A small biography.

Phrozenlight 

Real name: Bert Hülshoff

Livingplace Haren , The Netherlands. 
Born may 1958.
Is married with a lovely wife Marijke, has 3 grown-up children ;-) 

Why this name?
phrozen = frozen --- Frozen Light----light without movement, is like dead space ;-)

What kind of music?
Phrozenlight creates spacescapes; long drones, ambient, dream, electronic space music ;-)
The music is like a soundtrack from an dream without movement.

Do you play live?
i only preform at home, reason:
Who wants to see an computer-operator live in action? 

History:
In 1995 I started with some freeware trackers like impulse-tracker and scream-tracker, but I did not like to use the standard samples. 
So I started to make my own samples using. " Orangator "
Doing this I learned a lot about creating synthesized sounds.
I discovered Buzz in 1997, with it's own generators and effects.
Later on I started to use VSTi's, like "Synth 1" (still my fav), in Buzz with Polac's VSTi-loader.

Your influences?
From the early days : Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, Harvey Bainbridge (Hawkwind), Ash Ra Temple and Adelbert von Deyen
New found artists : Steve Roach, Numina, Thom Brennan, Pete Namlook, Darkside Of The Moog

Equipment used:
Computer
Since 1997 : Buzz tracker
Various freeware VSTi-synths
Yamaha AN1x (since may 2007)
Cubase Le



Some Reviews from Internet Archive:

 Phrozenlight's Moon (October 26, 2005)

Average Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars

Reviewer: Michael Sandler - 5 out of 5 stars - March 6, 2006

Subject: Another great collection... ...of deep dronage from an artist whose tracks are eating up more and more space on my hard drive!

Reviewer: electrocelt - 4 out of 5 stars - November 16, 2005

Subject: very nice but long... i really like the sounds that Phrozenlight creates with this release. a very atmospheric spacey ambient journy... the tracks are different enough and yet make a nice set together. however i feel like the tracks are much too long. in my opinion, the tracks could be at most half as long and the whole release would be stronger. at nearly two hours total, i found it hard to enjoy the release as a whole. if it were cut down to perhaps under one hour total, 'Moon' would make a very strong ambient drone album.

Reviewer: wisemove - 5 out of 5 stars - November 12, 2005

Subject: Wonderful music First Phase is a wonderful set of drones that gives me a feeling of dark and delicious waves of etheral sounds. Second Phase is a light mix of continuous sounds that are luscious and true ambient noise. Third Phase is a dark, omnious groups of seamless music. It seems I am on the dark side of the moon looking at the Earthshine.

Reviewer: crw - 5 out of 5 stars - November 5, 2005

Subject: Nice job reminiscent of Oophoi circa 1997-2001. Recommended.

Phrozenlight Creation (December 12, 2005)

Average Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Reviewer: electrocelt - 5 out of 5 stars - December 20, 2005

Subject: excellent ambient! with so much ambient music here on the Archive, it is hard to find a release that really stands out. from the first few minutes of the opening track, i knew this was something special. with this release, Phrozenlight does everything right: each layer of sound is perfectly blended and mixed; each track is the perfect length - long enough to draw you into the spacious atmosphere created, short enough to keep you there throughout; the sequencing of tracks is perfect as well - from the mysterious and promising atmosphere of 'Space Folding' the energy builds and finally fades away into a peaceful distance, dissapearing forever and yet leaving you looking forward to future journeys. i recommend you burn this release to cd and keep it on your playlist with all your favourite ambient artists. this is essential Ambient Space listening.

Reviewer: Michael Sandler - 5 out of 5 stars - December 16, 2005

Subject: Far Music From the first seconds of the opening track, this album carries you to a deep sector of the universe. Spacious drifts and bubbly twinklies flow through your cranium as you float weightless to the Perimeter. Eventually you dissolve, and time, space, and Id merge into the proto-energy pool from whence All emanates. A holiday immersion into pure ambient transport.

Cold Night (February 4, 2006)

Average Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Reviewer: electrocelt - 5 out of 5 stars - February 8, 2006

Subject: highly recommended ambient! another excellent release from Phrozenlight. again a perfect mix of deep spacious floting sounds with just the right mix of musicality and sound design. don't miss this one, spacefans! this is top-quality ambient spacemusic...

