releases January 13, 2023
Markus Reuter: Touch Guitars AU8 and S8, Soundscapes
Alexander Paul Dowerk: Touch Guitars S8
Bernhard Wöstheinrich: Keyboards and Electronics
Asaf Sirkis: Drums and Percussion
All music written and performed by Anchor and Burden
Recorded by Arno Jordan at Castle Studios, Röhrsdorf, Germany
Mixed by Stefano Castagna at Ritmo&Blu Studio
Mastered by Lee Fletcher
Produced by Markus Reuter and Alexander Paul Dowerk
Artwork by Ruben Pang, www.rubenpangstudio.com
Graphic Design by Alexander Paul Dowerk
© & ℗ 2022 Reuter, Dowerk, Wöstheinrich, Sirkis
Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
Listen and preorderLearn more(*1983 in Kaiserslautern) is a music producer, composer and touchguitarist from Germany.
The Berlin-based musician combines the sound and energy of modern, progressive metal with the compositorial depth of contempory classical music. The result is a complex and powerful interplay of body and mind.
The U8 Touch Guitar is Alexander's weapon of choice in mastering guitar and bass parts alike. Besides using traditional techniques such as strumming and plucking, Alexander often uses touchstyle-playing to create musical parts that wouldn't be possible to play on other string instruments.
His works display a strong sense of detail and groove with complex rhythmical structures that are often created by layering multiple polyrhythms upon each other.
Dowerk regulary colaborates with local and international musicians. His playing can be heard on several releases of the Unsung Productions and King Crimson surrounding.
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