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Eloy Fernando Fritsch (born 1968) is an electronic musician, keyboard player and main composer of Brazilian progressive rock band
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. As a solo artist he creates cosmic
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History

In 1983 Fritsch formed
progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...
band
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. They are considered pivotal in the development of progressive rock in Southern Brazil.Eloy Fritsch
, Official Web Site. Retrieved 5 June 2008
In 1992, he moved to Porto Alegre and began his solo project composing
electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
. His first official solo album was ''Dreams'', recorded in 1994 and 1995. During 1997, he released his second solo album, ''Behind the Walls of Imagination'', which showcases his skills with various electronic and acoustic keyboard instruments. In the mid-1990s, Fritsch secured a recording contract with French label Musea. His third album for them, ''Space Music'', was released in 1998. The composer reveals his sci-fi style with ''
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''. In this album Fritsch offers 1970s-inspired keyboard symphonic/electronic progressive instrumental music. Fritsch performs electronic music that evolves between
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' ambient and impressionist electronic, and the synthesized progressive rock of masters such as
Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist and composer best known as a member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his prolific solo career. AllMusic describes Wakema ...
. Nevertheless, Fritsch has found his own style within melodic electronic music framework. The compositions are very melodic and emotive, with multi-layered instrumental textures/voicings and solidly coherent arrangements. Fritsch has earned a PhD in
computer music Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and ...
, and has served as a teacher of electronic music at the
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (, UFRGS) is a Brazilian Public university, public National university, federal research university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated universities ...
(UFRGS). During 1999, Fritsch created the Electronic Music Center in the Institute of Arts at UFRGS. In parallel with his work as keyboard player of the group Apocalypse and his academic activity, Fritsch releases music as a solo musician (through the Musea and Rock Symphony labels), such as the album ''
Mythology Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the ...
'', a large variety of original musical works in which he brings to maturity the use of synthesizers to compose melodic electronic music. This ambitious work uses the whole panel of his electronic sounds to depict fifteen tracks exclusively dedicated to the different gods worshiped in the past. Different cultures, such as Brazilian, Mesopotamian, Hindu, Amerindian, Inca, African, Greek, Egyptian, Scandinavian, Roman and Chinese, are outlined in the ''Mythology'' album by an instrumental composition, thanks to his panoply of keyboards including a
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modular synthesizer. Eloy Fritsch's love of the sky inspired him to compose the electronic suite ''
Atmosphere An atmosphere () is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmosph ...
'' (2003). Once again the composer reveals his ecological convictions: he presently defends the virtues of the gas envelope that allow everyone to live on Earth: the Atmosphere. ''
Landscapes A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...
'' (2005) was Fritsch's next work to emerge on disc. In 2007 Eloy Fritsch wrote the book "Electronic Music" that was released in 2008 during the Book Fair in Porto Alegre. The book is accompanied by a DVD containing the electroacoustic compositions Synapse 5.1, Synthetic Horizon, Public Market, Indian Sampler, Mystery and Silicon Child created during his research in Electronic Music Center at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Eloy Fritsch received the Açorianos Music Awards. The awards ceremony happened on 28 April 2008, Tuesday night at the São Pedro Theater, Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Açorianos Music Awards honor the best albums, musicians and contributions to the music in South o Brazil. The ceremony was broadcast on television and event production presented a short film about the music and artistic works of the composer. In 2009 Eloy Fritsch played keyboards in several concerts with the Apocalypse. He also released the album The Garden of Emotions. Musea company distributed the CD in Europe. The recorded company wrote the following lines about the album: "The ninth album The Garden of Emotions presents symphonic themes with choirs, analog and digital synthesizers dominating. Fans of classic VANGELIS, Jean-Michel JARRE and Rick WAKEMAN works will enjoy this. Some of the more solemn themes remind Isao TOMITA. "Lumine Solis" is one of the best compositions and a choir-laden track. "Solar Energy" introduces a spacier atmosphere, with phasing pads and Berlin School sequences. This is pure electronic music and a very good one, with all sorts of really fat analog timbres. "Beyond The Mountains" is a very cinematic and return to the classically inspired structures, with an extra ethnic elements. "Electric Light" is synthetic and even KRAFTWERK-like, with insisting sequences, vocoders and a simple repeating melodic theme. Flutes, marimba sound and percussion welcome the coming of "Savage" before a melodic synthesizers theme appears. "Space Station" is another foray into a purely synthetic world and you could also draw a comparison with Jean-Michel JARRE's "Chronologie". "The Canyon of Hope" finishes this album with flowing synthesizers, symphonic textures and a reflective electric piano". In the same year Fritsch was also honored on the Journey of Literature event in the Passo Fundo city, Brazil. The composer received the trophy Vasco Prado. In 2010 Fritsch worked on two major projects: In the production of ''The Apocalypse 25th Anniversary Box Set'' (2 CDs, 1 DVD and the book about the Apocalypse Hystory) and the MCT Project – Music, Science and Technology funded by the Brazilian government. Fritsch has created the Brazilian Virtual Museum of Synthesizer and a documentary film about electronic music to be distributed to schools and music teachers. He also created an exhibition of electronic music at the museum of the university. In 2011 Eloy Fritsch perform in South of Brazil with
Apocalypse Apocalypse () is a literary genre originating in Judaism in the centuries following the Babylonian exile (597–587 BCE) but persisting in Christianity and Islam. In apocalypse, a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a ...
, Orchestra and Choral during the Symphonic Rock Concert and the group received the Açorianos Music Awards. The awards ceremony happened on 9 May 2012, Wednesday night at the São Pedro Theater, Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Açorianos Music Awards honor contribution of the Apocalypse group to the music in South of Brazil. The tenth Eloy Fritsch CD brings Exogenesis Suite in four movements inspired by the genesis of the universe. In addition to this suite the CD contains more eight individual tracks. Joining the symphonic and electronic, but without forgetting the ethnic instruments and the voices, the composer of new-age music uses high technology in the service of emotions to create compositions. The CD cover and booklet images were created by European artists specializing in science fiction illustrations Maciej Rebisz and Mirek Drozd and refer to the creation of the cosmos and the existence of other life forms.Olsen, John. new-age music World. Best Electronic Albums 2012.
retrieved 15 December 2012.


