Matthias Ambré


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Matthias 'Matzé' Ambré is a well known musician and music producer. He plays the guitar and the piano and gained huge popularity with the albums and his studio and live guitar preformances for the gothic novel rock band ASP. Today, he works as an independant music producer in Frankfurt, where he has his own recording studio, and he is founding member of the band Die Kammer, for which he writes and produces the albums and plays the guitar and sings.

Matzé started his musical career at the age of five, learning both the piano and the guitar. During and after his A-levels (1989) he started an education at the Dr. Hochs Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1987-1992) on classical guitar, theory of harmony and aural theory for five years. He also started studying musicology at the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main for two years and made his Diploma in Engineering for Sound and Image Technology at the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule.

Together with his friend Oliver Himmighoffen (Himmi) in 1988 he founded the German Punk-Rock band Gabi Mohnbrot, in which he also met Andreas Gross (Tossi). With his band he plays some gigs around Frankfurt and meets other bands of the area, one of them being the former band of Alexander F. Spreng (Asp). A friendship is formed and after dissolving his band, he and Asp, who also disbanded his former band spent much time in talking about future plans and ideas and after finding a lot of parallels in 1999 they both founded the Gothic Novel Rock band ASP, with which both will gain great attention. In 2000 he produces the first album of Marcus Testory's (Max) band Chamber, but as producing and playing for ASP took up too much time, for a long time this album should be the only one that Matzé produced.

With gaining popularity of ASP and the need to give live concerts, Matzés friends and former band colleagues join ASP: Himmi already played the backing drums as guest musician on the first releases and joined the band with Tossi (bass guitar) in 2000; 2001 Max joined as backing choir, but left the Band again in 2004.

After many years of friendship and great musical accomplishments, the friendship between Asp and Matzé started to crack at the end of 2010 and at the beginning of 2011 Asp announced, that Matzé will no longer be part of the Band ASP.

Matzé then founded the recording studio Ashborn Sound Studio and after meeting with his old friend and former band colleague Max, who had similar bad experiences in his career, they both founded the Band Die Kammer in 2011. In early 2012 they release their first album together, which was created in Matzés studio and released under Max' Label [l509793]. After Himmi joining the band for their first live gig, he is thrown out of ASP and officially joins Matzés new band, which today (2014) has already seven members.

ALBUMS


ASP
Per Aspera Ad Aspera
2014
ASP
Horror Vacui
2008, 2x CD Digibook, ,
Goth Rock
ASP
Zaubererbruder - Der Krabat-Liederzyklus
2008
ASP
Nie Mehr! - Die Verschollenen Archive I
2007, CD, EP, Trisol
ASP
Requiembryo (Schmetterling Zyklus, Teil 5)
2007, ,
Alternative Rock/Electro/Speech
Chamber - L'Orchestre De Chambre Noir*
Chamber - L'Orchestre De Chambre Noir
2006
ASP
Werben
2006, ,
Interview/EBM/Electro/Goth Rock
ASP & Chamber
Humility
2006, CD, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic
ASP
Hunger
2005, CD, EP, Enh, Ltd, A5 , Trisol, ,
Electro/Goth Rock
ASP
Schwarzes Blut
2005, CD, Single, Promo, Trisol, ,
Goth Rock
Umbra Et Imago
Motus Animi
2005, CD, DVD, ,
Interview/Electro/Goth Rock/Industrial
ASP
Aus Der Tiefe
2005, 2x CD Digipak, ,
Goth Rock
ASP
Weltunter (Schmetterling Zyklus,Teil 3)
2004, ,
Goth Rock/Synth-pop
ASP
Weltunter (Komm Zu Mir)
2003, CD, Maxi, Trisol, Richterskala, ,
EBM/Goth Rock
ASP
Die Zusammenkunft EP
2002, CD, ,
Goth Rock/Synth-pop
ASP
:Duett
2001
ASP
Hast Du Mich Vermisst?
2000
Thomas Sabottka
Sendung 1- Rock'N'Roll-Stories
2009, CD, EP, Not On Label
Die Kammer
Season IV Some T#ings Wrong
2018
Die Kammer
Season III: Solace In Insanity
2016, 2x CD,
Die Kammer
Season II: Views From The Inside
2014, CD, Album, Delicious Releases, ,
Acoustic/Neo-Classical/Goth Rock
Die Kammer
Season I: The Seeming And The Real
2012, CD, Dig, Delicious Releases
ASP
Von Zaubererbrüdern - Live & Unplugged
2009
ASP
Akoasma - Horror Vacui Live
2008
ASP
Duett (Das Minnelied Der Incubi)
2007, CD, Single, Promo, Trisol
Gabi Mohnbrot
Fröhlingserwachen
2007, CD, Album, Not On Label
ASP
Isobel Goudie
2006, CD, Single, Ltd, Trisol
ASP
Ich Bin Ein Wahrer Satan
2006
ASP
Varieté Obscur
2006, ,
Electro/Goth Rock

