Artist
Cryptic Scenery
41 releases · 13 collaborators · 13 labels
- Date active
- 1997 – 2025
- Relevance
- High, strong ties with the core dub techno cluster
Bio
cryptic scenery is the main music outlet of the German musician Christian H. Sötemann. It has existed in a group line-up from 1994 to 2003 and a duo line-up from 2009 to 2012. During all other periods, cryptic scenery has essentially been a one-man project.
The music varies in style, but could roughly be characterized as oscillating between mostly dark(er), atmospheric Art-Rock/Pop, Ambient, formalist minimalism and Drone. cryptic scenery has released a number of CDs, CD-Rs, Tapes, Vinyl and digital releases since mid-1995.
The music varies in style, but could roughly be characterized as oscillating between mostly dark(er), atmospheric Art-Rock/Pop, Ambient, formalist minimalism and Drone. cryptic scenery has released a number of CDs, CD-Rs, Tapes, Vinyl and digital releases since mid-1995.
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Cryptic Scenery (Artist)
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- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 2013 – 2015
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 2003 – 2004
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 2008 – 2011
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2015
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2010
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2021
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2010
- Releases: 2 Relevance: high Active: 2005 – 2007
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2007
- Releases: 10 Relevance: low Active: 2001 – 2011
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2019
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1999
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2009