One thing I did come away from AC/DC with is that it's about the feel. It sounds simple, but it's
not about the technicality of it. It's about the swing and the feel of it.
- SIMON WRIGHT (ex-AC/DC)
Mostly known as a rock guitarist and his band High Road Easy,
Sven Horlemann is a multi-instrumentalist who works as a producer, mixer
and engineer in his studio in Karlsruhe, Germany.
As solo artist his albums deliver a mixture of classic rock songs as well as
instrumental rock tracks.
The latest CD is called Wonderful Things Come In Tiny Packages and was
released May 2019. Again it features singer Udo Maurer, who‘s raspy timbre
adds a blues rock / hard rock feel and drummer Magnus Brandell.
With his band High Road Easy Sven released 3 full length records. A
ABOUT
INTRODUCTION
powerful melodic rock band featuring power house vocalist Jan Knopf. As of
2019 a new High Road Easy album is in the final stages of production.
On a side note Sven also does all the photo and video shooting and loves
creating visual concepts for the CD booklets, websites etc. His youtube
channel features lyric videos, performance videos and the odd equipment
review.
Sven enjoys the luxury of a broad musical taste that ranges from metal / rock
/ pop to classical music. Not entirely surprising for a studied musicologist
who is a rocker at heart.
I think I have many, many, many songs that could have done very, very well commercially had I
been a part of the machine. There's a machine — there's gatekeepers (...) in the music business.
(…) You need that machine. Otherwise, you're just kind of out there.
- RICHIE KOTZEN, The Winery Dogs (on the „Rockin‘ You All Night“ podcast, 2018)
VIDEOS
ALL VIDEOS AVAILABLE ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Sven Horlemann
MIRRORS NEVER LIE
02/11/2016 The first track singer Udo Maurer and I wrote. Based on an instrumental I am amazed how Udo came up with his ideas making this a great song.Sven Horlemann
CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL
20/11/2016 Opener and hardest track of HAPPY TURNS TO BLUE this song was written inspired by an African rhythm drummer Magnus Brandell offered.Sven Horlemann
ON MY WAY
02/02/2017 More commercial rocker, this is another favorite from the HAPPY TURNS TO BLUE album. Again Udo did a super job coming up with melodies.High Road Easy
DARKNESS AND JOY
26/02/2016 Darkness And Joy deserved a lyric video - it is one of the favorite tracks from High Road Easy‘s third CD III. It was even played on London radio stations several times!High Road Easy
DRIVE ALBUM PROMO
01/11/2012 High Road Easy‘s 2nd album ‚Drive‘ got an album promotion with several songs to listen to - it is one of the most played videos from HRE.Guitar Review
REVIEW VIDEO
30/03/2017 For years I have been looking for a classic stratocaster type of guitar. Former Fender master builder John Page‘s The Ashburn finally delivers - this is my review.LINKS TO LISTEN | READ | BUY
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PHOTOS
A SELECTION OF PICS FROM 1987 ONWARDS
(…) everything we did was a natural reflection of who we were and what kind of players we were
and what kind of dreams we had.
- GEDDY LEE, Rush (Rolling Stone, 2018)
REVIEWS (GERMAN / ENGLISH)
05/09/2017 Excerpt: „Eben durch seinen Vortrag gewinnen die Kompositionen eine besondere Kennung, während der Namensgeber des Projekts auf hohem Niveau songdienlich spielt, wie es von Joe Satriani bis Michael Sagmeister so einige Größen vormachen. Zwei Bassisten, ein fester Schlagzeuger und nicht zuletzt Gastsängerin Lena Maurer halfen Horlemann letztlich dabei, "Happy Turns To Blue" die Atmosphäre eines richtigen Bandalbums zu verleihen - ein großes Plus, besonders unter ansonsten "einsamen" Solomuckern. FAZIT: Statt Akrobatik Dienst am prototypischen Song, so wie er sein sollte - auf natürliche Weise zugänglich, emotional greifbar und selbstverständlich auch in handwerklichen Belangen ansprechend … SVEN HORLEMANN erfüllt diese Anforderungen mit "Happy Turns To Blue" bravourös und ist somit viel, viel mehr als nur ein lokaler Möchtegern-Gitarrenheld.“LATEST: NEW ALBUM OUT
MORE VIDEOS ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL
VIDEOS
02/05/2019 To get a first impression, check out the videos for TRUE TO YOUR SOUL, GOING BEYOND and RIDING THE STORM, featuring singer Udo Maurer.Sven Horlemann
WONDERFUL THINGS
16/07/2018 WONDERFUL THINGS from the EP I 'Wonderful Things', released June 2018. A lovely track. And shot in a great location for a video.Live in the studio!
