Thorsten Quaeschning Explained

Thorsten Quaeschning
Birth Date:23 February 1977
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Occupation:Musician, composer, producer
Instrument:Synthesizers, vocals, guitar, drums
Label:Pledge, Azure Vista, Invisible Hands
Current Member Of:Tangerine Dream[1]

Thorsten Quaeschning (born 23 February 1977) is a German musician. He is the bandleader of the electronic music group Tangerine Dream which he joined in 2005. He was chosen to continue as leader of the group by founder Edgar Froese shortly before his death in 2015. He performs synthesizers,[2] vocals,[3] guitar[4] and drums.

Early life

Quaeschning was born in 1977 in Berlin[5] 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, Wagner, Telemann, Smetana and Mozart.[6]

Career

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.[7]

In 2018, Quaeschning released the soundtrack to the thriller film Cargo.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Discography

Solo

with Picture Palace Music

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Big Takeover. Video Premiere: "Rain on Dry Concrete" by Quaeschning & Schnauss. 15 June 2017. Big Takeover Exclusives.
  2. Rolling Stone. Hear Tangerine Dream's Spooky Cover of 'Stranger Things' Theme. Kreps, Daniel. 12 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Pareles, Jon . 9 July 2012 . Synthesizers and Drum Machines, Sure, but With a Touch of the Human . . Jon Pareles.
  4. Web site: Tangerine Dream in der Elphi Elektronik-Legenden mit Segen von oben. 9 February 2018. German. Hamburger Morgenpost.
  5. Web site: Quaeschning . Thorsten . Q . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240123151054/http://thorstenquaeschning.com/q.htm . January 23, 2024 . January 23, 2024 . Thorsten Quaeschning.
  6. Web site: Fifteen Questions. Fifteen Questions Interview with Tangerine Dream. 2017.
  7. Web site: Picture Palace music. Picture-palace-music.com.
  8. MusoTalk. German. The Film Music for "Cargo" by Thorsten Quaeschning with Steinberg Cubase. 8 October 2017.
  9. Web site: Another "[CARGO]" Opens This Summer; Poster, Trailer, Novel And Soundtrack Info/Art]. Rue Morgue. 3 May 2018. Gingold, Michael. Michael Gingold.
  10. Web site: Thorsten Quaeschning : Interview. Penny Black Music. Clarkson, John. 10 May 2018.
  11. Web site: Ain't It Cool News. CARGO soundtrack is a nice surprise. 14 May 2018. Roy, Precious.

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