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Category: Reviews
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Review of Schizophrenia from „Strutter’zine“ (8,5 / 10)
c/o Gabor Kleinbloesem, Strutter’zine, NL The German band SHAMALL has a long history, but in short it learns that it started in the early 1970s when a young NORBERT KRÜLER began listening to the records of LED ZEPPELIN, JIMI HENDRIX, PINK FLOYD and those of German Krautrockbands. He started training to learn and play the…
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“Surprise of the month: Shamall – Schizophrenia!” – Rock City (13 / 15)
c/o Rock City Magazine, Bremen In times like these (streams, poor CD sales, hardly any loyalty to the bands – except in Hard Rock / Heavy Metal) “Value for Money” is particularly important.The fans should get real pleasure from the product CD. With the new double album by Shamall the package is extremely impressive: double-folding…
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“…A captivating journey through a variety of musical styles…”
c/o Sluchacz, Akademia Art Rocka (PL) The German progressive rock is not very popular in our country. However, it turns out that sometimes it is worth looking for it. Recently, one of my friends recommended the latest album by Shamall to me, with the title “Schizophrenia”. The band name didn’t tell me much, although Norbert…
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“…Clearly Kruler’s strengths are in his arrangements…”
c/o Andrew Cottrell, Background Magazine, NL Shamall is the pseudonym used by German DJ, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Norbert Kruler who released his first work in the late 1980s, influenced by Krautrock as well as mainstream electronic music, although over time he has been more heavily influenced by the progressive music scene and has incorporated a…
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Progwereld: “Shamall – Schizophrenia”
c/o Progwereld, Dick van der Heijde Norbert Krüler was born in Emsdetten on 6 December 1957. But if you look at Wikipedia, you won’t find him among the famous citizens of Emsdetten and that’s definitely wrong. Krüler is not only a highly talented multi-instrumentalist, with keyboards as his main instrument, he can also compose and…
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“This album is a real musical patchwork that summarizes 4 decades of progressive rock”
c/o Tiro from Prog Censor “Shamall – Schizophrenia”: Prog/Electro/Rock/Classic: 77’01 / 73’27, Germany ’19. I have to tell you right at the beginning that Shamall, despite his career of over 35 years, has disappeared under my radar. And so I find it difficult to discuss this album with a nostalgic view on it. It’s even…
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ProfilProg: Review of Shamall – Schizophrenia
c/o Profil Prog Magazine and Radio, Philippe André, December 2019translated 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 –…
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Aller Weser Publishing House: “A record is like a long journey”.
New double CD by “Shamall” has been released / Videos on YouTube Natural phenomena like wind, rain or maybe a little stardust at the beginning of a piece of music are not uncommon. Probably the most famous example is “Riders on the storm” by the Doors, in whose opening sequence thunder and lightning compete for…
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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”.…