{"product_id":"apollo-6","title":"Apollo","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1986 until 1992, Ronald had a residency in the lounge of Amsterdam’s Apollo Hotel. He would play there 5 days a week, for 5 hours a day. In 1991, throughout several sessions, he recorded himself on a cassette recorder. The recordings were ranging from re-interpreted cover versions to multiple own compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Apollo was particularly known for its sophisticated and elegant crowd. Guests would come to meet in the lounge to talk business, or end the day with a drink at the bar - dancing was never an option.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eListening to the album, one must wonder how some of this music would go hand in hand with a place like that. It seems Ronald gets lost in music and returns in unequally balanced patterns. Lounge sounds meet drum computer rhythms, punchy baselines, distorted space noises, reoccurring clarinet interludes and improvised piano solos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack then, just as now, Ronald never liked to be the center of attention. He simply tried to interact with the surrounding as a provider of the mood - as he explains himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstruments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLive: Grand Piano, Yamaha QX1 Sequencer, 2x Yamaha TX7 Tone Generator, Drumtraks Sequential Circuits, Clarinet, Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdded at home: Yamaha DX7 Sounds, Roland R-8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpace Train: Kurzweil Piano, Yamaha DX7, Roland R-8, Soprano Sax, Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded live at the Apollo Hotel Amsterdam in 1991, except 'Space train', which was recorded in Ronald’s living room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll instruments played and arranged by Ronald Langestraat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll tracks written an composed by Ronald Langestraat, except 'Lowdown' which was written by David Paich \u0026amp; Boz Scaggs, 'Give and take' which was written by Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster \u0026amp; Carlos Santana and 'Orpheus' which was written by David Sylvian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Of North","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50529951482187,"sku":"2053926","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Apollo_b6faf341_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728068664","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/apollo-6","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}