Album Notes

Quiet Glow is baroque sonic alchemy with icy overtones. Refined and robust, the music on Quiet Glow challenges and engages the listener. This sophisticated body of work is definitely not to be missed by fans of exploratory electronic music.

Quiet Glow was mixed and mastered by electronic music veteran, Robert Rich, who also mastered Chad's debut title, "Twilight in the Offing", on Hypnos Recordings.


About Chad Hoefler

Born and raised in southeastern Ohio, Chad Hoefler spent much of his youth chasing insects and spiders and overturning rocks to uncover strange and novel worlds. He also dedicated a sizeable portion of his youth to music.

At the age of 6, Chad began taking formal guitar lessons, which was followed by 9 years of classical piano instruction. Chad also participated in vocal choirs and other musical acts associated with his education, which exposed him to diverse musical instruments and forms.

However it was a marriage between Chad's fascination with biological and cosmological phenomena, which Chad describes as having a "sinuous elegance and haunting beauty" and the influence that sound has on one's state of mind that has shaped his interests as a musician. "We really tend to underappreciate just how influential sound can be on our brain chemistry", explains Chad.

In 2004, Chad entered the ambient arena by releasing his debut CD, Twilight in the Offing, on Hypnos Recordings. Chad has followed up this highly praised work with a sophomore release entitled, Quiet Glow, which can be found on the Lotuspike label. Ambient pioneer Robert Rich gets post-production credits on both releases. Chad is currently developing new ideas for future projects.