COLOURS OF LIFE is out now! iTunes: http://goo.gl/tKqZ9m They played as only local group on the 3-day pop festival in Aachen. It was a tremendous success.
He’s been around for quite a while – back in 1970 he was the musical leader of a rock band called „Truss“. Pink Floyd was the headliner on the last day. Deep Purple, Caravan, Can, Amon Düül, and, and, and...played during these sunny summer days. Charly McLion – his family name is Büchel (with this german „u“-umlaut) - was also member of the first band in Aachen who had a single back in the sixtie
s. The name of this band was „Cave Dwellers“. Charly McLion played all kinds of music – Rock, Folk, Blues (touring with Blues-Legend „Champion Jack Dupree“), R&B, Soul, New Wave. He composed music for films, jingles and video productions. For a movie production showing a birth he played only acoustic guitar for the soundtrack. In the late eighties he met Robert Schröder who had already produced a few electronic LPs. Schröder (who named himself „Dreamstar“) and Charly McLion formed the Electronic-Duo „Double Fantasy“. The only CD they made was called „Universal Ave.“. Listeners of the german cult radio programm for electronic music „Schwingungen“ (Vibrations) elected „Universal Ave.“ in 1994 as second best CD of all times in the category eM. Jean Michel Jarre came in first. Even today a lot of people all over the world remember the CD and the guitar playing of Charly McLion. Double Fantasy had some problems with their record company. Finally the Duo broke up. Charly McLion played his new electronic music during the next few years only for film or video productions. In 1997 he had a project with the dutch keyboarder and composer Bert Bosch. They made a production called „Soft Travel“ but they could not get the record deal they wanted for it. „Soft Travel“ will finally be issued in the course of 2001 on the label „Kingfisher“. In the fall of 2000 Charly McLion found some time and inspiration to put his solo-CD „Nature of the Universe“ together. This production is superb. You can hear the influences on his musical life during more than thirty years. Rich in melodies, textures and sounds it brings back to the listener the unique guitar playing of Charly McLion. The music is groovy, relaxing and refreshing. Music to feel well while listening to it. After the worldwide recognition for this CD he continued to work on several musical projects shifting more in the direction of production and composing. The styles were from Worldmusic to Trance - Nature Dreams is a gem with a selction of soothing melodies and soft rhythms. Music to relax and float.
14/01/2023
Aus dem Jahr 2004 - Entwurf für CD Cover und Inlaycard - Eine Produktion mit Agentur Walter Holl und Artwork Norbert Lösche. - Die Musikbranche war im Umbruch - Raubkopieren gehörte zum guten Ton. - Damals konnten wir kein Label finden, dass vertragsbereit war.
16/12/2022
Habe gerade das Video unseres Auftritts von 2001 noch einmal entdeckt. Die CD "Nature of the Universe", auf der dieses Stück in einer Studiofassung ist, wird immer noch verkauft.
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