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Joel Vandroogenbroeck

Belgian pianist and flutist (born 25 August 1938 in Brussels, Belgium; died 23 December 2019 in Arlesheim, Switzerland) was a Belgian multi-instrumentalist and founder, and only long-time member, of experimental rock band Brainticket.

Belgian pianist and flutist (born 25 August 1938 in Brussels, Belgium; died 23 December 2019 in Arlesheim, Switzerland) was a Belgian multi-instrumentalist and founder, and only long-time member, of experimental rock band Brainticket.

Members: Brainticket
Celestial Ocean
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* 1973s brilliant Celestial Ocean, by the legendary Swiss krautrock band Brainticket, is a concept album that details an ancie…
Psychonaut
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Joel moved to Italy after the death of the guitarist who participated in the previous album, and produced this second album …
Cottonwoodhill
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Brainticket is a psychedelic/acid rock group formed in Switzerland by Belgian-born keyboardist Joel Vandroogenbrock. Their d…
L'Immagine Del Suono
Big Tip! Joel Vandroogenbroeck was an arranger, conductor, producer and, above all, a unique multi-instrumentalist in the world of music. The Belgian artist was also famous for being the only permanent member of the group Brainticket and the main pro…
Images Of Flute In Nature
*In process of stocking* Brainticket was an obscure Krautrock band born out of a 60's jazz group featuring Belgian born keyboardist Joel Vandroogenbroeck, based in Switzerland. The leader went for a fortunate solo career after the former group disban…
Adventure
Released in 1980 but apparently recorded at some point in the mid-'70s, before Brainticket disbanded, Adventure sounds like the results of an all-night jam session caught on tape and sliced somewhat arbitrarily into songs. All the tunes have very sim…
Voyage
"Voyage starts off with some strange, electronic, circus like music, before the band starts playing gamelan. After that, then the electric piano, clavinet, and synthesizers kick in, and it sounds very 1970s. Then it gets really strange with the elect…
Zürich/Lausanne
*2022 stock* "Electronic music pioneers Brainticket release titled Zürich/Lausanne is a two disc set highlighting two concerts from 1983 and 1984. The Zürich concert was recorded at the Computer and Musik Symposium on February 4, 1983 and features th…
Celestial Ocean
*2022 stock* Brainticket have almost completely abandoned the rock orientation that they presented in songs such as 'Waching You', 'Places of Light', 'Black Sand', 'Like a Place in the Sun' and 'Coco Mary', with the single exception being the track '…
Psychonaut
*2022 stock* Psychonaut is more relaxed and has far less electronic elements than either Brainticket's first record, Cottonwoodhill, or the album that followed, Celestial Ocean. Though the record is more straightforward and song-oriented, it still ha…
Cottonwoodhill
A limited edition re-issue of the legendary 1971 debut album by Brainticket that is widely considered a landmark psychedelic masterpiece!
Far View (LP)
Far View is a compilation of tracks from Joel Vandroogenbroeck’s series of library music releases for the Coloursound label — a uniquely trippy catalog of music vignettes long overdue for their day in the library music sun, remastered from the origin…
The Vintage Anthology 1971-1980
The fist ever Brainticket box set featuring 4 discs of these krautrock genius’s critically adored early ‘70s albums plus rare singles and live recordings, some of which have never been available on the commercial market – until now! Packaged in a …
The Coloursound Box
Edition of 500 numbered copies, At long last, the first ever CD release of Brainticket founder Joel Vandroogenbroeck’s much sought after Coloursound recordings presented in a limited edition 18CD box set! These rare recordings were released anonymous…
Biomechanoid
2015 limited repress. Biomechanoid is the classic 1980 album by composer and flutist Joel Vandroogenbroeck. It’s 1980, in Munich, Germany, upstart production music label Coloursound Library releases their debut album. Capitalising on the success of R…
Meditations Vol. 1 - 2
The 2 LP in bundle, originally released in the early 1980s on Coloursound (the German library-music label) a combination of exotic instruments, woodwinds, synthesizers, and early digital techniques, the albums present a futuristic landscape that stil…
Meditations Vol. 2
The story continues.. A few months Aguirre released Joel Vandroogenbroeck’s first solo effort Biomechanoid, an outstanding dark electronic ambient album. Now we present his two Meditations albums. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. In these library music albums the …
Meditations Vol. 1
A few months Aguirre released Joel Vandroogenbroeck’s first solo effort Biomechanoid, an outstanding dark electronic ambient album. Now we present his two Meditations albums. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. In these library music albums the emphasis lies on his f…
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