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Lothar Bayer

piano player, keyboardist - - - songs & soundpaintings - - -

About Me


....under a liquid sky at all - just a human part of it all..

...look at me - the little boy in the corner...

..rockin' thru the years..

....from the very beginning 1975 with ELEGY
fltr: Lothar Bayer, Hermann Büscher, Michael 'Teté' te Heesen, Michael 'Schmibu' Schmitz-Busz, Harald Lillmeyer

.....until today with SILENT PICTURE SYMPHONY

fltr: Mike Krollmann, Andreas Flemming, Lothar Bayer

My Interests

Music:

INFLUENCES:

all kind of progressive and psychedelic stuff from the late sixties to the early seventies
The Beatles, The Nice, early Pink Floyd, Caravan, the second Miles Davis quintett, Mahavishnu Orchestra
.....as well as some hardrock bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and van Halen
currently: Radiohead, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Mars Volta, Tool and Paul Gilbert

Pianists & Keyboardists:
Thelonius Monk, Keith Emerson, Tony Banks, Patrick Moraz, Dave Sinclair, Vangelis and Brian Eno

GEAR:

Kurzweil 2600XS
Kurzweil 2000
Moog Voyager
Hammond XLK3
Alesis Micron

not used anymore:
Moog Liberation
Korg M1
Ensoniq EPS

...and back in the old days?

1976 with ELEGY - Farfisa Organ, Crumar Compac Piano

1979 on tour with MINOTAURUS - Yamaha CS50, Micro Moog, Fender Rhodes MK2, Hohner D6

1980-82 MINOTAURUS, LOGO, PRUEDE HERZEN - Yamaha CS50, Siel String Orchestra, Hohner E7, Micro Moog, Fender Rhodes 73 + Moog Liberation (not on this pic)

....to be continued..