Bioscope

Bioscope is the collaborative project of Steve Rothery, guitarist and founding member of the British progressive rock band Marillion, and Thorsten Quaeschning, musical director of the legendary German electronic collective Tangerine Dream. Blending Rothery’s soaring, melodic guitar with Quaeschning’s sequencer-driven Berlin School electronics, the duo creates immersive instrumental music that moves between progressive rock, ambient soundscapes, and cinematic atmospheres. The partnership was born in early 2020, after an impromptu jam session at Marillion’s Racket Club studio in England revealed a shared musical language and set of influences. Over the following years, Rothery and Quaeschning developed the project through concentrated writing and recording sessions in Berlin and in Rothery’s home studio, weaving together their distinct musical identities into a coherent new sound world. The name Bioscope—derived from the Greek words bios (life) and skopeein (to look)—was chosen to reflect the duo’s fascination with sound as a lens through which to explore the moving image and the experience of life itself. Their debut album, Gentō, was released on 22 August 2025 by earMusic. The record presents a five-part instrumental journey inspired by early cinema and humanity’s long-standing relationship with images in motion. Featuring guest drummer Alex Reeves (Elbow), Gentō merges lush guitar lines with analog synth sequences, expanding into expansive soundscapes that evoke both intimacy and grandeur. Songs like "Kaleidoscope" and the title track "Gentō" highlight the duo’s interplay between melody and atmosphere, while extended suites such as "Vanishing Point" and "Kinetoscope" reveal their cinematic ambitions. Gentō was issued in multiple high-fidelity formats—including a CD + Blu-ray edition with Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround mixes, a heavyweight double vinyl, and digital platforms.

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