At this moment Shamall is working passionately on his 25th anniversary album.That's why Shamall
didn't release a new album this year. But the music label "new eye records" re-released Shamall's 2nd album "feeling like a stranger" as a limited edition because of so many inquiries from the fans of this era.
This re-release has been completed with more than 50 minutes previously unreleased bonus material
from the 80's and 90's era.
Available in our new online-shop:
http://www.shamall.com/Shop
Furthermore - from now until the end of January we have special x-mas prices for a lot of our
releases - up to 30% less.
And maybe you would like to discover some nice music from our neighbours in Poland:
1. Riverside "Anno domini high definition" - CD + DVD
2. Quidam "Alone together"
3. Pinkroom "Psychosolstice"
Also available in our online-shop:
http://www.shamall.com/Shop
We wish you merry x-mas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year !!
25.02.2010:
The Webzine "Music Waves", France reviewed the newest Shamall album "Is this human behavior" and recommended it to its audience. Now, they did an interview with Norbert. Below you find the translated version. The original interview is here: Music Waves.
22.11.2009: First review of the new album "Is this human behavior" - click [here]
06.11.2009: New Shamall album "is this human behavior" is coming up on 11/26/09!
On his more recent albums "who do they think they are" to "questions of life" Shamall dealed with dishonest politics or with questions of the meaning of life. With the new concept album "is this human behavior" Shamall addresses himself to social coldness and superficialty of the society.
The 65-minute title theme of the first cd "is this human behavior" shows in a familiar, multi-faceted way with different tension curves, that Norbert Krueler feels musically at home in the psychedelic-progressive era of the seventies and eighties, but without sounding ancient.
But it's not the music itself, which reminds of the well-known musicians of the 70's and 80's - rather the sounds used by Shamall and his inspired way of playing conveys this feeling.
The title theme of the second cd "living incommunicado" goes on with the first cd, but with different melodies and soli. The whole album is another proof, that Shamall is not tired to perfect the work on his musical project.
However, Shamall's 12th album is anything but musical fastfood, which you could listen to only by the way. And as no meaningful speech goes without pathos, Shamall's music is intrinsically tied to pathos as well. But if one likes this kind of music and goes in for musical long tracks, with this album you'll get one's money's worth.
Guest musicians on some tracks are - as on previous shamall releases - Matthias Mehrtens on guitar and Mike Bach on drums.
First sound samples are here.
30.07.2009:
29.06.2009:
"Music, that moves...."
JPF Music Award - 4 nominations for Shamall album "ambiguous points of view"!!
The Just Plain Folks Music Awards started in 1999 as a simple way to recognize the best music submitted by members. JPF Founder Brian Austin Whitney felt the music made by the "other 98%" of the music world often ignored by the mainstream televised music awards shows deserved its own recognition. This year artists from all over the world submitted more than 42.000 music albums and 560K+ songs. No easy job for the 8000 members of the jury, who have to nominee the best albums and songs.
The judging criteria is based around one basic concept: Does the music move you? Shamall seems to move - the band is nominated 4 times in two categories (progressive rock album and progressive rock songs).
For more informations please visit http://www.jpfolks.com
