Ecstasy
Deuter, one of the first artists on theKuckuck  Schallplattenlabel, has thirteen titles on Kuckuck Schallplatten, as  well as the musical score of a picture poem released on theMonteVideolabel entitledThe Petrified Forest. They offer  his unique uplifting melodies played on flute, guitar and synthesizer,  blended with the sounds of nature. His creations incorporate a lightness of  spirit, depth of vision, and a musical medley of East and West.Deuter  himself is a product of both East and West. He was born in 1945, in a small  village of post-war Germany. As a child, he learned flute and taught  himself guitar and harmonica. As a young adult, he worked as a graphic  designer and newspaper columnist in Munich, but the musical drive within  him persisted.Eckart Rahn, a young record producer at that time,  recognized Deuter's talents, and in 1971 released his first recording,D, on the then fledgling Kuckuck label.Deuter began to go into  the mountains to record birds, water and wind to accompany his music. He  was one of the first artists to do so and his deep relationship with nature  persists to this day. He also began his spiritual search, spending much of  his time at an ashram in Poona, India. Deuter was also one of the first  artists to blend that Eastern influence into his music. He did that  blending in such a gentle fashion that it never jarred Western ears,  unaccustomed to Eastern rhythms and tonalities.AumandCelebrationwere his first recordings to spring from this new  direction in his life. His 1978 release,Haleakala, was recorded in  Poona. This release was a true portrait of Deuter's spiritual quest as well  as production talents. Using a four-track tape machine and a progression of  sub-mixes down to two tracks, Deuter was able to blend his own performances  of two flutes, two guitars, organ synthesizer, and bells percussion along  with natural sounds. This sixteen-track requirement he accomplished in the  middle of India on just four tracks with an amazing technical  fidelity.Future releases only perfected the recording quality of  Deuter's magical music. In his own words, that music takes us to thebeautiful place inside where the listener can experience warmth, the  playfulness, the love, the compassion, the gentleness. That is the music I  want to make for others.And that is just what he has  done.CicadaandNirvana Roadshowcase Deuter's remarkable  ability to produce music that ismore and more danceful, lighter,  happier and more playful, full of heart and still have in it somewhere a  vision of silence.Call of the Unknown: Selected Pieces  1972-1986, contains a compilation of the most sublime pieces of  Deuter's repertoire.Land of Enchantmentis Deuter's biggest selling  album.His other recordings for Kuckuck Schallplatten areEcstasy,Silence is the Answer,San,Sands of Time: Selected Studio  & Concert Recordings 1974-1990andHenon.