Quasar Gidge

Frank Quasar is a Belgian composer, living and working in Oostende (Westcoast). His musical formation was accomplished after a study of 5 years at the Music Academy of Oostende, later on complemented by several studies for composition. Since 1975, he was passionately interested in the electronic music scene and in the fast development of synthesisers.
His first solo LP "Dusk" was released in April 1988 and there were several presentations of other compositions in the weekly broadcasted programs "Maneuvers in het donker" and "De gewapende man" (Belgian National Radio).
Frank Quasar composes music for films, video and theatre and he produced several compositions for the biennial Benelux Video- and Shortfilmfestival at Oostende…

Quasar Lux Symphoniae performs a refined music with elaborated and successful arrangements and subtle melodic inspiration in the compositions. The Dead Dream is the first lysergic trip of Quasar L.S. (before Lux Symphoniae's majestic works), originally dated 1977, recorded again in 1995 because the original tapes were lost, with absolute respect of the original recordings. A psychedelic pearl in a concept album. A visionary and dramatic story too. Not only the psychodrama of Roxy, maybe a soundtrack and an epitaph for the death of the lysergic and hippy dream.

Quasar in 1980 is the first release of Mythos as a solo project of Stephan Kaske. The intro sounds like an electronic version of Jethro Tull. Although the dominant instrument is the synthesizer, Quasar is not like the classic '70s epics with 20-minute tracks and no clear structure. Vocoder, flute, synthesizer, and occasionally distorted guitars are used in some tracks. Most songs have a dark mood, with chirping and chugging sounds, strong leads, and rhythmic basslines and drum grooves.

Frank Quasar is a Belgian composer, living and working in Oostende (Westcoast). His musical formation was accomplished after a study of 5 years at the Music Academy of Oostende, later on complemented by several studies for composition. Since 1975, he was passionately interested in the electronic music scene and in the fast development of synthesisers.
His first solo LP "Dusk" was released in April 1988 and there were several presentations of other compositions in the weekly broadcasted programs "Maneuvers in het donker" and "De gewapende man" (Belgian National Radio).
Frank Quasar composes music for films, video and theatre and he produced several compositions for the biennial Benelux Video- and Shortfilmfestival at Oostende…

Canadian composers have managed, at least to some degree, to avoid the dichotomy between "high" and "low" art that causes so much animosity on the American new music scene; advocates of "popular" classical composers such as Glass and Adams, and of "serious" classical composers like Babbitt and Carter, tend to be divided by distrust, if not downright contempt for each other's aesthetic. Québécois composer André Hamel is one of a substantial group of Canadian composers who draws freely and productively on a variety of traditions, without embarrassment or apology. His À Huit for eight saxophones is remarkable in that it sounds like it was created almost entirely with computer-generated sonorities and not by live performers.