01.
BUY - DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
All songs are available on bandcamp in various formats up to FLAC. Of course shops all over the world sell songs, start at amazon music, Apple Music etc. Please also consider buying a retail CD.02.
STREAM - JUST LISTEN
All full albums are available on countless streaming sites. Literally too many to list. Keep in mind that some EPs and singles are exclusive releases for bandcamp.com and can only be listened to / purchased there.03.
YOUTUBE - WATCH
My channel @shorerocks offers all official videos, also playlists for Sven Horlemann and HIGH ROAD EASY. Plus a live in the studio series, the odd gear review, blogs, lyric videos… you name it.
guitar driven rock. all flavors.
You love of rock music? Me too! As a musicologist I enjoy a broad musical taste ranging from rock / pop / metal to classical music. One personal highlight as a guitar player was getting a feature in Germany‘s guitar bible Gitarre&Bass. This page features my solo work. For HIGH ROAD EASY, please go >> here <<.
DIRECT LINKS: click on album below
A big thank you goes out to
Andy Sachs, Jan Knopf, Udo & Lena Maurer, Klaus Schmuck, Axel Gillhausen, Volker Schäfer… and to my favorite drummer Magnus Brandell.
Solo works :: DISCOGRAPHY
Full album releases are available worldwide as retail CDs, stream & download distributed via CD Baby. All solo releases are available digitally at bandcamp, including booklet, lyrics and pictures. Why bandcamp? First, because PLINI uses it. Secondly, it is fair payment for the artist. Thirdly, you can freely chose between MP3, FLAC, ALAC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and AIFF formats - all available for the same price! Also you can listen to full songs before you buy (no subscription needed), and I made exclusive content available, this is a no-brainer for independant artists.“To me music is about personal expression. It‘s about how you
feel. It‘s not about how technical efficient you are.”
Eddie van Halen (1995 radio interview)
GUEST MUSICIANS
ABOUT
Target Eagle is the first band I formed, 20 years old, in 1986. Hooking up with other musicians introduced me to my longtime friend Andy Sachs (bass). In the 80s instrumental shred albums where the thing, so ‚ why not do one myself ?‘. Produced by Wolfgang Roch, I released a solo demo to international praise 1987. On cassette, of all things… After Koffl from Pink Cream 69 hooked me up with Peter Winter , we had an exciting phase writing songs for a BMG/Ariola pitch. 1991 I formed Changes with Peter ‚Zegge‘ Zechiel (bass, vocals) and Georg Schanze (drums). In the beginning a progressive power trio Changes became more accessible adding singer Michael ‚Watz‘ Waidelich in 1992. The line-up then was completed by Willy Schmitz (bass) and Torsten Daul (drums). 1995 bass player Norbert Dreikluft invited me to a session. Three Mile Smile where born. Together with Ebo Rock (voc, gt) and Andreas Engels (drums) we were offering alternative oriented rock. 1997 my collaboration with Klaus Schmuck started, first in Jerry Can , later in the hard rocking Ocean Bed , releasing several CDs worldwide. On bass Andy Sachs, who hooked us up in the first place. In 2002 I re-started doing solo recordings - first just demos. As of 2025 11 albums and EP's, physical as well as digital releases are out. To listen, please see discography below. My main band of the last 17 years is the hard rockin' HIGH ROAD EASY , teaming up w i t h p o w e r house singer Jan Knopf. To this day HIGH ROAD EASY released 4 full length records. For more info please visit highroadeasy.com .
latest
My latest digital releases are available on bandcamp : Another Side Revealed (EP2) and Another Piece Of Me (EP1) ! Promotional videos on YouTube: Sven Horlemann (ft. Magnus Brandell) - One On One (Official Video) Sven Horlemann (ft. Magnus Brandell) - Arabica II (Official Video) Both EPs feature 4 songs, each featuring singer Klaus Schmuck on 2 of them. Of course, all drums provided by drummer extraordinaire Magnus Brandell . Bandcamp offers free stream / listen plus FLAC, MP3 download options if you buy! Guitar Summit 2024 is a wrap - boy, did I have fun. Matteo Mancuso was unbelievable, his clinic as well as his concert. Just… wow. Also a big shoutout to Guillaume from Two-Notes . Great talk! ( https://www.two-notes.com/en/ ). Also available are my EPs JPTR Rising (YouTube video: https://youtu.be/eFooykFnNo4 ) and WILD WORLD . For the latter Magnus and I did a performance video for Give It All You got : https://youtu.be/tJ348_Dh9_M My latest full album is Now, Then . Released 2022 worldwide and available as retail CD, download, and on all streaming platforms. It includes both 2021 digital EPs plus 6 bonus tracks. Now, Then re-visits songs from the past 25 years, including previously unreleased material, featuring vocals by Klaus Schmuck , Jan Knopf and myself. To wrap this up, let me suggest 2 personal favorites of mine: > One being my video for the track ANOTHER TRY featuring the legendary Simon Philips on drums on the 11/8 rocker. > The other being this smashing rocker featuring singer Udo Maurer: RIDING THE STORM
Meeting PLINI at the Guitar Summit 2023
01.
BUY - DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
All songs are available on bandcamp in various formats up to FLAC. Of course shops all over the world sell songs, start at amazon music, Apple Music etc. Please also consider buying a retail CD.02.
