COUNTER-WORLD EXPERIENCE

Since their founding in 2001, CWE have been raising the bar in the progressive music world. The band brings Meshuggah-Style grooves together with Pat Metheny-like textures, mixes them with electronic sound fragments to create a delicacy of sound, for all of those, feel bored by mainstream prog. The musicians Benjamin Schwenen (guitars, guitar-synth), Sebastian Hoffmann (bass) and Thorsten Harnitz (drums) presented their calling card with their demo-Album „Always Home“ and quickly began garnering recognition in the progressive scene for their sound and creative expressionism. With their debut album „Fraktal“ (2005) and the following output „Leaving Lotus“ (2007), the international press began to take notice, and CWE became regarded as one of the driving points in the Jazz-Metal movement. After many concerts at such prestigious locations as for example the Burg Herzberg Festival or the Frankfurt Music Fair, CWE compiled a self-conscious to be able to share the stage with some of read more...