Alannah Myles
"Raimund Burke sent me his Christmas album right out of the blue with an accompanying letter requesting me to give him a quote. I opened the link, had a listen and found my foot tapping incessantly to the boppy grooves of some of the hardest rocking Christmas songs I've ever heard and though I don't really listen to heavy metal, I actually listened to every track in it's entirety. There is humour leaking out of grungy bass riffs and finely played precision in both the pyrotechnics of his guitar soloing as well as the slinky jazz undertones of tracks like White Christmas, that hilariously does not disappoint and instead, suddenly breaks down to say "cut the crap, we're here to play rock!" (in German of course). There's even a lilting touch of a country twang on the waltz groove of "Oh Silent Night" and beautifully executed blues guitar on Deck the Halls that cascades into a fury of goth rock. This is a well produced and thoughtful collection of songs that I foresee will find their way into films, commercials, people's homes, ipods as well as hearts. Bravo... and Merry Christmas, and oh yeah, it's my birthday too!!! "
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Jörg Sander
(Udo Lindenberg, Heinz-Rudolf-Kunze)
"Raimund is the most underestimated melodic heavy metal guitar player worldwide and his new christmas-record will top anything that has been there in this genre"
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Stevie Salas
"It is indeed a very rockin Xmas!!"
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Guido Bungenstock
(Soloartist)
"Dieses Jahr wird Weihnachten mal ganz anders! Wenn Raimund Burke‘s neues Weihnachtsalbum unterm Tannenbaum liegt, wird das Herz eines jeden Gitarrenfans höher schlagen. Originelle Interpretationen von bekannten Weihnachtsliedern mit jeder Menge lustiger Gimmicks in atemberaubender virtuoser Technik, präsentiert mal im Hard’n Heavy Touch und dann wieder gefühlvoll bluesig-rockig machen das Album zu einem echten Hörgenuss. Selbst vor jazzig swingenden Anleihen macht der Gitarrenmeister keinen Halt und zeigt, dass Weihnachtslieder niemals langweilig klingen müssen. Bemerkenswert ist auch, dass er alle Instrumente selbst eingespielt, arrangiert, programmiert und gemischt hat.
Ein wirkliches kraftvolles, exzellent klingendes Christmas Guitar Album, dass mich rundum überzeugt hat! Doch Halt, einen Kritikpunkt gibt es doch: Schade, dass mich Raimund nicht zu einem Weihnachts-Solo eingeladen hat, hätte sicher mächtig Spaß gemacht. Maybe next time, Raimund... hohoho ;-)"
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Steffi Stephan
(Udo Lindenberg)
"Hallo Raimund, habe ja selbst mal eine Weihnachtsplatte" mit Hannes gemacht. Hut ab vor deiner Produktion !!!!!!
Geht richtig geil ab !
Bitte schick mir ein Exemplar, wir werden deine Musik garantiert in der Jovel Music Hall
zu unserer "Scheinheiligen Nacht" spielen.
Besser geht nicht!
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Anselm Kluge
(Tätärä)
"heavy kinderlieder das. wer da vorher einen gegensatz vermutet hat, lag schon immer falsch, meint AK"
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... more to come soon
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1984 everything began with the first guitar given to him by his parents (because the drum kit was too loud in the house)
In the same year he founded his first hard rock band Inverness together with Peter Breitenbach (Warhead) und Bjoern Eilen (Rebellion).
1989 he recorded his first Hard rock demo (Sea Of Green) professionally at Cottage Studio, Osnabrueck which was even mentioned in the local Osnabrueck paper comparing him to Yngwie Malmsteen. This was, according to Raimund Burke, totally exaggerated but nevertheless very nice.
1990 he took classes in Popular Music at Hochschule fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst, Hamburg, Germany
1991 The Band KING COCKROACH (Hardrock)
1992-1994 there was a little fusion rock band in Osnabrueck named Zumpf. Weird
name, weird, far out instrumental fusion music.
1994 Martelli (Hardrock), Hamburg, together with ex-Mydra singer Andre Martelli.
Also in 1994 a little tour with Markus Wolter, who opened for MichyReincke, both
unplugged.
2000 he finally bought himself a drum kit (his other passion) and applied it on
Into The Void – 2001 a cover band playing hard rock und heavy metal songs.
2005 he finished his first own instrumental CD Get It (which can be purchased
on this site).
Just before Christmas he creativley used his time to make a rocking Christmas
Maxi DC (Christmas in Rock) which is very unique.
2006 “Get It” got rave reviews from listeners and critics alike. The media praised the joy of playing, the ideas and the great songs on the CD.
Meanwhile, in 2007, Raimund has contributed guitar soli on the Safkan debut album which will still be published in 2008.
There were also a couple of studio jobs that required some soli for a hardrock as well as for a yet unpublished country/rock project from Norway, which adapted a few hardrock classics.
Also in 2007 the production of the new CD “into My Arena” is underway full blast, recorded at the R&B home studio and mastered at Docmaklang Studio, Osnabrueck, Germany.
In December 2008, the new CD “Into My Arena” is released. Raimund was able to obtain quotes from some well-known music experts. This album received excellent press reviews Raimund worldwide.
2010 will be the release of his 4th CD "Christmas Classics". 10 well known Christmas Songs in his own style, including lots of gimmicks and surprises.
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