STREAM - JUST LISTEN
All full albums are available on countless streaming sites. Literally too many to list. Keep in mind that some EPs and singles are exclusive releases for bandcamp.com and can only be listened to / purchased there.03.
YOUTUBE - WATCH
My channel @shorerocks offers all official videos, also playlists for Sven Horlemann and HIGH ROAD EASY. Plus a live in the studio series, the odd gear review, blogs, lyric videos… you name it.
guitar driven rock. all flavors.
You love of rock music? Me too! As a studied musicologist I enjoy a broad musical taste ranging from rock / pop / metal to classical music. I even got a feature in Germany‘s Gitarre & Bass. This page features my solo work. For HIGH ROAD EASY, please go >> here <<.
DIRECT LINKS: click on album below
A big thank you goes out to
Andy Sachs, Jan Knopf, Udo & Lena Maurer, Klaus Schmuck, Axel Gillhausen, Volker Schäfer… and to my favorite drummer Magnus Brandell.
Magnus
BRANDELL
Jan
KNOPF
Solo works :: DISCOGRAPHY
Full album releases are available worldwide as retail CDs, stream & download distributed via CD Baby. All solo releases are available digitally at bandcamp, including booklet, lyrics and pictures. Why bandcamp? First, because PLINI uses it. Secondly, it is fair payment for the artist. Thirdly, you can freely chose between MP3, FLAC, ALAC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and AIFF formats - all available for the same price! Also you can listen to full songs before you buy (no subscription needed), and I made exclusive content available, this is a no-brainer for independant artists.“To me music is about personal
expression. It‘s about how you
feel. It‘s not about how technical
efficient you are.”
Eddie van Halen (1995 radio interview)
GUEST MUSICIANS
latest
My latest releases on bandcamp are Another Side Revealed (EP) and Another Piece Of Me (EP) . Bandcamp offers free streaming plus FLAC, MP3 download options if you buy. Promotional videos: Sven Horlemann (ft. Magnus Brandell) - One On One (Official Video) Sven Horlemann (ft. Magnus Brandell) - Arabica II (Official Video) Both EPs feature 4 songs, 2 featuring singer Klaus Schmuck . Of course, all drums provided by drummer extraordinaire Magnus Brandell . Also available are my EPs JPTR Rising (Official video: Sven Horlemann ft. Magnus Brandell - JPTR Rising ) and WILD WORLD . For WILD WORLD Magnus and I also did a video for Give It All You got . The latest full album release is ‚Now, Then‘, including both EPs from 2021 plus 6 (!) bonus tracks: SmartLink: Now, Then. ‚Now, Then‘ re-visits songs from the past 25 years, including previously unreleased material. You can check out the songs in the teaser videos on YouTube: Now, Then (album), and both EPs Now, Then (EP1) and Now, Then (EP2) . You might also want to watch my video for the track ANOTHER TRY.
ABOUT
TARGET EAGLE is the first notable band I formed with my mentor Wolfgang Roch, back in 1986. In the 80‘s instrumental shred albums where the thing, so ‚why not do one myself?‘, I thought. Produced by Wolfgang, it was the first SVEN HORLEMANN release to be published in 1987 to international praise. Singer P ETER WINTER had interest by BMG / Ariola, and I was recommended to join. We worked on songs, in the end Peter ended up doing a pro demo using PINK CREAM 69 as his studio band. 1991 I continued to study musicology, and free of commercial aspects, formed the progressive rock trio CHANGES with Zegge Zechiel and Georg Schanze. We had fun, played great gigs, but ultimately everyone moved on. End of 1992 CHANGES consisted of superb singer Michael Waidelich, Willy Schmitz on bass and Torsten Daul on drums. This incarnation of CHANGES further improved my songs, taking the progressive ideas and manage to fuse them to melodic rock songs the average listeners can enjoy, too. 1995 I was asked to join a new band, which became THREE MILE SMILE. Led by singer Ebo Rock we were offering more alternative oriented rock. 1997 the collaboration with KLAUS SCHMUCK started, first supporting him in JERRY CAN , later also forming the hard rocking OCEAN BED . 2002 I was more and more interested in recording, mixing and producing. Therefore it made sence to restart my solo recordings. 2008 I joined forces with power house singer JAN KNOPF forming HIGH ROAD EASY . As of today we released 4 full length records, our latest in 2020.
wONderful things
come in tiny packages
(Cd, 2018)
The 2nd album I teamed up with singer extraordinaire, Udo Maurer. I love is raspy voice that elevates 6 songs way beyond the original versions I had. It also features some of the best instrumental rock songs I‘ve ever written.
standing tall (Cd, 2013)
‚Standing Tall‘ is inspired by my work with vocalist Klaus Schmuck, with whom I collaborated several years. Some of the songs we wrote are dear to my heart and you can find re-arranged and re- recorded version on them with Klaus‘ original vocals. Add some new songs to that and voilá, a full album was ready.
Happy turns to blue
(Cd, 2016)
Featuring singer Udo Maurer for the first time this is a set of new songs written especially for this album. It gathers several guest musicians, most notably Magnus Brandell (drums), Lena Maurer (beautiful lead vocals on ‚I Can‘t See‘), Axel Gillhausen & Volker Schäfer (bass). A wonderful experience and an album I am very proud of.
in.com.plete (Cd, 2010)
This album was done without the intention to release it. It was an experiment, fusing my classical influences with rock music. This album was just for me, not following any trend or seeking any audience. It was an adventure and one of my first proper productions. I like it.
