Jürgen Müller

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In 1979, Jürgen Müller, a self-taught amateur musician studying oceanic science at the University of Kiel, travelled with a film crew to document a mission testing sea-water toxicity a few kilometres offshore in the North Sea. As ever, necessity was the mother of invention, and the experience proved so memorable that he was impelled to create a soundtrack to the footage and his own recollections using some electronic equipment borrowed from friends and a local school. Armed with nothing but a faint memory of piano lessons as a child and - perhaps to be expected for a German student in 1979 - some awareness of (undisclosed) avant-garde electronic composers from the early '70s, Jürgen set about creating this lush suite of twelve marine-themed vignettes, plainly channeling his thoughts, moods and emotions into what could be quite easily called a prototypical, deliciously frothy form of "New Age" music. It simultaneously triggered ambitions of becoming a film composer and lead to the creation of his publishing company - Neue Wissenschaft. He wrote the album in his spare time off from studying between 1981-82, finally releasing an edition of 100 copies which largely ended up in the hands of friends and family, with only a few reaching prospective clients and relegating it to the sea of privately pressed synth music. The titles such as 'Traumfolge Einer Qualle (Dream Sequence for a Jellyfish)', 'Unter Weiten Welden (Vast Worlds Beneath)' and 'Einsame Reise (Lonely Voyage)' alrea

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Science of the Sea

Science Of The Sea LP

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Science of the Sea WEB

The Encyclopedia of Civilizations vol. 1: Egypt

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Insound Vinyl Newsletter Mixtape 8.18

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Flutes - Relaxation & Meditation: Celtic Whistles, Native American Kokopelli, European Flute (Instrumental)

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Science Of The Sea | Digitalis

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Science Of The Sea [Remastered]

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Celtic - Braveheart

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Science Of The Sea LP (Digitalis, 2011)

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The Encyclopedia of Civilizations Vol.1: Egypt

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The Ad Hoc Comp

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