APPEARANCES +


L'Âme Immortelle
Durch Fremde Hand
2008, CD, CD, All Media, ,
Alternative Rock/Industrial/Darkwave
Terminal Choice
Reloadead
2003, ,
Industrial Metal/Electro/Industrial/Darkwave
L'Âme Immortelle
Zwielicht
2002
ASP
Zaubererbruder - Der Krabat-Liederzyklus - Live & für immer
2019, 2xDVD-V, Ltd, PAL, 5.1, Gothic Novel Rock Records,
Various
A Tribute To Depeche Mode - Ultra / Songs Of Faith And Devotion
2019, CD, Comp, Sonic Seducer, ,
EBM/Industrial
Various
Depeche Mode - Ultra Tribute
2017, CD, Comp, Sonic Seducer, ,
EBM/Industrial
Umbra Et Imago
Die Unsterblichen - Das Zweite Buch
2017
Pauline Paris
Carrousel
2016, CD, Album, Quart De Lune, ,
Chanson
Umbra Et Imago
Die Unsterblichen
2015
Various
Gothic Compilation Part LIX
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Batbeliever Releases, ,
Goth Rock/EBM
Various
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 126 / Jahresrückblick 2011
2012, DVD-V, Comp, PAL, Sonic Seducer, ,
Darkwave/EBM/Goth Rock/Folk
ASP & Chamber (L'Orchestre De Chambre Noir)*
Once In A Lifetime - Die Verschollenen Archive III
2012, 2xCD, RE + Comp, Gothic Novel Rock Records, ,
Acoustic/Goth Rock/Classical/Speech
Burn
Black Magnolia
2012, CD, Album, Blind Records (12)
ASP
Eisige Wirklichkeit
2012, CD Digibook, DVD, ,
Goth Rock
Various
Amphi Festival 2010
2010, CD, Comp, Out Of Line, ,
EBM/Industrial/Electro/Synth-pop/Darkwave
Various
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 90 Jahresrückblick 2008
2009, DVD-V, Comp, Sonic Seducer, ,
Alternative Rock/EBM/Darkwave/Electro/Goth Rock/Synth-pop
Various
Abby (The Compilation Part 3)
2009, 2xCD, Comp, UpScene, Indigo (2), ,
Industrial/Electro/EBM/Punk/Neofolk/New Wave/Darkwave/Goth Rock/Synth-pop
Various
M'era Luna Festival 2008 (Der Film Zum Festival)
2008, DVD-V, Comp + CD, Comp, Sonic Seducer, ,
Doom Metal/Electro/Goth Rock/Synth-pop/Industrial
Various
Schattenreich Vol. 5
2008, 2xCD, Comp, E-Wave Records, Drakkar Records, ,
Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Industrial/Medieval/EBM/Modern Classical/Avantgarde/Symphonic Rock/Heavy Metal/Acoustic/Electro/Goth Rock/Synth-pop
Various
Schattenreich Vol. 5
2008, DVD-V, Comp, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, ,
Dark Ambient/Darkwave/EBM/Folk Metal/Gothic Metal/Goth Rock/Industrial/Neofolk/Symphonic Rock/Synth-pop
ASP & Chamber, L'Orchestre De Chambre Noir*
The 'Once In A Lifetime' Recollection Box
2007, 4xCD + Box, Album, Ltd, Han, Trisol Music Group GmbH, ,
Acoustic/Goth Rock/Classical/Speech
Various
Aderlass Vol. 1
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Totentanz, ,
EBM/Synth-pop/Goth Rock
Chamber, L'Orchestre De Chambre Noir*
Ghost Stories And Fairy-Tales
2003
Various
:Per:Version: Vol.4
2002, CD, Enh, Smplr, :Ritual:, ,
Modern Classical/IDM/Goth Rock/Synth-pop/Electro
L'Âme Immortelle
Zwielicht
2002
Various
Orkus Collection 2
2001, CD, Comp, Copy Prot., Orkus, ,
Electro/Goth Rock/Synth-pop/Industrial
Various
Künstler Zum 10. Wave Gotik Treffen
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Zoomshot Media Entertainment, ,
Industrial/Goth Rock/Synth-pop/Neofolk
Various
Doom & Gloom Act 2
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Gloomy Prophecies, ,
Goth Rock/Darkwave/Electro/EBM/Industrial
Various
German Tribe V.01
2001, 2xCD, Comp, novArt, ,
EBM/Goth Rock/Synth-pop/Darkwave
Various
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. VIII
2000, CD, Comp, Enh + 47xFile, MP3, Comp, 128, Sonic Seducer, ,
Folk Rock/Doom Metal/Industrial/EBM/Modern Classical/Rhythmic Noise/Black Metal/Breakbeat/Goth Rock/Synth-pop/Experimental