Thorsten Quaeschning (born 23 February 1977) is a German musician. He is the bandleader of the electronic music group

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which he joined in 2005. He was chosen to continue as leader of the group by founder

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shortly before his death in 2015. He performs synthesizers, vocals, guitar and drums.

Early life

Quaeschning was born in 1977 in

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to a classically trained, music-loving family. As a child, he learned violin, piano, drums, and flute; and was drawn to classical composers such as Engelbert Humperdinck,

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, Smetana and

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Career

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Before joining Tangerine Dream, Quaeschning worked as a producer for the band Minory. Afterwards, he began to tour with Tangerine Dream behind the scenes in 2003 before joining them two years later. Quaeschning has a second band called Picture Palace music. In 2018, Quaeschning released the soundtrack to the thriller film ''

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Discography

Solo

*Icicled Drone Session (2018) *The Seaside Stage Session (2019) *The Munich Session (2019) *Autokino Session (2020) *The Capitol Session (2020) *Ballhaus Session (2020) *Ama (2021)

with
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*Synthwaves (2017)

with Picture Palace Music

*Nostalgia (2006) *Somnambulistic Tunes (2007) *Symphony for Vampires (2008) *Natatorium (2009) *Fairy-Marsh-Districts (2010) *Midsummer (2010) *Metropolis Poetry (2011) *Indulge the Passion (2012) *Remnants (2013) *

(2018)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quaeschning, Thorsten German ambient musicians Living people German film score composers German male guitarists German keyboardists Tangerine Dream members 21st-century German male singers 21st-century German guitarists 21st-century German drummers 1977 births