Organisation: All About Jazz (Print, Online)

Country: USA

Published: 2011-10-22

Article: Keyboardist Stefan Oberthaler explores creative possibilities of Nu Jazz on latest release

The creative possibilities of jazz are still being explored. That Stefan Oberthaler should name his new album Journey Man has a deeper meaning. As a musician, Oberthaler is an adventurer, one who is fearless in stitching together old and new elements of jazz for experiments in reinventing pop music for the 21st century.

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Organisation: Jazzcorner (Print, Online)

Country: USA

Published: 2011-08-01

Article: Stefan Oberthaler expands jazz`s creative scope on visionary new album

His nickname, Keyminator, has the ominous ring of a science-fiction villain, but there is nothing apocalyptic about Stefan Oberthaler’s cross-pollination of lounge music, electronica, and funk.

On his latest album Journey Man, Oberthaler comes across as a visionary; his futurist take on jazz reflects progressive European sensibilities but it is much more soulful and heartfelt than most genre-bending experiments.

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Organisation: House Nation Radio (syndicated – 30 stations) / Broken Records

Country: France

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: very good funk track, we love it

 

 

Organisation: Epsilon Trax / Proton Radio

Country: Greece

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: wowzers at the production, it sounds gorilla!!

 

 

Organisation: Music Concierge Limited (Music Supervision)

Country: England

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: Fantastic. A really great production sound. Love it!

 

 

Organisation: The Sunday Alternative – Ambersound FM

Country: England

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: Great stuff. I am fammiliar with the artists and his work. Fresh as it comes.

 

 

Organisation: 8 Monthly Radio Shows: Nice 102.3 FM / House Nation Radio

Country: France

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: Excellent release. Love it. FULL SUPPORT !!!

 

 

Organisation: Abicah Soul Recodings

Country: USA (Chicago)

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: this takes you on journey.love it

 

 

Organisation: ZYX Music / Nova Radio

Country: Germany

Favourite Track: Re_Touch

Comments: really nice one

 

 

Organisation: Prescription / musicandpower

Country: USA (Chicago)

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: Great Vibes here!!!! I will be programing this.

 

 

Organisation: Soul District Radio Show – Syndicated 30+ Stations

Country: Switzerland

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: nice nu-jazz ep….fresh

 

 

Organisation: Emstream

Country: Australia

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: I never thought I’d get what was at the end, at the beginning. Another very enjoyable and varied release.

 

 

Organisation: Cyberjamz Radio / What Is Hip

Country: USA

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: Love the music. Great job.

 

 

Organisation: WHCR 90.3 FM (New York) / Virgin Music Store NY

Country: USA (New York)

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: Really great grooves on this.

 

 

Organisation: Distant People Mix Show / Foliage / Seamless

Country: England

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: great groove ! funk sound ! move is really cool would love to hear a house mix of this!

 

 

Organisation: Berlin FM

Country: Germany

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: Downloading for BLN.FM radio, Berlin

 

 

Organisation: Rodon FM 95

Country: Greece

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: I like a lot the downtempo chilled nu jazz moments

”Re-Wine” and ”Re-Touch”. Mellow broken beat sound of ”Moment”

with Marina Trost on vocals is another highlight of this long player.

 

 

Organisation: ibiza Sonica FM (Program Director) / Balearia

Country: Spain (Ibiza)

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: cool package, like the Moment track too but Re-wire good for daytime sets.

 

 

Organisation: PMB / Soulstar / Onethirty

Country: Argentina

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: Nice for filling up the lounge with a good atmosphere!

This is music with a soul, congrats! Leo Portela

 

 

Organisation: Grooveland Music / 99 FM

Country: Brazil

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: Dope release. Really nice.

 

 

Organisation: Volcano Radio / 0fm / Mu Bar

Country: New Zealand

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: Quality beats .. eclectic smooth and full of good vibez for the listeners…

 

 

Organisation: Altzmusica /Bear Funk / DFA

Country: Japan

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: Big grand outlook on the universe!