WISHES
31/03/2018 This is me revisiting the lovely ballad WISHES from the 2009 album IN.COM.PLETE. All recorded live, I play my ZEAL Custom Hydra into a Kemper.Sven Horlemann
I CAN SEE
16/07/2017 One of the tracks from the HAPPY TURNS TO BLUE album everyone seems to like. It features the amazing vocals by Lena Maurer. Enjoy!
RETAIL CD OUT NOW!
02/05/2019
GERMAN & EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS
You can chose to buy a signed retail CD directly
from me, using the PayPal button. If this does not
work as expected, please drop me an e-mail at
shore@mailbox.org.
INTERNATIONAL & US CUSTOMERS
This is the official CD Baby link (more shop links below):
Anyone following on facebook will know I decided to package all 3 digital
EPs from 2018 plus 2 bonus tracks in a retail CD called WONDERFUL
THINGS COME IN TINY PACKAGES.
Please check out the bandcamp links to the other releases, too.
INTERVIEW (ENGLISH)
12/06/2015 An interview with Sven for High Road Easy from back when we did lots of promo for radio and magazines to spread the word.
HIGHLIGHT! As German musicians we grew up with Gitarre & Bass (formerly
Fachblatt Musikmagazin), the best and oldest nationwide music magazine. To
finally make it into the magazine not only with HIGH ROAD EASY, but also
getting a favorable mention for the solo works as SVEN HORLEMANN, that
really made our day!
ABOUT
INTRODUCTION
Mostly known as a rock guitarist and his band
High Road Easy,
Sven Horlemann is a multi-instrumentalist who
works as a producer, mixer and engineer in his
studio in Karlsruhe, Germany.
As solo artist his albums deliver a mixture of
classic rock songs as well as instrumental rock
tracks.
The latest CD is called Wonderful Things Come
In Tiny Packages and was released May 2019.
Again it features singer Udo Maurer, who‘s raspy
timbre adds a blues rock / hard rock feel and
drummer Magnus Brandell.
With his band High Road Easy Sven released 3
full length records. A
powerful melodic rock band featuring power
house vocalist Jan Knopf. As of 2019 a new High
Road Easy album is in the final stages of
production.
On a side note Sven also does all the photo and
video shooting and loves creating visual concepts
for the CD booklets, websites etc. His youtube
channel features lyric videos, performance videos
and the odd equipment review.
Sven enjoys the luxury of a broad musical taste
that ranges from metal / rock / pop to classical
music. Not entirely surprising for a studied
musicologist who is a rocker at heart.
PHOTOS
A SELECTION OF PICS FROM 1987 ONWARDS
I think I have many, many, many
songs that could have done very,
very well commercially had I been
a part of the machine. There's a
machine — there's gatekeepers (...)
in the music business. (…) You
need that machine. Otherwise,
you're just kind of out there.
- RICHIE KOTZEN, The Winery Dogs (on the
„Rockin‘ You All Night“ podcast, 2018)
(…) everything we did was a
natural reflection of who we were
and what kind of players we were
and what kind of dreams we had.
- GEDDY LEE, Rush (Rolling Stone, 2018)
One thing I did come away from
AC/DC with is that it's about the
feel. It sounds simple, but it's not
about the technicality of it. It's
about the swing and the feel of
it.
- SIMON WRIGHT (ex-AC/DC)
Sven Horlemann
MIRRORS NEVER LIE
02/11/2016 The first track singer Udo Maurer and I wrote. Based on an instrumental I am amazed how Udo came up with his ideas making this a great song.Sven Horlemann
CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL
20/11/2016 Opener and hardest track of HAPPY TURNS TO BLUE this song was written inspired by an African rhythm drummer Magnus Brandell offered.Sven Horlemann
ON MY WAY
02/02/2017 More commercial rocker, this is another favorite from the HAPPY TURNS TO BLUE album. Again Udo did a super job coming up with melodies.High Road Easy
DARKNESS AND JOY
26/02/2016 Darkness And Joy deserved a lyric video - it is one of the favorite tracks from High Road Easy‘s third CD III. It was even played on London radio stations several times!High Road Easy
DRIVE ALBUM PROMO
01/11/2012 High Road Easy‘s 2nd album ‚Drive‘ got an album promotion with several songs to listen to - it is one of the most played videos from HRE.Guitar Review
REVIEW VIDEO
30/03/2017 For years I have been looking for a classic stratocaster type of guitar. Former Fender master builder John Page‘s The Ashburn finally delivers - this is my review.
NAVIGATION
TEILEN
ADRESSE
Rotenbüschle 25
76228 Karlsruhe
Germany
KONTAKT
Mail:
shore@mailbox.org
Phone: 0151
70156130
All rights reserved by Sven Horlemann 2020
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