check back for a more recent bio soon. for the moment, let me state that cryptic scenery is an underground project / group formed in very late 1994, which has gone through a number of line-ups, mainly in a band phase from 1994 to 2003, then a 'solo line-up' phase from 2003 to 2009. currently, cryptic scenery is comprised of christian h. sötemann and thomas pertzel (since june 2009).

cryptic scenery has put out a number of cds, cd-rs, some tapes, some vinyl and some mp3 files since 1995. between 1995 and 2005, the same goes for releases under my own name. since 2003, the side project the organisation of sound has also been able to find some outlets via record releases. see the discography for more details.

history of line-ups:

line-up i.i (11/1994 - 05/1995):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards
jan-christoph fritz - keyboards, electronics

line-up i.ii (05/1995 - 09/1995):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards
jan-christoph fritz - keyboards
michael heger - drums

line-up ii.i (10/1995 - 10/1996):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass
michael heger - drums

line-up ii.ii (10/1996 - 07/1998):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards
michael tibcken - bass
michael heger - drums

line-up ii.iii (07/1998 - 10/1999):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodica
ronald meyer - guitar, percussion
michael tibcken - bass
michael heger - drums

line-up iii.i (10/1999 - xx/2000):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards
michael tibcken - bass

line-up iii.ii (xx/2000 - 10/2000):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodica
michael tibcken - bass
frank diegel - drums

line-up iii.iii (10/2000 - 09/2002):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodica
lars schwennesen - guitar, double bass
michael tibcken - bass
frank diegel - drums

line-up iii.iv (09/2002 - 07/2003):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodica
lars schwennesen - guitar, double bass
michael tibcken - bass
friedrich buse - drums

line-up iv.i (07/2003 - 06/2009):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, melodica, percussion, electronics

line-up v.i (06/2009 - present):
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards, melodica, electronics, percussion, sounds
thomas pertzel - saxophone, percussion, sounds