual Vices II (with Pete Namlook) (2000)
• Elevator to Heaven (2001)
• Virtual Vices III (with Pete Namlook) (2001)
• Virtual Vices IV (with Pete Namlook) (2002)
• Invisible Fields (2003)
• Achtundsechzig 24 Live@Toskana-Therme (2003)
• Excerpts 1 (2004)
• Headphone Concert: Little Garden of Sounds II (2004)
• Meditationen (2005)
• Orphan Waves (2006)
• Virtual Vices V (with Pete Namlook) (2006)
• Space Cowboys @ Jelenia Góra (2007)
• High Phidelity (2007)
• Gasoline 91 Octane (2008)
• Virtual Vices VI (with Pete Namlook) (2008)
• January in June (2009)
• SeQuest (with Chris Lang) (2010)
• ADSR Remixed (Maxi-single with Steve Baltes) (2010)
• No Beats For 1 Hour (0B41H) (2010)

External links

• Official Spyra Homepage