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Cover picture of Norbert Krueler aka Shamall from his latest release "Schizophrenia"

Shamall – the official pages

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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…

  • Interview with Rock City, issue 238:

    Rock City: Tell our readers in a short summary about the band history of Shamall!Norbert: 40 years of DJing at the Aladin in Bremen – of course that leaves traces! In short words, you could say that in 1984 my first musical synthesizer experiments started – at that time the project was still nameless. Even…

  • 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 –…

  • 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…

  • 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”.…

  • 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…

  • Music Circus Magazine: Shamall – Turn Off (review)

    by Stephan Schelle, music circus magazine Shamall, that is the multi-instrumentalist Norbert Krüler. For a 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…