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Born 1964 in Lienz, East Tyrol, Austria. Taliesin began making music as a young child, his musical journey has led him from traditional folk music, on through jazz and reggae all the way to rock music. Because of his wide horizon of musical interests, he has been accompanied by a great array of musical instruments and rhythms throughout his life. In 1988, together with Marcus Testory und Christoph Aschauer, he founded the underground rock band A Wedding Anniversary. 1989 saw the release of their debut album on Dancetaria Records – the then well-known French independent label based in Lille. The album made it into various underground and independent charts throughout Europe. In France, for example, the album spent a number of weeks in the Top 15 and was even made Album of the Week by the major national newspaper Le Figaro. In Switzerland, the album climbed to the top of the charts of the Independent Rock Radio Station Couleur 3 and stayed there for a total of 4 weeks. The list goes on. On top of that, their EP “Asylum” was also released later on in 1989 and their 2nd album The Age of Lies came out a few years later in 1993. After the band split up in late 1993, Taliesin decided to initially withdraw from the professional music business. Some time later he came across the world of analogue-digital music, a world that has fascinated him ever since. He mastered the programming techniques for a variety of music computers and synthesizers. And since 1999 he has been making a name for himself as Taliesin - the composer, producer, and live performer, 1st live Psytrance act in Austria – completely analogue up until 2006. He has since performed at many major Central-European festivals. In the year 2000, he got to know Marc Brouard and Leon Martin. Their loose bands soon developed into a great friendship and led to Taliesin co-producing the Phoenix Firedancer’s first audio-visual show Spirit Fire. Was a Supermax band member from 2006 to 2009. Taliesin was awarded the Peacemaker Order at the Kremlin in November 2006.