Emmens

Gert Emmens Project is the progrock project from Gert. Since quite some years, Gert is making progrock besides his Electronic Music projects. There is a strong seventies feel in his progrock music. His influences are Camel, Genesis, Steve Hackett, Allan Holdsworth, UK and others. Fusion unfluences can be heard as well.
The styles crossover the Wakeman-esque style of melodic Mini-Moog runs to sweeping symphonic workouts similar to Nick Magnus & Patrick Moraz, with solos that bring the likes of Eddie Jobson (U.K.) to mind, making music that will appeal to anyone with an ear for strong melodic keyboard playing.

The Nearest Faraway Place Vol. 1 (2008). Voices from unknown lands, the call of endless space and the pulse of our time are interlaced in the music of Gert Emmens. It is cosmic and at the same time it is very earthy. And his music is a very powerful. It infects the listener with its vivid energy. This album brings feelings of freshness and simultaneously recalls the best samples of classical electronic music. It has a strong melodical basis around which the composer draws up his improvisations. One hour and eleven minutes run very insensibly with the colorful music of Gert Emmens. His album "Nearest Faraway Place Volume 1" is undoubtedly not just an addition to the artist’s rich discography but also to the collection of any ambient/electronic music lover. It is a creative perception of our contradictory and rapidly changing world…

Emmens & Heij team up for a fourth time on Silent Witnesses of Industrial Landscapes, and they just keep the Berlin train rolling right along. Fans of retro EM should once again be in analog heaven. As usual, this is improv-based synthesizer music with an equipment list a mile long.

The third installment of classic EM by this duo from the Netherlands is as potent, if not more so than their previous releases. Gert & Ruud are among Europe’s best when it comes to creating strong rhythmic electronic soundscapes that mix melody and diverse sequential patterns effortlessly. Journey is full of powerful moments, when the music’s pulse and melody melt together into a perfect amalgam of body energy and celestial head tripping.

Since Wanderer of Time, released in 2003, Gert Emmens built himself a solid reputation to write very harmonious opuses which bubble in a fauna of sequences with tricky and complexly melodious movements. Futuristic or medieval themes, the Dutch synthesist always succeeds to bring out again a melodious and catchy aspect out of his wonderful musical journeys. The Tale of the Warlock is Gert Emmens' 1st concept album. An imaginary quest of which the music espouses to perfection the romantic imagination of a musician with whom evolution doesn’t stop surprising and charming.

For 6 years Gert Emmens worked on his second progrock album Somewhere. Compaired with it's predecessor Memories, Somewhere sounds more seventies, and all the electronic music influences that could still be found on Memories are gone. Gert Emmens played all the instruments himself, including acoustic drums and guitar. Emmens is influenced by Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Eddie Jobson and others.

In this album, Gert Emmens and Ruud Heij have succeeded in creating a window through which the listener can glimpse at faraway worlds, experience adventures among the stars, and find himself face to face with the transcendental enigmas every Human Being wonders about from birth to death. Impressive music that spurs imagination. Best quality Space Sequencer Music, rich in complex rhythmic architectures and suggestive melodies.

This is a legendary work, where the composer proved his great imagination. He developed fresh, imaginative ideas, preferably aimed at Space Music. From the precise instant of the beginning of the album, we witness a display of creative, sonic energy of a high degree. Ethereal sounds, dramatic melodies and gliding sequences, envelop one by one all the themes of the album. The music flows in a stream of unearthly soundscapes, communicating a wide range of feelings and emotions. In a few words, this is one of the recordings that takes Space Music to its highest reaches.

Gert has made an epic movie score that only needs a movie to complete it. Shorter tracks, but man, are they alive! An awesome release.
Gert Emmens is a very prolific and praised Dutch electronic music musician. At a very young age he got classical training on drums and keyboards. During the Seventies Gert started making his own compositions (Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode) and drumming in bands, mainly prog, rock and fusion. In the Eighties he played keyboards in some bands and in 1995 Gert released his first album entitled "Light The Light", a blend of pop, fusion, funk and electro…

The latest Gert Emmens release, "The Last Alien", contains 5 eponymously titled tracks recorded using analog equipment and live drums. The first part opens with an atmospheric section filled with all kinds of effects and bass drones. After a couple of minutes, a fat bass Moog sequence starts, as well as mellotron sounds (including flutes). This is classic Berlin School sound, as we all know and love. After 5 minutes, drums come in, as the tension bui lds. Nice organ pads give a vintage feel to the proceedings. Typical reftective melodies in Gert Emmens style appear for a more pastoral atmosphere. As a point of reference, the track has something of an "Ages" (Froese) feel to it. Before we notice, it's over and back to the atmospheric soup. 12 minutes passing like a few seconds is a good sign for sure…