April 2006 (April 30, 2006)

Average Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Reviewer: Michael Sandler - 5 out of 5 stars - May 4, 2006

Subject: More... More electronic orgasma, a second helping of the Phrozenlight ecstatic plasma, the hand of the phantasma opening a palmfull of twinkly quanta and ear-tickling existenz truffla. This is a rich listen, glowing with gooey textures and brave choices, epic like a monster and dripping a trail of detail beyond this mortal pale, moshing minutia and manufaxuring maxima. To the nuts and to the bolts, 4 17-minute tracks, "1404-01" reposing on ephemeral sequences, "1404-02" and "Bursting Clouds" deep space slides through bubbles and juices, "Dark Nebula" a very still piece of music. You can hear the squeak of planets turning on their axes. Fecund and phrozen, legion, the Appointed Time frictionless and realized in the Phrozenlight eschatology.



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A French Review about Dreamland www.gutsofdarkness.com

Reviewer: Phaedream electro > musique Électronique space ambiant

Bert Hülshoff est un personnage très attachant, ayant eu l’occasion de ‘’chatter’’ avec lui, lorsque je downloadais une de ses pièces. De toutes les définitions que j’ai entendues pour expliquer qu’est-ce que la Musique Électronique, je crois que la sienne est la meilleure : c’est une trame sonore d’un rêve sans mouvements. Humm... quelle définition! Combien vrai cela puisse-t-il être. Je suis d’accord pour sa musique, un rêve sans mouvements, mais dans d’autres genres musicaux, comme la Berlin School ou Musique Électronique Progressive, le rêve bouge, parfois il dépasse la réalité. M’enfin, c’est une autre histoire, un autre débat. Phrozenlight fait sa musique chez lui, avec des équipements informatiques. Ses influences sont Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Hawkwind, Ashra Temple et Adelbert Von Deyen. Il affectionne le côté très ambiant et très flottant de la musique analogue des années 70 et Dreamland est tout à fait le reflet de ses premières passions. C’est très ambiant, spatial et flottant. Quatre longs titres qui sont en suspension et voyagent au travers un cosmos nébuleux. Un peu comme si l’on flotterait dans un dôme en état d’apesanteur. Un rêve mortel où les sons en gravités sur la voie lactée tournoient à la vitesse d’une tortue sortant d’un cratère lunaire. C’est atmosphériquement soporifique et c’est très fidèle aux odes papales cosmiques des premiers Pink Floyd et Tangerine Dream. C’est long, si on a le goût de bouger ou de voler sur des lignes séquentielles, mais c’est relaxant si l’on veut rejoindre la terre des rêves immobiles. C’est gratuit et n’oubliez pas : c’est une musique relaxante. Pas pour se défoncer...mais après! Je vous encourage à visiter son site www.phrozenlight.tk et à y télécharger sa musique et à communiquer avec lui pour télécharger son album, gratuitement, en ligne. N’oubliez pas que c’est entièrement flottant. À ne pas confondre avec la Musique Électronique séquentielle, ou Berlin School. PS J'avais oublié :-( Voici le lien pour télécharger Dreamland: http://www.archive.org/details/Phrozenlight_Dreamland (lundi 29 mai 2006).

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A French Review about Song of Albion

Phaedream ambient > musique Électronique ambiante

Restons dans l’ambiant, puisque nous y sommes. Notre ami Bert Hülshoff, nous propose son 2ième tome musical en 2006, et comme il le dit si bien; sa musique est une trame sonore d’un rêve sans mouvements. Laissez-moi vous dire que c’est tout ce qu’il y a de plus vrai. Cette fois-ci l’oeuvre est inspirée, et dédiée à l’auteur Stephen Lawhead qui écrit des lectures évangéliques. Très près de ses inspirations Phrozenlight nous défile une oeuvre de ce qu’il y a de plus ambiant, mais un ambiant planant. Les 3 titres composent un opus atmosphérique et dense avec de beaux chours et de belles couches synthétiques qui flottent avec passion. Inerte? Je n’irais pas jusqu’à dire cela. Aux travers ses synthés et ses nombreuses variantes à effets sonores, Phrozenlight crée un univers sonore qui lui est propre. Ça bouge, mais en douceur, comme trappé dans une boule cosmique qui dérive dans un espace intersidéral. En prime, Phrozenlight offre une vidéo pour le titre The Paradise War. D’une durée de 10 minutes, il vaut le coup d’oeil et reflète à la perfection ce que je peux m’attendre de la MÉ ambiante et flottante peut-être. Une excellente idée, qui je l’espère fera des petits. Voir l’irréel! C’est magique, c’est à grandeur d’âme. Un peu comme dans un rêve où tout fonctionne au ralenti. Disponible gratuitement au site http://www.archive.org/details/albion, ce cd et cette vidéo permettront un beau moment de détente. Le genre de moment que l’on ose s’offrir par manque de temps et parfois d’éléments. Écouter du Phrozenlight c’est comme souffler le stress qui nous habite. Allez-y, faites-vous plaisir. Pour plus d'info sur les autres oeuvres de Phrozenlight, visitez le http://www.myspace.com/phrozenlight (mardi 15 août 2006).