 

Organisation: Ibiza Soulstice Music/ Hotel Pacha / Cafe del Mar

Country: Spain

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: excellent, love it;)

 

 

Organisation: Below Zero Radio / Thump / Energy 92.7 FM (San Franzisco)

Country: USA

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: awesome wrapped up in cool funky and fun! dig it.

 

 

Organisation: Tilos Radio FM90.3 / Jazz Drive On Pulse Radio / Freelance Reviewer

Country: Hungary

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: niiiice smooth pieces with constant qulaity

 

 

Organisation: Bugz In The Attic / RBMA Radio / The G++dness

Country: USA

Favourite Track: Re_Touch

Comments: Yes really feeling the musical production on this

especially on “Re-Touch”…sounds of some future jazz

 

 

Name: Corin Arnold (ed2000)

Organisation: Solar Lounge / Spindler+Klatt / BLN.FM / Dangerous Drums

Country: Germany

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: classy release ! full support . very nice . and the diversity of styles brought together. yes!

 

 

Organisation: KUSF 90. 3 FM (San Francisco) / XLR8R / ForwardEver Blog / Umoja HiFi

Country: USA

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: Rewire has a nice flow, like a jazzier Ulrich Schnauss – good track

 

 

Organisation: Radio Three Sixty / Three Sixty Records

Country: USA (San Francisco)

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: Good production, Re-wire is my fav of the EP.

 

 

Organisation: Giant Step / Wheel Up

Country: USA (New York)

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: “move” is gonna get those boogie butts in motion

 

 

Organisation: CD Pool | JT Music Media Man | Summer Soulstice

Country: England

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: Some very cool cuts here from your man Keyminator,

Crossing broken beat, electronic and elements of jazz fusion to

make a qulaity, if very specialist release. Remix of Moment ft.

Marina Trost probably the most complete of the quartet of tracks on offer.

 

 

Organisation: Compost / Worldwide Various

Country: England

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: love it, great track, other tracks also great

 

 

Organisation: smoothbeats.com / Simone’s / Neo / Vocalo.org 89.5fm

Country: USA

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: Great vibes.. plush sound. JDLP

 

 

Organisation: One Summer Web Radio

Country: France (Bordeaux)

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: thank you for this good tracks . Good vibes for my

radio, i will play them on my playlist . It’s deep music, it’s all i love .

 

 

Organisation: Chi Recordings / MR2 Hungarian National Radio

Country: Hungary (Budapest)

Favourite Track: Re_Touch

Comments: nice pack althought not 100% into the vocal tunes…

 

 

Organisation: Just Chillin weekly radio show on Fresh 92.7

Country: Australia

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: I love the pace and layers in this one

 

Organisation: Strictly House Sessions: SSRadio UK + 6 other stations

Country: England (London)

Favourite Track: Moment feat. Marina Trost (Remix)

Comments: a must-have track, cheers!!!

 

 

Organisation: Up And Down Radio Show / 103.2 Dublin City FM

Country: Ireland

Favourite Track: Re_Touch

Comments: Very different

 

 

Organisation: Whiskey Pickle / Hypersonic Radio / KROX 101.5FM

Country: USA (Austin)

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: nice tunes will support

 

 

Organisation: In Control Radio Show (Push FM – weekly /

DeepVibes – monthly)

Country: Germany (Berlin)

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: Already told Stefan how much i love the slamming

Funk of ‘Move’…. the whole Album is Top Notch!!

 

 

Organisation: Deeper Music Blog (reviewer)

Country: Norway (Oslo)

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: beautyful! full support – LOVE IT!

 

 

Organisation: Children Of House Radio Show / Paris One Deeper webradio

Country: France (Paris)

Favourite Track: Re_Touch

Comments: I Love this Release so deep and ambient FOR LISTEN

ON THE BEACH !!! SO DEEP JAZZY AND AMBIENT

 

 

Organisation: Radio Campus

Country: Belgium

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: a very nice release indeed! with the re-wire track as a

favourite one! will play on my weekly radio show cheers!

