Author: Petra76
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Prog Critique: “…very appealing in terms of mixes and arrangements …”
The composer and multi-instrumentalist Norbert Krüler and his companions Matthias Mehrtens and Anke Ullrich present a gigantic 22-track album. This opulence of compositions is disarming at first glance, and it is necessary to dive into this double work in order to grasp not only its message but also all the musical nuances contained in “Schizophrenia.”…
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ProfilProg: Review of Shamall – Schizophrenia
c/o Profil Prog Magazine and Radio, Philippe André, December 2019 translated from French 1986–2019. No, no, don’t worry, it’s nobody’s epitaph!!!! These are just the dates of Norbert KRUELER’s current musical career as a creator of the so-called “progressive” music. This man has been composing this kind of music for 33 years now—and with bravura!…
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Music Circus Magazine: Shamall – Schizophrenia (2019)
by Stephan Schelle, Music Circus Magazine, November 2019 Norbert Krüler, aka Shamall, has been making music for more than 30 years. Starting out as a DJ, he began releasing electronic music under the pseudonym Shamall in 1989. Then in the early 2000s, Shamall switched to progressive/art rock because he felt he was repeating himself musically.…
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Select Eclipsed Interview with SHAMALL – Musical history lessons in front of a meditative scenery Eclipsed Interview with SHAMALL – Musical history lessons in front of a meditative scenery
c/o Eclipsed, Walter Sehrer, 2016 SHAMALL has presented an impressive collection with the 5-CD box set “History Book”; three decades of band history are a lot of wood, also in the music business. Norbert Krüler, aka Shamall, made his own musical “feel-good zone” between prog, space rock, and electronics. “History Book” offers a rich overview…
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Eclipsed Rock magazine: “History Book” (1986 – 2016)
Norbert Krüler, aka Shamall, has created his own niche between prog, space rock, and electronics in almost three decades. Time for a great retrospective of his work. The artwork and presentation of the 5CD box are outstanding because each of the CDs has its own spacey-meditative cover. In the booklet you can also discover the…
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Eclipsed Rock Magazine: Shamall – Turn Off (8/10)
c/o 2014 Eclipsed Rock Magazine, Walter Sehrer Norbert Krüler, aka Shamall, has stayed true to his very own style with his new double album. This becomes clear right at the beginning, where he marries acoustic guitar with typical Floyd keyboards in a wonderfully spherical way. In addition, machine-like sequencers rattle. Memories of “Wish You Were…
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Music Circus Magazine: Shamall – Turn Off (review)
by Stephan Schelle, music circus magazine Shamall, that is the multi-instrumentalist Norbert Krüler. For more than 27 years, he has been releasing his music, which is a mixture of melodic, progressive, art, krautrock, and electronic. Aiming at the fact that his last work, “Is This Human Behavior?” was released back in 2009, one might think…
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Eclipsed Rock Magazine: “Shamall – Questions of Life” (2008)
related: Pink Floyd, Maxxess, Alan Parsons, Krautrock Review by Walter Sehrer The album “Questions of Life” is already the eleventh studio album from Norbert Krueler, alias Shamall. The German musician and DJ is exploring the cosmic sound universe, accompanied by rapid Floyd guitar and vibrant electronic sounds, and inspired by thousands of unsolved mysteries of…