News
August 19th 2008: In a few days, on Saturday August 23, the Symphonic Shades concert will finally be performed. And fans from all over the world who didn't have a chance to come to Cologne or get tickets will have the unique opportunity to listen to the complete concert over the radio or live internet stream. The WDR will broadcast the performance live at 8:05pm German time on their WDR4 station. This translates to 11:05am US west coast time or 14:05pm at the US east cost. Here is the link for the internet stream. This marks also the first time a full game music concert is broadcast live all over the world.
July 8th 2008: Great news! I am proud to announce that my next CD will be
the live recording of the Symphonic Shades concert. The catalog number will be HCD10 and pre-orders are taken
on http://www.maz-sound.com/Symphonic-Shades/.
The CD will feature all music pieces from the concert and be recorded and mastered in the highest quality possible.
Of course the most exciting fact is that 120 virtuoso musicians will play the music, which will make this production
an amazingly exceptional milestone.
July 3rd 2008: On Saturday, the 5th of July, at 11:05am PST (8:05pm German time), the
German WDR4 radio station will replay
That’s Sound, that’s Rhythm, a special program recorded in February, featuring the opening fanfare from Symphonic
Shades (Grand Monster Slam). You can also listen to a
internet stream.
April 13th 2008: The second concert is also sold out now! While I wish we
had a bigger venue to give even more fans the opportunity to attend this event, it makes me very happy that
we exceeded all expectations with the ticket sales and I also heard that this is a record for the WDR as well.
Go to the Symphonic Shades Website for more news updates including the just
released concert program. A big thanks to everyone and I am so very much looking forward for the concert day! :)
April 7th 2008: I am happy to report that a special arrangement of the
well known Turrican 2 Main Theme will be part of the concerts on August 23rd in Cologne. On the Symphonic Shades Website you can find a lot of background stories (only
in German language right now) about this and all the other arrangements. The tickets for the second concert are
also almost sold out, but a few are still available through Ticketonline and
KölnTicket. Don't miss out on
this great event.
January 29th 2008: Because of the great interest and many people asking for more tickets, we are extremely pleased to announce that the WDR and the orchestra agreed to play a full repeat of the concert on the same day as the premiere (August 23rd 2008) at 11pm. You can go to the Symphonic Shades Website for more info or here for the ticket sales (also now available at KölnTicket). It's gonna be an amazing night! :)
January 14th 2008: Unbelievable - the concert is sold out after just 2 weeks since the tickets went on sale! Thanks so very much everybody! I am very excited and can hardly wait for it to be August. Until then, please check the 'Symphonic Shades' website for additional concert news (the site will get a professional look soon;).
January 3rd 2008: Happy New Year! After a bit of a shaky start with server troubles,
we're back to proudly announce that the ticket sales for the concert in August have started. More infos and a link to the
ticket sales are on the preliminary official website "Symponic Shades". Also,
here is the official press release:
PDF File, 65kb (for download right-click "Save link as...").
December 24th 2007: Merry Christmas everybody and I hope to see you all in August.
The concert date, time and location is now official: August 23rd 2008 at 8pm at the Funkhaus Wallrafplatz in Cologne, Germany. :) Some more information can be found on the VGM Concerts Website.
December 4th 2007: Amazing news - There will be a special symphonic concert in Cologne, Germany in August 2008 featuring my music exclusively! A full orchestra and choir are going to perform never heard before arrangements of titles such as Apidya, Giana Sisters, Turrican, Jim Power, R-Type and many, many others. More information to follow shortly!
UPDATE: The concert is entitled "Symphonic Shades" and will be presented by the more than 120 musicians of the famous German WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne and the WDR Radio Choir, Cologne. Tickets will be available at the early beginning of 2008.
UPDATE: The concert is entitled "Symphonic Shades" and will be presented by the more than 120 musicians of the famous German WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne and the WDR Radio Choir, Cologne. Tickets will be available at the early beginning of 2008.
October 4th 2007: I prepared a digital booklet in PDF format for anyone who
buys the album through iTunes or other online music services, so you can get the full liner notes and story of the CD. Click on the cover artwork below to download. Also, there is a new
review of the CD at Gamestar.de (in German)
September 2nd 2007: The "Number Nine" Album is now also available on iTunes. Follow this link
if you're in the US or this one
for Germany. Or just search for "Huelsbeck" within iTunes and you'll get all the music that we released so far.
The good old Turrican CD is also available now and more releases will follow soon. If you don't like iTunes,
try searching in your own favorite online music store, as we have released the CDs in quite a number of alternative
services, like eMusic for example.
if you're in the US or this one
for Germany. Or just search for "Huelsbeck" within iTunes and you'll get all the music that we released so far.
The good old Turrican CD is also available now and more releases will follow soon. If you don't like iTunes,
try searching in your own favorite online music store, as we have released the CDs in quite a number of alternative
services, like eMusic for example.
August 20th 2007: 4Players just released
our latest news about the CD release and the scheduled events during the Games Convention as
well as a 3 Minute Megamix download that introduces a number of music pieces from the CD.
Also, if some of you are going to the Games Convention but don't have a chance to get the Album after the concert, there is a shop in downtown Leipzig that will sell the CD as well.
Also, if some of you are going to the Games Convention but don't have a chance to get the Album after the concert, there is a shop in downtown Leipzig that will sell the CD as well.
August 12th 2007: Great news - The new CD album (named "Number Nine") is finished and
currently being manufactured for the release on the 22nd of this month at the concert
in Leipzig. 4Players has now
a longer and more comprehensive interview that talks about my work and the new CD. I am
also releasing another preview and detailed infos about the activities in Leipzig some time
this week. Stay tuned!