Selected discography


With Apocalypse

* 1991 – ''Apocalypse'' * 1995 – ''Perto do Amanhecer'' * 1996 – ''Aurora dos Sonhos'' * 1997 – ''Lendas Encantadas'' * 1998 – ''The Best of Apocalypse'' (Compilation) * 2001 – ''Live in USA'' (Live) * 2003 – ''Refugio'' * 2004 – ''Magic'' * 2006 – ''Apocalypse Live in Rio'' * 2006 – ''DVD Apocalypse Live in Rio'' * 2006 – ''The Bridge of Light'' * 2006 – ''DVD The 25th Anniversary Concert'' * 2010 – ''Magic Spells'' * 2011 – ''2012 Light Years from Home'' * 2011 – ''The 25th Anniversary Box Set'' * 2013 – ''DVD The Bridge of Light''


Solo works

* 1996 – ''
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'' * 1997 – '' Behind the Walls of Imagination'' * 1998 – ''
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'' * 2000 – ''
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'' * 2001 – ''
Mythology Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the ...
'' * 2003 – ''Atmosphere – Electronic Suite'' * 2005 – ''Landscapes'' * 2006 – ''Past and Future Sounds – 1996-2006'' * 2009 – ''The Garden of Emotions'' * 2012 – ''Exogenesis'' * 2014 – ''Spiritual Energy'' * 2017 – ''Sailing to the Edge'' * 2019 – ''Journey to the Future'' * 2020 – ''Moment in Paradise'' * 2021 – ''Cosmic Light'' * 2023 – ''Epic Synthesizer Music Vol.1'' * 2023 – ''Epic Synthesizer Music Vol.2''


Compilations featuring Eloy Fritsch

* 1997 – ''Planeta Nova Era Vol. 7'' Track: Lake of Peace Movement 1 and 2 * 1999 – ''Planeta Nova Era Vol. 13'' Track: Cosmic Winds * 1999 – ''Planeta Nova Era Vol. 14'' Track: Starlight * 2002 – ''Margen – Music from the Edge Vol. 6'' – Track: Ionosphere * 2005 – ''Edition #5'' Track: The Garden of Emotions Suite * 2006 – ''Brasil Instrumental 2006'' Track: The Garden of Emotions Suite * 2006 – ''Compact Mellotron 34'' Track: Andromeda * 2006 – ''Edition #13'' Track: Shiva * 2006 – ''Edition #14'' Track: Atlantis * 2006 – ''Edition #15'' Track: Andromeda * 2009 – ''Brazilian Electroacoustic Music Compilation'' Track: Synthetic Horizon * 2012 – ''Schwingungen Radio auf CD – Edition Nr.210 11/12.'' Track: Moonwalk * 2019 – ''Schwingungen Radio auf CD – Edition Nr.290 07/19.'' Track: Mermaids Island * 2021 – ''Schwingungen Radio auf CD – Edition Nr.308 01/21.'' Track: Spacetime


