Welcome to the official homepage of BatteryDead
BatteryDead is a single musician electronic music project by Christian Ahlers founded in the year 2004 focused on chillout music with roots in the amiga demoscene,
although I have published only one of my songs in a very little intro.
When I got my first computer, a "Commodore Amiga
500" I soon searched for a music software, and with the legendary
"soundtracker" I began composing music in 1987.
The sound system of the "A500" was stereo 8bit 28khz with 4 polyfonic voices and the cpu worked with only 7MHz clock.
Because of these poor possibilities with the "A500" I upgraded to an
"Amiga 3000" with 25mhz clock and from then
I used the software "octamed soundstudio" for composing. This software
was also usable as a simple
midi-sequencer so I bought my first midi capable keyboard, a "casio
"WK-1200".
The "WK-1200" had only very little editable synthesizer parameters so I decided to buy a "real" synthesizer, the "Yamaha CS1x".
For a long time the "CS1x" has
been the heart of my "studio" and some more synthesizers and effect
processors were added. At present the "Yamaha Motif XS6" and a "Clavia
Nordlead3" are my main instruments.
Why making electronic chillout music?
The
reason why I decided to make chillout music was the television program
"space-night" on german "bayerisches fernsehen" (bavarian
television),
where you can see videos of space shuttle missions and other space
related stuff at night time layered with great electronic music.
Latest News:
08. Dec. 2011: New album "Sands Of Deception" out now atSynG@te records Kilian Schloemp-Uelhoff (Syngate records) says: A well balanced chill - album, flowing motives, nice sequences and rythms, that cause body motion - a "cheering up" album. The well engeneered soundmix contributes a great overall impression of this album, excellent material as well for headphones as for home- or car audio equipment |
24. Mar. 2012:ebia, BatteryDead and Rainbow Serpent live @ Satzvey Castle Festival |
17. Sep. 2011:Video of my very first live gig at Raumzeit Festival 2011 in Dortmund / GermanyWatch on Youtube.com |
02. May 2011:BatteryDead live @ Raumzeit Festival, 03. September 2011 |
01. Feb. 2011:BatteryDead is nominated in the newcomer list of the Schallwelle Award :-) |
8. March 2011:New video track "Evidence of Life"Watch Evidence of Life on Youtube.com |
18. July 2010:New video track "Arctic Winter"Watch Arctic Winter on Youtube.com |
13. July 2010:BatteryDead on Klangarten Podcast #27-2010 |
6. April 2010:Video "Electron Orbit"Watch Electron Orbit on Youtube |
 27. Mar. 2010:Track "Bay Of Rainbows (BD Ascent Remix)" on Syngate Records compilation - The Collective Volume 2 - Unfortunately discontinued due to several circumstances at Syngate Records :-( More information on www.syngate.net Because of this now you can download this track for free from my music page in 256 kbits quality. I hope you enjoy it.. |
19. Mar. 2010:BatteryDead on www.syndae.de - podcast Episode 79Stefan Schulz chose "Threat Out Of The Darkness" and "Spirit Of Sammy" for his qreat EM-Podcast. |
18. Mar. 2010:Video "Delta Peak"Watch Delta Peak on Youtube.com |
 14. Feb. 2010:Album "Deep Discharge" out now at SynG@te records Buy this album at Syngate Shop Buy the album as MP3 download here |
07. Jan. 2010:Listen to my new track"Bay of Rainbows (BD Ascent Remix)" on myspace.com or here (1 minute excerpt) |
27. Dez. 2009:Album "Deep Discharge" will be released soon at SynG@te records |
05. Dez. 2009:All tracks are mastered, working on CD cover artwork. |
12. Sep. 2009:I begin working on my debut album. |
18. Aug. 2009:Song "Threat Out Of The Darkness" uploaded. |
30. Dez. 2007:Song "Bay Of Rainbows" uploaded. |
30.Sep. 2006:Songs "Deep Discharge, Positives,Delta Peak" uploaded. |
21. Mar. 2006:Song "Terraforming" uploaded. |
20. Mar. 2006:Song "Silvesternacht" uploaded. |
7. Nov. 2004:Song "Whispering" uploaded. |
26. Jul. 2004:Some info about my studio added. |
24.Jul.2004:Page design improved (minor changes). |
11. Jul.2004:Songs can be played online now. |
24.Jun.2004:Song "Subsonic" uploaded. |
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