Biography
Balduin was born in Bern, Switzerland in December 1978. He wrote his first song at the tender age of 8. As a teenager he formed his first band. He learned to play the swiss dulcimer "Hackbrett" and later on guitar.
In 2001 he got a music contract with Crippled Dick Hot Wax! from Berlin and released his first international album "Creative Cookery".
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In general it's hard to find the right words for the music of Balduin. Even journalists don't find often the right words. Some of them say: A creative cookery with a drop of alchemy and nostalgic mellotronic ingredients. A meltdown of film music & psychedelic audiophilatelies. Other describes the music as this: High quality laid back electronica with nice jazz flavours. Well mixed and high technical quality combined with some talented and tastefull artistry provides for a refreshing and comfortable listening experience. Elements of many different genres, ranging from jazz, psychedelic baroque, electropop to downtempo.
DISCOGRAPHY OF BALDUIN
Creative Cookery (Crippled Dick Hot Wax!/2001)
Choose Cheese (Crippled Dick Hot Wax!/2002)
Balduin (Crippled Dick Hot Wax!/2004)
Rainbow Tapes (everestrecords.ch/2009)
Balduin «4» (Balduin/2010)
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