Michael Garrison (musician)

Michael Garrison ( born November 28, 1956 in Roseburg, Oregon, USA, † March 24, 2004 in Bend, Oregon, USA ) was an American musician. His style was electronic music.

At age 13, he began to compose, although the music he was not in the cradle, the father was a banker, her mother a housewife. The mid-1970s he began to study music in Idaho. Against the background of the beginning of this term research missions of the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, he composed in 1979 his first album In the Regions of Sunreturn whose published in 1991 CD version, due to slight changes in the track list, the addition ... and Beyond obtained. The album was (later Garry Songs) published by Wind Spell Music. In order to boost sales initially sparse, Garrison personally drove off the music shops of the West Coast of the United States to make his product public. 1980 offered him the BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group ) on to release his album in Europe. Among insiders, the LP was an instant success. Additional recognition was given Garrison in German-speaking, as sought out the earpiece of the WDR program oscillations track his departure as a new theme song. On August 13, 1994 Michael Garrison in Cologne was in the Civil Stollwerck his first concert in Germany. There were a few minor appearances include in the Eifel region, organized by his friend Jörg Strawe. Strawe Germany took over the distribution of all Garrison albums with his label CUE Records. After it had become a little quiet around him after his last album Brave New Worlds (1999), Michael Garrison died on 24 March 2004 in Bend, Oregon. Since early youth Garrison suffered from depression, which he tried to compensate with excessive alcohol consumption. He became an alcoholic and died ultimately from acute liver failure. As Michael's brother Mark Garrison wanted to sell the complete studio equipment, Michael's friend Craig Padilla came up with the idea with playing with these instruments, a new album, on which many electronic musicians should interpret the style of Michael Garrison new on their personal way. A hallmark of his albums are always designed by Mountain Visions Cover motifs.