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THE MAINSTREAM-PROJECT
THE MAINSTREAM IS A PROJECT BY FEDERICO MALANDRINO, AN ITALIAN PRODUCER AND BASSIST ,AND JOSCHA BLACHNITZKY ,A GERMAN GUITARIST AND PRODUCER .
THEY FIRST MET DURING A SUMMER VACATION ON THE BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF ELBA ITALY,WHERE THEN THE IDEA OF THE MAINSTREAM WAS BORN. NOT LONG AFTER -IN DECEMBER/2004 ,THE FIRST RECORDING- SESSION TOOK PLACE AT THE FABULOUS MUSIKATELIER-STUDIO IN HOHNSTORF A SMALL VILLAGE LOCATED IN NORTHERN GERMANY.
WHAT STARTED AS A MUSICAL STYLE BEST TO DESCRIBE AS ACOUSTIC MEETS ELECTRONIC SOON DEVELOPED INTO A CONCEPT CALLED THE MAINSTREAM-PROJECT, TRYING TO MAKE AN ALBUM SEPERATED INTO EPISODES OF AT LEAST THREE SONGS EACH ,WHERE EVERY EPISODE REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF WHAT PEOPLE CALL MAINSTREAM.
THE FIRST NON-OFFICIAL RELEASE IS CALLED PREVIEW AND FEATURES A FEW UNPLUGGED- RECORDINGS . NEVERTHELESS,THE ALBUM RELEASE WILL HOPEFULLY BE SOON.