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Free System Projekt

Real Name:
Ruud Heij, Frank vd Wel and Marcel Engels
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Discography

Releases:
Impulse (Album) (2 versions)   Not On Label ... 1996
Substance (CDr, Single)   Not On Label 1997
Pointless Reminder (CD, Album)   Quantum Records 1999
Okefenokee 2000 (Album) (2 versions)   Ricochet Dream ... 2000
Okefenokee 2000 Demo Sessions (CDr, Ltd)   Ricochet Dream 2000
E-Live, Veldhoven, September 10th, 2000 (File, MP3)   Not On Label 2001
Atmospheric Conditions (2xCD, Album)   Quantum Records 2002
Passenger 4 (CD, Album)   Quantum Records 2004
Protoavis (CD, Album)   Quantum Records 2004
Moyland (CD)   Quantum Records 2005
Gent (CD, Album)   Not On Label 2007
And Then There Were Two (Live In 3-1 Theatre, Huizen, 1999) (File)   MusicZeit 2008
British Aisles (File, FLAC + File, MP3)   MusicZeit 2008
Narrow Lane (CD, Album)   Not On Label 2008
Procyon (2 versions)   Free System Project ... 2008
Time Out Of Mind (CD, Album)   Acoustic Wave Records 2009
Appears On:
Okefenokee 2001 Demo Sessions (2xCDr, Ltd)   Ricochet Dream 2001
Okefenokee Dreams 2001 (CD, Album)   Neu Harmony, Quantum Records 2002
Mojave 2003 Demo Sessions (4xCDr, Ltd) Interstate-15 (Extende... Ricochet Dream 2003
Mojave 2003 (2xCD, Ltd) Alluvial Elements Pt. ... Ricochet Dream 2004
Tracks Appear On:
Gold Tri: Volume One (2xCD) Amalthea Not On Label 1998
Transient Moves (CDr) Project 1 Alfa-Centauri 1998
E-Live 2000 (CD, Comp) Analogy Groove Unlimited 2000
Beyond Me (CD, Comp) Pharos Neu Harmony 2001
Hampshire Jam Preserved (2xCD) Siren EBL Global Mobile 2001
Schwingungen Radio Auf CD Nr. 88 - 09/2002 (CD, Comp) Naiad, Thalassa, Galatea Cue Records (Germany), Not On Label (Schwingungen Series) 2002
Special CD Sampler E-dition #15 (CD, Comp) Moyland Part I (Excerpt) E-dition Magazine 2006
Awakenings 2007 Volume 1 (2xCDr) Leicester Square (Live... AmbientLive 2007
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Review by fall1999 Mar 16, 2009
As a radio broadcaster for over 25 years who specializes in electronic music, I find Free System Projekt's music beautiful and highly creative. They perfectly capture this genre's "Mid Era" style (mid 1970s-80s Tangerine Dream which is post experimental/pre new age).

Allow me to also correct the callous comments by DaveinDetroit, which indicate to me he knows little about this type of music and probably doesn't like it, either. A further disqualification of his review is that FSP isn't remotely "new age" any more than they're copying early 1970s Klaus Schulze, which, like much electronic music at the time, was boring experimentalism. Schulze's brilliant "Timewind" and "Phaedra" by Tangerine Dream launched the Mid Era. FSP continues that style as so many other musicians have, by building on it with their own creativity.

FSP's trademark is deep space ambience that forms into fast sequencer rhythms with lush melodies. They're a must for real synth music fans, who will be pleased with any of their CDs.

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Review by daveindetroit Mar 06, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
Free System Projekt creates 1970s styled New Age Music ala Klaus Schulze. I've listened to just about every one of their albums (cds) and they all sound like something I've heard before. When I listen to music and it comes across as an aural rerun then I don't get too excited about it.

Call it New Age or "Berlin School" (New Age Progressive Spacemusic) but it doesn't change the fact that FSP may be trying too hard to sound like something or someone else. It's 2006 and it amazes me how some artists still lack the creativity to strive for a more modern sound. If they would actually tried to try something new then the music would be more interesting than it is.

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