Relax, dance, think.
I don’t create generic dancefloor tools. I write electronic music with a true emotional heartbeat.
Lush filter sweeps, soft, “fluffy” pads and timeless melodies that move both the body and the mind. That has been the core of Silent Earth from the first record to the latest one.
Germany based. Decades of sonic freedom.
Full-length versions in high quality for your sets.
My DJ mix series: melodic, organic and progressive house – and now and then a chill-out session. Every set is released on SoundCloud – and the tracks from the sets live on in the Spotify playlist of the same name, updated regularly.
Fast, melodic trance in the legendary Frankfurt scene – the Frankfurt Beat.
Sun-drenched, cinematic chillout and house for the hours after sunset.
A long break. The melodies kept waiting.
Everything from before in a modern sound, with a touch of melodic techno – and still room for an ambient sunset.
Long before the relaunch there was a first life – vinyl, live sets with synthesizers and samplers, and nights on the psychedelic trance floors.
Silent Earth was founded in autumn 1994 by Marco Schomann and Michael Gutsch. The idea: intelligent electronic music beyond the usual techno patterns – from ambient to hard trance, always built on composition and melody.
First records under the names Exit Lunar, Tripsound and Hydronaut on Frankfurt Beat Productions – right in the middle of the Frankfurt trance sound.
New name, new label: as Lunar Exit the duo released two singles, Groovebird and Heart, Trance & Fire, on Lush Recordings – one of the renowned trance labels of its time, based in London. Both earned excellent reviews.
“It’ll eat all your other records for breakfast!”M8 magazine (Mark EG) on Groovebird
“Lush by name and lush by nature … If you like your trance, buy this and you won’t be disappointed.”Review of Groovebird
„Unbedingt reinhören.“ ★★★★★Raveline, January ’99, on Heart, Trance & Fire
„A pearl. Dass es sowas heut’ noch gibt …“Mushroom Magazine (Kai), on Heart, Trance & Fire
Together with Christian Maier as Epsilon Project: the single Musik ab on ZYX Music.
Live on the psychedelic trance floor of one of the big festivals of its time – on the same bill as Juno Reactor, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Front 242 and Cosmic Baby.
Live sets with synthesizers and samplers: Celebration of S.U.N. Dance, Prodo X “Temple of Dance” in Darmstadt, Paramount Park and countless Goa parties – in 1999 with the Ewige Blumenkraft crew. From summer 1999 Michael carried on Silent Earth as a solo project.
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The first full Silent Earth album – ten tracks between tribal acid trance and hymn-like hard trance, released on 18 September 2000 on Nephilim Records, distributed by ZYX.
„In seiner Art und Weise ist es fast ein perfektes Album.“In its own way, it is almost a perfect album.Loop, October 2000 (Kai Mathesdorf)
„Vergleiche mit dem Meister des kommerziellen Trance – Cosmic Baby – können durchaus gezogen werden.“Comparisons with Cosmic Baby can certainly be made.Loop, October 2000 (Daniel Riedel)
12-inch on Nephilim Records, the last record before the break. B-side: Love Is D – today the most-streamed Silent Earth track, around 150,000 plays.
In 2002 Michael stepped back from the music business. In 2008 he gathered his studio work since 2000 – released tracks, remixes and productions that had never come out – on the album Life Is Shining (Sunset-lounge.tv).
After twenty years the melodies return – new releases on Creatus Flow, Rice Bowl Recordings and 12.inch.recordings. See the releases since 2024 ›
No dates announced right now – new gigs follow soon.
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Club sets: melodic, organic and progressive house with a touch of melodic techno – from a warm, deep start to a peak that still has melody.
Chill-out sets: ambient and Balearic grooves for sunsets, lounges, rooftops and the hours after.
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