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Michael Brückner — A Sequence of Colors
(Cyclical Dreams CYD0147, 2025, DL)

by Peter Thelen, Published 2026-02-12

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Michael Brückner is a German electronic music producer who works in many genres, but generally his emphasis is in the Berlin School, ambient and space music styles, and his latest A Sequence of Colours at different times can claim to be any of the above. Since his debut recording in the 1990s he has released close to 90 full length albums, maybe even more that we don’t know about. This one, like The Seven Planes of Dreams that we reviewed about a year ago, is being released on the Argentine Cyclical Dreams label, one of several labels he has worked with since 2011 — prior to that all his work was self-released, mostly CDr or download-only. In fact the music on this release began as two seperate progects around 2007, but both were shelved at the time, only to be revisited and rescued last year after approaching the material with a fresh ear and renewed ideas, adding new elements to what was already in place. The centerpieces of the album are the title tracks “A Sequence of Colours, parts 1-7” and “...parts 8-10,” together covering an expansive 47 minutes of playtime, constantly morphing and shifting gears, always moving forward; those two blocks are separated by a couple tracks called “Sequential Blue” and “Emerald Green,” both shorter, more bouncy and succinct, but the track placement works to the advantage of the longer epic. It sounds like all the pieces were done with synthesizers exclusively, though one will hear some surprising sounds in the mix, especially in “...parts 8-10,” even including what appear to be voices, though only Brückner knows for certain. “Glowing Like Gold” is another shorter piece (if eight-plus minutes can be considered short) before the album closes with “The Builder of Rainbows,” which approaches thirteen minutes, and certainly lives up to its title. For folks who appreciate excellent sequenced synth music in the vein of historic Tangerine Dream, A Sequence of Colours should get you there. The album, as a download, is 82 minutes in length and also available in both a single CDr (with seven minutes less playing time) and double CDr editions. 

Filed under: New releases, 2025 releases

Related artist(s): Michael Brückner

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