All music composed, jammed and produced by Remy Stroomer.
Co-produced by Ewout Koek.
Guitar on Ages played by Curly Quazar.

Recorded by Remy @ AKH Studios, Haarlem, 22 April – 16 June 2003 except:
- Ages, recorded at Joe’s Motorcycle Repair & AKH Studios, 13 – 18 June 2003.
- Mystral, recorded and mixed by Remy @ AKH Studios, 23 November 2002.

.... erinnert Ihr Euch noch an diese packende Atmosphäre von Klaus Schulze´s Crystal Lake ?? Mit DisConnected , dem Nachfolgewerk von Connected ist es Remy gelungen , solch eine Atmosphäre in seinem eigenen Stil wiederzugeben . Echt klasse und sehr beeindruckend !!
Also Kopfhörer auf und geniessen :-)) Meiner Meinung nach gehören Connected und DisConnected zusammen . Wer eine von beiden noch nicht hat, sollte die fehlende unbedingt kaufen ...... und wer beide noch nicht hat ? ..... versäumt gute Musik.
Beide CDs sind unbedingt zu empfehlen !!

February 2007. Uwe Saße
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July 2004. Mark Morton / Wind And Wire
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This CD from 2003 features 75 minutes of energetic electronic music.
Remy Stroomer is joined on one track by Curly Quazar on guitar.
Delicate keyboards describe playful melodies cut in a fusion of contemporary electronic and classical music styles. Lilting chords prance with congenial pride, laced with crisp E-perc that almost functions as auxiliary notes instead of rhythms. Slowly, the beats adopt their position as tempo guidance, allowing the synthesizers to escalate into more lavish cycles. These cycles deviate with satisfying variations, questing for more velocity and alternate direction. Earlier patterns return to dog the ongoing sonic evolution, goading the flow to more energetic vibrancy. And that's just the first track.
Wavery chords usher in the next tune, rising and falling like a chugging piston. The pattern expands, widening its scope across the keyboard as if questing for a larger sonic panorama. Crystalline notes enter the flow, peppering the melody with sugary embellishment like glass chimes dancing in a languid breeze.
The next track explores the use of deeper sounds, notes tinged with a romantic edge (and highly reminiscent of early Nineties Klaus Schulze). The tone is sober and pensive for a while, gradually gaining girth and power. Shimmering sequencing emerges to dominate the flow. Distant textures strive in vain to commandeer the mix, but the main thread remains steadfast and victorious. Eventually, E-perc rises to assist these invading riffs, coaxing pep into the melody with snappy rhythms. Enter the electric guitar: its soft squeal accreting body until its outcry is searing with rock-out sensibilities.
A soft piece follows, generating a heavenly starscape with twinkling notes amid a somber texture.
Swooping electronics evoke a descending mist of mystical demeanor for the next track. Comfortably durable rhythms creep in along with shrill chords that sustain with mysterious potency. Slowly, these sparkling tonalities saturate the melody.
The harmonics possess a lively bounciness that persists undaunted in these long-form compositions, and Remy makes excellent use of this upbeat ambience.
A companion CD called "Connected" exists, featuring more of Remy's enticing compositions.

2004. Matt Howarth / Sonic Curiosity
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"Disconnected is more outstanding e-music from Remy Stroomer, recording as Remy. It is on AKH Records, distributed by Groove Unlimited.

With Mastering by Ron Boots, this disc has instant heritage. With Remy's strong discography, it also has instant credibility. All of the acclaim is richly deserved. This set presents a very strong adventure in focused listening. Remy's nuances and subtle techniques belie the dynamic soundscapes and deep atmospheres. The compositions are juxtapositions as Remy builds atmospheres from his sequences and experimental sounds.

While the CD is totally electronic, it sounds natural and casual. It takes a special talent like Remy to make that happen!

2004. Jim Brenholts
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The first CD of this 2 part set. Disconnected contains music form Remy's "The Art of Imagination" till 2003. The CD style can be best described as spacey, ambient and mysterious. The CD contains some nice sequences and compositions. Also some nice rhythms and tempo are filling your ears. Sometimes Remy goes more to the romantic side, creates very intense soundscapes. Remy creates clear, crystal sounds. The track duration is around 15 minutes for each track which gives the music enough time to create a nice atmosphere. If you like the older work of Schulze, then you are going to like this CD also.

Sven Cipido / Electron
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By joining emotional melodies, with a certain melancholy, mysterious air, with elements from Synth-Pop and from a Space Sequencer Music with certain Analogic touches, Remy succeeds in creating a soundscape of a great beauty indeed. The music is very intense, with romantic and also solemn traits, yet without falling into an excessive sweetness. Although there are some slow passages, most of the music has a good rhythm, with a prevalence of the sequencers in the rhythmic structures.

Edgar Kogler / Amazing Sounds
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De Nederlanders Ewout Koek en Remy Stroomer zijn de partners in crime. De eerste liep met het idee rond muziek uit te brengen, de tweede zag als geluidskunstenaar graag zijn werk gereleasd. De twee ontmoeten elkaar op de hogeschool en van het een kwam het ander. In 1999 bracht het Akh label van Koek de eerste twee cd-r's van Remy uit.

