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Wachen

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About Me

I started playing the piano at an early age but switched to electric guitar when I was around 12 years old. Eddie Van Halen was my first big hero. Hearing him play the way he did inspired me to become a musician myself.
I'm probably more known as a keyboard player than a guitarist nowadays. My first professional recording was "Nine"with Platitude. A great record still to this day according to many people. "Nine" got rave reviews and is considered somewhat of a hidden treasure in the progressive metal genre.
Fantasy Child is my own up-and-coming AOR-influenced band founded together with my good friend Mike Diamond. Check out our myspace below and feel free to add us as your friend! You're more than welcome.....
On this site I will put up music made by myself in the future. I will also promote some of my bands if new recordings have been done etc..
Stay true to yourself at all times!
//Kristofer "Wachen" von Wachenfeldt
Discography:
- Platitude - "Nine" (2004)
- Platitude - "Silence Speaks" (2006)
- Neon Diver - "Neon Diver - demo" (2006)
- Seven Tears - "The Story Unfolds Demo" (2006)
- Fantasy Child - "Dare To Love E.P." (2007)
- Seven Tears - "In Every Frozen Tear" (2007)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/31/2006
Influences: richard marx, winger, genesis, simple minds, eric martin, marti pellow, stefan andersson, fm, fleetwood mac, U2, live, arena, queensrÿche, van halen, rush, pink floyd, steve hogarth / marillion, a-ha, bryan adams, michael mcdonald, sting, paul mccartney, heartland, boulevard, geoff downes, brian wilson etc..
Sounds Like: myself
Type of Label: None

My Blog

R.I.P. Oliver 1992-2008

Yesterday one of my very closest friends of all time took his last breath. My cat Oliver was put to rest after several diseases, 16 years old. I miss him like hell, he was really one of a kind. Nice t...
Posted by Wachen on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:28:00 PST

Fantasy Child review!

Nicky from Fireworks Magazine did a great review of Fantasy Child's Dare To Love E.P; Sweden's FANTASY CHILD has released a four-track demo. The band play melodic rock and AOR and are inspired by the ...
Posted by Wachen on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:13:00 PST

"Court and spark"

Welcome to 2008, the year of opportunities. Nothing new to say really, except that I just uploaded the forgotten classic song "COURT AND SPARK" which I recorded with my former band Neon Diver two yea...
Posted by Wachen on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:32:00 PST

Illegal downloads and X-mas time!

So, one week until Santa comes. Greeeeeat! At least to have some days off.. So this weekend Seven Tears rocked Utposten in Vetlanda, Sweden. Thanks to everyone who was there and sang along and threw b...
Posted by Wachen on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:55:00 PST

New uploads

I uploaded one songclip from the upcoming Seven Tears album. The song is called "Faded Memory" and it's written by me, myself and I. I hope you like what you hear and hopefully you'll buy th...
Posted by Wachen on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:38:00 PST

Updates updates..

We're about to hit the dark time of the year called winter. It's freezing cold here but hopefully we'll survive this one as well.. I read that Queensryche had to cancel all UK dates because of a perso...
Posted by Wachen on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:29:00 PST

Seven Tears release

O yes! Keep saving some money for December 7th, coz Seven Tears debut album "In Every Frozen Tear" will be released on that very day! If you're a real music lover, you'll buy the record, not download ...
Posted by Wachen on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:42:00 PST

social work

My school theory is all about social work! I really like it, it's interesting and I really believe this is something that fits me. Anyway, the main thing about music is that I can really grow tired of...
Posted by Wachen on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:09:00 PST

News

Today is another great Sunday. I haven't even stepped outside this day, just relaxed and I've READ a lot! Some updates regarding my bands; - Platitude is going through a rough time right now. A spania...
Posted by Wachen on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:35:00 PST

New town, same guy

So now I've moved to Kalmar in the southeast of Sweden. Nice town with nice people. Some news: - The Seven Tears record will probably not be released until early next year. We will do one gig in Vetl...
Posted by Wachen on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:59:00 PST