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Our friend Bert Hülshoff, proposes its 2nd musical voyage of 2006, and as he once said it so well; his music is a sound screen of a dream without movements. Let me tell you that it is all that there is of truer. This time his work is inspired, and dedicated to the author Stephen Lawhead who writes evangelic readings. Very close to its inspirations Phrozenlight delivers a work what there is of more ambient, but ambient floating style. The 3 titles make an atmospheric and dense opus with beautiful choruses and synth layers which float with passion. Inert? I would not say that. With through its synths and its many alternatives sound effects, Phrozenlight creates a sonorous universe which is clean for him. That moves, but carefully, as hooked in a cosmic ball which derives in a deep space. As a bonus, Phrozenlight offers a video for The Paradise War. Lasting 10 minutes, it is worth the eyes and it reflects perfectly what I can expect of the ambient and floating EM animation. An excellent idea, which I hope for it will make other ones to follow. See the unreal, the abstract! Its magic, it’s with nobility of soul. A little as in dreams, where everything moves slowly. Available for free at http://www.archive.org/details/albion, this cd and this video will allow a beautiful moment of relaxation. The kind of moment that no one dares to offer to themselves for lack of time and something else. Listening to Phrozenlight music it is as to blow the stress which lives us. Go ahead, give yourself a little pleasure.

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AWAKENINGS 2006

This INFO is part of the Groove Unlimited website.

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V/A Awakenings 2006 Volume 2

    CD #1
  1. Xan Alexander - Omnicron [12:23]
  2. Brendan Pollard - Modac [7:28]
  3. René van der Wouden - Mountain Steamer [7:06]
  4. Create - Saturn Dreaming of Mercury (part 1) [11:36]
  5. Broekhuis, Keller & Schönwälder - Another Mysterious Concert Tape - Chapter One [20:16]
  6. Entity - Space and Time [7:22]
  7. Vietgrove - The Oligarch [8:39]
    CD #2
  1. Awen - Clone [5:23]
  2. Mooch - Flow-Thing (Flute Thing mix) [10:46]
  3. Modulator ESP - Time Running Out [9:07]
  4. Nattefrost - Near UFO [12:31]
  5. Altres - Black Point [7:27]
  6. The Glimmer Room - Fields Full of Poppies [6:51]
  7. Terje Winther - Green Light Intervention [21:58]
Awakenings: a series of live ambient and electronic events organised in conjunction with AmbientLive, showcasing new and established acts in the fields of ambient and electronic music. Gigs are currently held in Leeds, England

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V/A Awakenings Volume 2.5

  1. HyperEx Machina - The Rapture [6:20]
  2. Astrogator - Astral Drift [4:55]
  3. Nick Robinson - Für Herr Forcher [7:18]
  4. Mooch - Out There 2 [8:18]
  5. Russell Storey - Xpanded Heartbeat [6:16]
  6. Ramp - Scissors (edit) [7:46]
  7. Zen Paradox - Calvin Analysis [16:40]
  8. 4m33s - Darkness is Falling [8:37]
  9. Phrozenlight - Passion [5:11]
  10. Chaos Research - Our Eyes Fixed Forwards, We March Towards the Impending Doom [5:34]
Most of the Ambient tracks submitted for Awakenings volume 2 have been collected together onto this special ambient-only release.

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©Phrozenlight(2006)




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