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Born in Indiana, Derek Fiechter began composing music at the age of twelve. Over the years, he's played for many wedding receptions, worked on music for various people, helped out music bands, and taught piano lessons. The soundtrack from The Lord of the Rings films influenced his music and inspired him to compose new types of music. One of his main ideas or goals is to create music that has a specific melody and theme to it, something people can hum or sing to. His style is primarily instrumental with a touch of soundtrack, game, world, and ambient added to...

"Residents-like obscurantism that has shrouded Mechthild Von Leusch and its sister project Werkbund since their inception has not managed to conceal the participants identities with any real degree of effectiveness, as it's fairly well understood (despite admonitions to the contrary) that both M.V.L. and Werkbund feature the collaboration of Asmus Tietchens and Ulli Rehberg (label head of Walter Ullbrich Shallfolien)." - MUTANT SOUNDS blog entry. .

The Arkitecht sono un gruppo prog metal messicano fondato dal chitarrista, tastierista e compositore Genaro Ochoa nel 2005. Hanno all'attivo l'album di esordio "Hyperstructure", uscito nel 2008. Il disco, registrato quasi interamente dal solo Ochoa con Dante Diaz alla voce e César Huesca alla chitarra solista come turnisti, ha ottenuto ottime recensioni ed è valso a The Arkitecht l'accostamento a veri e propri mostri sacri del genere quali Dream Theater e Opeth. Nel 2010 Huesca e Diaz si uniscono a Ochoa e, insieme al bassista Armando Thamez e al batterista Rodrigo Uribe, danno vita alla prima formazione di The Arkitecht...

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) was an Austrian music theorist, organist, and composer. Born in Klosterneuburg on the 3rd February 1736, he originally studied music at Melk Abbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna, and became one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his age. Albrechtsberger's earliest classmates included Michael Haydn and Franz Joseph Aumann. After being employed as organist at Raab in 1755 and Maria Taferl in 1757, he was appointed Thurnermeister back at Melk Abbey. In 1772 he was appointed organist to the court of Vienna, and in 1792 Kapellmeister of St Stephen's Cathedral. His...