En nu luisteren we naar de nummers drie en vier uit de Akh catalogus en tevens uit de Remy discografie. 'Disconnect' bevat nummers die Stroomer de afgelopen drie jaar componeerde en 'Connect' is gevuld met recent werk. De twee schijfjes staan vol lang uitgesponnen geluidsexploraties. Remy creëert met ambient en voorzichtige aanzetten tot elektronische ritmes een klanktapijt opgetrokken uit pastel tinten met hier een daar een kloddertje kleur. Maar pasteltinten zijn zo saai, het is allemaal te vlak, te veel muzak, of zijn we gewoon niet onderlegd genoeg om zijn muziek te begrijpen? In een goedgemutste bui houden we het op een uitgeklede, minimalistische ambient versie van Pink Floyd.

Tom / L'entrepôt
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Eerst was er DisConnected, en later gelukkig Connected. Dat klinkt als een gelukkig verhaal en komt mooi overeen met de etherische, kristalheldere en onversneden gelukkige klanken van de 25-jarige producer Remy Stroomer uit Haarlem. Niet verwonderlijk dat zijn muziek nogal eens in new-age lijsten te vinden is. Remy heeft zich omringd met een batterij aan keyboards zoals het grote voorbeeld Klaus Schulze en doet gewoon zijn eigen ding: de eigen dromen, gevoelens, gedachten en ervaringen aan de luisteraar overbrengen. Dat gebeurt in tracks die gemiddeld een kwartier duren, met gelukzalig repeterende synthesizergolven waar dan nog een warme saus van dartele synthriedeltjes overheen smelt. Het verschil tussen de twee platen is me overigens nog steeds niet duidelijk.

Arjan van Sorge / NPI
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Hopefully you'll all remember the excellent track that Remy Stroomer & Ewout Koek (AKA Remy) contributed to one of the "Sequences" CD's back in 2001, shortly after the release of their album on Groove "The Art Of Imagination" which showed a talent at work that still had a way to go to fulfill it's promise.

These two albums come separately but, in their nigh-on identical gatefold sleeves are obviously meant to be seen as an entity in themselves. The only problem with that is that while "Disconnected" is a pretty fine album "Connected" seems lackluster, plodding &, just to compound matters, each track is far too long for it's own good with the opening "Ou Sont Les Femmes?" being the first offender. It initially seems quite promising as Remy's approach to sound is similar to that of 80s/90s Klaus Schulze but he also makes the mistake of making this gently rhythmic track as dull & as repetitious as many of Schulze's later works were, clocking in at just over the half hour mark.
It's a shame as some of the old-school analogue leads are well used & it's obvious that Remy has a way of working that, if used to it's full potential could well make his music easily recognizable in the current EM market.
It's a problem which crops up throughout as all the tracks show promise, including a nice atmospheric feel to "All Together" (that actually resembles Schulze's "Dreams" from 1987) but the unchanging nature of this sequenced track mean that this promise is never fulfilled.
The latter rhythmic elements add a touch of impetus but it's too little too late while much the same can be said of "Ended Traditions".
The closing "The Missing Part" is, at 8 minutes far more manageable & the fact that "Disconnected" is made up of these shorter tracks is one of the reasons why this is the more enjoyable offering of the two.
Not only that but the promise that "Connected" showed is realized far more in this case with tracks such as "Ego-Trip" & "Mystral", where the rhythms gradually gain the ascendancy in tandem with cutting synth leads, prove themselves far more action-packed offerings which allows the music to really shine while the cosmic "Stars" proves that this method of working also works well for more serene pieces. Even the 17 minute "Ages" gets it spot on as, again, everything just gels so perfectly with the cutting synth leads being backed up by Curly Quazar's hot guitar licks.

It's odd that twin albums by one artist could be so different in terms of quality & whilst it's almost inevitable that anyone who buys one album will probably but both the best bet is to listen to "Disconnected" first & then "Connected".

2004. Carl Jenkinson
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The "musical twin" to CONNECTED, this album is a wee bit more spacey as the tracks are a bit longer. Remy's use of VCS3 and Memorymoog really flashes you back to the glory days when the music was looser and free of pre-programmed/ computer controls. DISCONNECTED is "real cool".

Archie Patterson / Eurock
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'Space is the place' is het devies van Remy. 'Connected' en 'Disconnected' zijn twee verschillende cd's vol met spacy synthi klanken, zoals eigenlijk alleen Klaus Schulze dat kan. Remy (overigens niet te verwarren met zijn techno naamgenoot) klinkt warm, melancholiek en melodieus en weet met z'n composities te imponeren. De muziek wordt vaker vergeleken met Schulze, maar dat vind hij vast niet erg. Wij ook niet.

Bob Rusche / Boudisque
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Remy is a relatively new name in electronic music. It all started in 1999 when this former student sonology released the double CD-R "Exhibition Of Dreams" which received a lot of positive reactions. The interesting thing about his music was that it followed the footsteps of Klaus Schulze but not necessarily the "old" Schulze but the more recent. It also led to contact with Groove Unlimited and in 2000 he released the album "The Art Of Imagination" on that label. This record became a success, winning the third price in the category "Best newcomer electronic music" at the German "Schwingungen-Festival" in 2001.

The two twin-albums "DisConnected" and "Connected" shows us a Remy who has matured in his music and who has developed a style of his own. And an impressive style it is. Using both classic instruments like the VCS3 (I and II) and the Memorymoog as well as modern equipment, he brings us music that will appeal to a lot of electronic music fans.
He combines excellent sequences, great atmospheres, well-constructed rhythms and nice solos. A great example of this is the track "Ages" from "DisConnected" which shows Curly Quazar on electric guitar. Remy is a master of the sequence: "The Missing Part" from "Connected" clearly indicates this.

Remy, a relatively new name in electronic music but it's a rising force.

2003. Press information
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