Keyboards used by Fritsch

Throughout his albums Fritsch uses several instruments. Some of these are: *
Minimoog The Minimoog is an analog synthesizer first manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. Designed as a more affordable, portable version of the modular Moog synthesizer, it was the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It was first popul ...
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Roland JD-800 The Roland JD-800 is a digital synthesizer that was manufactured between 1991 and 1996. It features many knobs and sliders for patch editing and performance control — features that some manufacturers, including Roland, had been omitting in the ...
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Roland JP-8000 The Roland JP-8000 is an analog modeling synthesizer released by the Roland Corporation in 1996. Overview The Roland JP-8000 was released in early 1997 as part of the first wave of virtual analog modeling synthesizers (VA synths). Others fro ...
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Roland JP-8080 The Roland JP-8000 is an analog modeling synthesizer released by the Roland Corporation in 1996. Overview The Roland JP-8000 was released in early 1997 as part of the first wave of virtual analog modeling synthesizers (VA synths). Others from ...
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Roland Juno-106 The Roland Juno-106 is a synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in February 1984. Features The Juno-106 is a polyphonic synthesizer with six voices. It is an analog synthesizer but with digitally controlled oscillators and chorus effects. ...
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Roland JX-3P The Roland JX-3P is a synthesizer produced by Roland Corporation of Japan from 1983–1985. The "3P" in its name refers to "Programmable Preset Polyphonic". It is notable as one of the company's first synthesizers (along with the Jupiter-6) to ...
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Roland System 700 The Roland System 700 was a professional monophonic modular synthesizer for electronic music manufactured by the Roland Corporation and released in 1976 and was followed by the Roland System-100M in 1978. Modules The System 700 range included ...
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Roland AX-1 The Roland Corporation has manufactured several Keytar, keytars. List of Roland keytars AXIS Roland's first keytar was the AXIS (keytar), AXIS (officially the AXIS-1, leading to its frequently being confused with the AX-1). It was produced bet ...
* Roland VK-8 *
Casio CZ-5000 The CZ series is a family of low-cost phase distortion synthesizers produced by Casio beginning in 1985. Eight models of CZ synthesizers were released: the CZ-101, CZ-230S, CZ-1000, CZ-2000S, CZ-2600S, CZ-3000, CZ-5000, and the CZ-1. Additional ...
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Casio AZ-1 The Casio AZ-1 is a polyphonic MIDI keyboard in the form of a keytar. It has a distinctive white body with a long neck, with detailing in a pale blue. This instrument is designed to be played, with the aid of a shoulder strap, in an approximation ...
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Korg MS-10 The Korg MS-10 is an analogue synthesizer created by Korg in 1978. Unlike its bigger brother, the Korg MS-20, the MS-10 only has one VCO, one VCF and one envelope generator. It is monophonic and has 32 keys. The MS-10 is well known for its hu ...
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Korg MS-20 The Korg MS-20 is a patchable semi-modular monophonic analog synthesizer which Korg released in 1978 and which was in production until 1983. It was part of Korg's MS series of instruments, which also included the single oscillator MS-10, the ke ...
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Korg 01/W The Korg 01/W series are workstation synthesizers, the first of which debuted in 1991, and were intended to replace the M1 and T series. The workstation/ROMpler was based on AI² (Advanced Integrated Squared), an improved version of the AI (Advan ...
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Korg M1 The Korg M1 is a synthesizer and music workstation manufactured by Korg from 1988 to 1995. It is one of the bestselling synthesizers in history, selling an estimated 250,000 units. The M1 was widely used in popular music and stock music in the ...
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Korg Triton The Korg Triton is a music workstation synthesizer, featuring digital sampling and sequencing, released in 1999. It uses Korg's "HI (Hyper Integrated) Synthesis" system and was eventually available in several model variants with numerous upgrade o ...
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Korg Polysix The Korg Polysix (PS-6) is a six-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer released by Korg in 1981. It was one of the first affordable polyphonic synthesizers on the market, and was released as a cheaper alternative to the Prophet-5, Sequential Prophe ...
* Korg Delta * Korg MS2000R *
Yamaha SY77 Yamaha SY77 is a 16 voice multitimbral music workstation first produced by Yamaha Corporation in 1989. The SY77 is a synthesizer whose architecture combines AFM (Advanced Frequency Modulation) synthesis, AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2) for ROM-borne ...
* Yamaha DX-21 * Clavia Nord Modular * Kurzweil K-2600 * Ensoniq MR76 * Digitech Vocalist * AKAI S-5000 * Tokai Tx5-DS Plus * Labolida Nano1 * M-audio Piano Pro Keys 88 *
Korg Oasys The Korg OASYS is a workstation synthesizer released in early 2005, 1 year after the successful Korg Triton Extreme. Unlike the Triton series, the OASYS uses a custom Linux operating system that was designed to be arbitrarily expandable via softw ...
* Korg Triton Extreme *
Korg Kronos The Kronos is a music workstation manufactured by Korg that combines nine different synthesizer sound engines with a sequencer, digital recorder, effects, a color touchscreen display and a keyboard. Korg's latest flagship synthesizer series at ...
* Roland Sysytem-8 *
Roland Jupiter-80 The Jupiter-80 is a discontinued 256-voice polyphonic Analog modeling synthesizer, virtual analog Subtractive synthesis, subtractive synthesizer introduced by Roland Corporation in 2011. The Jupiter-80 is a part of Roland's flagship long-running ...
* Behringer DeepMind12 * Roland Gaia * Roland FA-06 * Roland FA-08


See also

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Apocalypse Apocalypse () is a literary genre originating in Judaism in the centuries following the Babylonian exile (597–587 BCE) but persisting in Christianity and Islam. In apocalypse, a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a ...
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List of ambient music artists This is a list of ambient music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as those who have been on a major label). This list does not include little-known ...


References


External links

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