Baldruin is the music project of Johannes Schebler from Wiesbaden, Germany.
— Diamantener Oberhof with Christian Schoppik (Brannten Schnüre, Läuten der Seele)
— Freundliche Kreisel with Christian Schoppik and Katie Rich
— Grykë Pyje with Jani Hirvonen (Uton)
— Hui with Sven Fritz (Ervin Omsk)
— Ritual 77 with Andreas Noga
— Rokuro-Kubi with Marko Martini
— Yayoba with Jani Hirvonen and Paul Wilson (f. ampism)
Since 2009, Schebler has been crafting his surreal soundscapes, which form a unique blend of Mystical Folk Ambient, Fifth World, Post-Minimalism and Experimental electronic music.
Shortly after releasing his first compositions on the homegrown DIY SicSic label together with Daniel Voigt, his albums began circulating on labels all over Europe as well as in the USA and Japan.
He grew up in a small Bavarian village, where his family had moved to for his father’s work as a pastoral officer. Here, they lived in the rectory attached to the church, where the loud resonance of the bells, lush organ sounds and chorales of singing churchgoers were constantly present in Johannes’ childhood. The alluring atmospheres enticed him and he spent several years serving as a altar boy. Those early spiritual experiences are a foundation for Baldruin’s sound. As a teenager, he discovered transcendental, mysterious and dreamlike images in surrealist and avant-garde films, in paintings and also in music, which captivated him. These unique artistic worlds have had a profound influence on his musical palette and have become intertwined with the spiritual soundscape of his childhood.
Besides Baldruin he collaborates with several sound artists in the following projects:— Diamantener Oberhof with Christian Schoppik (Brannten Schnüre, Läuten der Seele)
— Freundliche Kreisel with Christian Schoppik and Katie Rich
— Grykë Pyje with Jani Hirvonen (Uton)
— Hui with Sven Fritz (Ervin Omsk)
— Ritual 77 with Andreas Noga
— Rokuro-Kubi with Marko Martini
— Yayoba with Jani Hirvonen and Paul Wilson (f. ampism)