[TR24][OF] cHoclat FRoG - Snapshot - 2021 (RIO, Avant-Garde, Progressive Rock)

foobar2000 2.0 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2024-12-29 09:04:52
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Analyzed: cHoclat FRoG / Snapshot
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR6       -1.06 dB    -9.81 dB      6:01 01-Part I (Opposites)
DR6       -1.76 dB    -9.37 dB      5:06 02-Part II (Army Of The Wise Guys)
DR7       -0.94 dB   -10.06 dB      6:04 03-Part III (Philosophers)
DR5       -1.55 dB    -8.35 dB      5:50 04-Part IV (Useless Talk)
DR5       -1.30 dB    -7.31 dB      6:17 05-Part V (Need To Survive)
DR7       -2.21 dB   -10.97 dB      1:36 06-Part VI (Everything…)
DR6       -1.63 dB    -9.40 dB      6:34 07-Part VII (Monsters – I Need More Bucks!)
DR6       -1.67 dB    -9.33 dB      3:59 08-Part VIII (Metropolis)
DR5       -1.99 dB    -8.94 dB      5:36 09-Part IX (The Drinker)
DR4       -0.96 dB    -7.07 dB      4:20 10-Part X (Bastard Neighbor)
DR5       -0.48 dB    -7.44 dB      8:47 11-Part XI (Where Language Ends Music Begins)
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Number of tracks:  11
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate:        48000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           1835 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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After "The Stock" finished their works on the album "Humanize" in 2017, guitarist Christof Engel decided to leave the band. As Drum and Bass Duo Tim and Rainer Ludwig needed new alignment. So they started to record their ideas directly without composing by using rehearsals. The results were good and each of them began to engage new instruments. This is how "cHoclat FRoG" was born and their first album „Snapshot“.
The idea of Rainer Ludwig for Snapshot was to interlink different parts of life ("Snaps") musically without actually interlink the mentioned topics or much less continuing a contained story to the end. Basic inspiration was a flow of information similar to a TV-news program, newspaper or social media feed. Generally, the entire partline can be listened complete chronologically. There is a smooth transition between the parts. Of course single parts can be considered individually as well. It depends on preferations of the listener.
This project was recorded from 2018 till 2021. Used by DAW Studio One.
For more infos about used instruments see our facebook-page.

"cHoclat FRoG" is a german progressiverock studio-duo featuring Rainer and Tim Ludwig. Both members have been playing together since 2003 after the 70's progger Rainer encouraged his daughter's boyfriend to play bass and gradually got him hooked about the prog genre too. After years of playing together with many groove studies plus an intermediate band they founded this strange studio project.

All songs were recorded, engineered and mastered in the Homerun Studios. Mastering by Rainer. Cover and art design by Tim Ludwig.
Tim: All basses, guitars (most of them) and additional voice in Pt III Intro.
Rainer: Vocals, drums, percussions, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, whistle and programming.
Compositions and arrangements by cHoclat FRoG.
Words by Rainer and Tim. Further more were citations used from John Locke, Jean-Paul Sartre, Luís de Camões (Lusiadas), Jean Sibelius and Friedrich Nietzsche.
Guest musicians:
Pt II and Pt IV = Christof Engel (guitar solos)
Pt IV = Floyd Anthony (screaming voice)
Pt V = Dietmar Appel (guitar solo)
Pt VII and Pt VIII = Uwe Grunert (guitar solos)
Pt X = Monica Ludwig (additional „kid“ voice)