DER PROPHET

Electronic Pop was the musical goal of the Berlin School musician Rolf Trostel on his third album, which

was released in the same year as its predecessor "Two Faces'. "Der Prophet' is the culmination of this

phase of Trostel's oeuvre, which was tightly coupled to the PPG Wave Computer. As on his previous

releases, the sonic peculiarities and clanking sounds of wavetable synthesis are emphasized. Yet here

they are obviously more interlinked with the rhythm computer, the Minimoog solo synthesizer and the

analog string synth. Additionally, Trostel spatially layered the sounds with different amounts of reverb,

which gives the sound the necessary depth for electronic pop and especially emphasizes dry effect

sounds. Compared to the previous albums, simpler sequencer lines with less layering provide for a more

airy sound.