May 22nd 2007: The news is out: I am working on a new Album. The German online portal 4Players has all the news, a short preview clip and interview: 4Players News link
May 10th 2007: I plan on attending the concert in Leipzig in person and I will announce another surprise a bit later.
March 27th 2007: Ticket sales for the Fifth Symphonic Game Music Concert just started. The concert will be held on August 22, 2007 at the famous Gewandhaus zu Leipzig in Germany. Conducted by Maestro Andy Brick, the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague will be supported by a choir again.
Titles from games such as StarCraft, Final Fantasy XI, Ragnarok 2, Stranglehold, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Secret of Mana, The Abbey and Turrican 2 will be presented. The concert will also feature two medleys of music from Commodore 64- and Amiga-classics.
Tickets are available at Ticketonline.de
Titles from games such as StarCraft, Final Fantasy XI, Ragnarok 2, Stranglehold, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Secret of Mana, The Abbey and Turrican 2 will be presented. The concert will also feature two medleys of music from Commodore 64- and Amiga-classics.
Tickets are available at Ticketonline.de
September 24th 2006: I have a new music page at Garageband.com that features the tracks from my former mp3.com page. The material was there for a while, but the quality was really bad due to their use of the Realplayer format. Since then, they have switched to regular mp3 files and while those still don't sound as good as my CD versions, the quality is appearently the same now as it was on mp3.com. Because of this and in addition to many Fans requests, I decided to resurrect the collection. Still missing at this point are the comments / descriptions of each track, but I might fix that at some point. Enjoy! :)
July 13th 2006: The highly anticipated "Immortal 3" double CD is now available. More information can be found on this website. I contributed 2 new Turrican remixes that were produced late last year in my studio. Also, we were able to re-record the Apidya Medley (the same Arrangement as was played in Leipzig 4 years ago) with live Orchestra. We are also pleased to announce that the whole CD project was finalised at the same Mastering Facility (Pauler Acoustics) as my earlier Turrican Soundtrack CD, with outstanding results.
April 24th 2006: The brand new Play! Game
Music concert tour is about to launch and I'm proud to announce that my music from "Apidya" will be performed
amongst other popular Game Music themes in
Stockholm, Sweden on June 14th and that I also plan to attend in person.
Unfortunately this particular event is sold out already, but I urge everyone interested in Game Music to keep an eye
on the other upcomming Play! concerts.
December 1st 2005: Our friends at reFX have
released an updated version of QuadraSID, a VST virtual
instrument plugin that recreates the sound of the legendary C64. I've created an updated bank of factory patches for this amazing
synth and also composed a little demo song
(called "Quadra Sphere") to show off some of the possibilities. This plug is a
must for computer musicians who want to capture the unique character of old skool game music or want to add
new flavours to their sound palette. Go to this page to
find out more...
August 4th 2005: It's official - The Concert for the opening
of the Games Convention in Leipzig will feature
a medley of music from the classic Giana Sisters, orchestrated by Shiro Hamaguchi (famous for his orchestrations on Final Fantasy).
July 28th 2005: Finally after a long time we managed to release the "Bridge from the past..." album on iTunes.
Click on the following button that takes you directly to the album:
- If you rather prefer a real CD, it is of course still available through CD-Baby.
- If you rather prefer a real CD, it is of course still available through CD-Baby.
July 6st 2005: On July 13th there will be a
Chamber Music Game Concert in Leipzig, Germany just a couple of weeks before the main event at the Games Convention.
July 1st 2005: It's been quiet for a while now but that doesn't mean nothing is happening. My work schedule is pretty busy,
but as usual in our biz, everything is top secret until the time is right. I've been also working on new material in my spare time, most notably Giana Sisters for
mobile phones as can be seen here! This is not a bland remix of the old stuff, but brand new music by the way.
Mar 19th 2005: Updated the link section which contains links to a excellent German fan site and forum.
Feb 1st 2005: Site redesign is finally in progress, still a lot to add and fix, stay tuned...
December 23rd: Seasons Greetings - Happy Holidays to all my fans and friends, thanks for your support!
December 16th: My "Bridge from the past..." Album has been re-mastered &
re-released on CD-Baby
through CAPP Records.
It will also be available on iTunes and other popular online music services soon.
July 24th: Some of my tracks are now available on iTunes (search for "Huelsbeck" in the iTunes application) and emusic on an electronica compilation release by CAPP Records.
Tickets for the concert in Leipzig are now available through this website! (only in German, sorry)
May 18th: The Merregnon 2 CD project (where I produced 2 pieces) is finally finished. Read everything about it on
Merregnon.com.
In other news: The German Games Convention (held in Leipzig in August) will again feature a live Game Music concert with big Orchestra. They are planning to play music from my Turrican project.
In other news: The German Games Convention (held in Leipzig in August) will again feature a live Game Music concert with big Orchestra. They are planning to play music from my Turrican project.
April 19th: I just released a new track on elctronicscene.com.
It's called "Tomorrow's Yesterday (Instrumental)". This was
originally a remix for a vocal dance track from my german friend and producer
Doug Laurent. Since it wasn't released for quite a while now and the future for
the track is uncertain, I decided to release the instrumental version for my
fans.
March 9th: Remix
64 vol. 2 is now available through synSONIQ
records. This CD contains 2 excellent remixes of the "Giana Sisters
Highscore Music" (arranged by Rafael Dyll) and "Shades"
(arranged by Thomas Detert) as well as other great remixed C64 music.
February 20th: My site will be slowly redesigned in the next couple of weeks. Stay
tuned... (and please be patient during the transition)
