Biography
or Ramp is a collective of German musicians, making music in the vein of the Berlin school of electronic music. Core members Frank Makowski and Steve Parsick are joined by Lambert Ringlage and Martina Fantar in various studio and concert sessions. For their latest release "Ceasing to Exist" they teamed up with Markus Reuter
Etienne Gris provided this disciption for the official website:
Basically, the motivation behind and all the projects the musicians are involved in is mere fun. Trying to blur the borders between musical genres is one goal, opening their listeners´ minds for other forms of music and musical presentation is another. This has become a rather difficult thing to do as they were originally billed as "Germany´s reply to England´s Radio Massacre International" by their record company. And even though their two albums share some similarities with releases from groups like RMI, REDSHIFT or NODE who are drawing heavily from the Berlin School background of Germany´s 1970s cosmic music, have always tried to go beyond these stylistic boundaries by incorporating elements from ambient music as well as from Drum´n´Bass, Trip-Hop, Industrial or Gothic music. Their influences are varied, the EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN, THROBBING GRISTLE, DEPECHE MODE, COIL and FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY are quite as important to them as are DEAD CAN DANCE, PORTISHEAD, LIGHTWAVE, RECOIL, RADIOHEAD, GARY NUMAN, ARVO PÄRT, ROBERT RICH, BRIAN ENO, BJORK, METALLICA, MICHAEL STEARNS, STEVE ROACH, SOUNDGARDEN, NODE, APHEX TWIN, VANGELIS, AUDIOSLAVE, KRAFTWERK, TOOL, NINE INCH NAILS, SIGUR ROS, SPK, LUSTMORD, BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE, MOTORHEAD, JEAN MICHEL JARRE, TANGERINE DREAM, KLAUS SCHULZE, THE DOORS or PINK FLOYD. Creating a synthesis of styles and influences is their ultimate goal, reaching audiences beyond narrow circles entrenched by stylistic boundaries. "Being unpredictable is the main thing," Stephen says, "those attending our concerts or buying our albums mustn´t be able to tell exactly what´s going to happen".
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