 

 

Organisation: Innacty Radio

Country: England

Favourite Track: Move feat. Mariko Kiyose

Comments: An extremely good EP. All the tracks offer a playable

real good vibe. I would be happy to air any of these. Wish you all

the best, J www.innacityfm.com

 

 

Organisation: For The Love Radio Show (MyHouseYourHouse)

Country: England

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: Nice release. I’m particulalry feeling Re-wire wth its

squelchy synth bass & amazing keys in the latter parts of the track.

Top stuff. Will probably feature in the early part of my next radio

show.

 

 

Organisation: Dubmission Radioshow (WYEP FM) – weekly

Country: USA (Philadelphia)

Favourite Track: Re_Touch

Comments: Well structured compositions from Stefan, Re_Touch &

the remix of Moment my favorites of the four. Looking forward to

hearing the other tracks from the release.

 

 

Organisation: Friday Night Session on KUSF 90.3 FM / Ubiquity Records

Country: USA (San Francisco)

Favourite Track: Re_Touch

Comments: interesting stuff – will def play Re-Touch on the radio show

 

 

Organisation: RBMA Austria / Play FM / Soul Seduction

Country: Austria

Website: www.soulseduction.com

Favourite Track: Re_Wire

Comments: Yeah, quite like this. Different and nicely for it. Really like re_wire.

 

 

Organisation: Smugglers Inn Radio (MyHouseYourHouse + podcast) / Bergerac

Country: England (Nottingham)

Favourite Track: Re_Touch

Comments: Really nice musical stuff. Am more into the 2

instrumentals but all track well put together. Will support on my

show.

 

 

Organisation: Skug (Print, Online)

Country: Austria

Published: 2008-04-13

Article: Stefan Oberthaler aka Keyminator

Weniger ist mehr. In diesem Fall dezente Barmusik, erinnert mich zuerst an die genialen Linzer Monochrome Bleu (lange her). Minimale Mittel müssen reichen i. e. fundierte Kompositionen und Arrangements beherrschen ein entsprechend programmiertes Keyboard. Sehr stimmungsvolle, aber auch sehr ruhige Stücke mit Frauenstimmen (anscheinend alles Marina Trost) wechseln mit schelmischen Klangabenteuern.

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Organisation: MusikVonHier.at (Online)

Country: Austria

Published: 2008-03-21

Article: Die MusikVonHier Redaktion berichtet

Als Stefan Oberthaler eine Fotoausstellung eines französischen Fotografen über Vulkane besuchte, inspirierte ihn dies eine musikalische Reihe namens „Ouf Of The Vulcano“ zu starten. Mit „Watchtower“ fiel der Startschuss des Projekts, welches jetzt mit „Landscapes“ seine Fortsetzung findet. Wieder unter dem Künstlernamen Stefan Oberthaler aka Keyminator und mit Hilfestelung der Sängerin Marina Trost warten neun Kompositionen mit innovativen Klängen und Soundstrukturen darauf entdeckt zu werden. „Es ist wichtig für mich musikalische Momente zu kreieren, die einen unweigerlich berühren, bewegen und mit der Zeit wachsen“, so der Absolvent der Jazz-Universität Linz.

 

 

Organisation: future-music.net (Online)

Country: Germany

Published: 2006-02-01

Article: Keyminator feat. Marina Trost – Watchtower

Unter dem Titel “Watchtower” präsentiert Stefan Oberthaler aka Keyminator die erste Production aus der Reihe “out of the volcano”.

Jazzmusik und Improvisation sind die treibende und zugleich spannende Kraft seines musikalischen Kosmos. Watchtower widmet sich zusätzlich noch dem Thema Breakbeat, das den Bogen von Downbeat über 2Step bis zu Drum’n'Bass spannt.

“Bei Watchtower treffen elektronische Downbeats auf ungewöhnliche harmonische Strukturen, um sich dann in einem Drum’n'Bass Gewitter zu entladen, wobei das improvisatorische Element nie verloren geht.”

Als besonders wertvoll bezeichnet Stefan Oberthaler aka Keyminator die Zusammenarbeit mit der Sängerin Marina Trost, die mit ihrer Stimme drei Stücken die nötige Musikalität und Präsenz verleiht.

Neun Tracks befinden sich auf der CD. Für Fans der entspannten Beats eine schöne CD.