Wolfgang Friedl started playing keyboard in 1977 at the tender age of 11.
He had been taking lessons in classic organ for five years and up to that point completely immersed himself in the marvellous world of music. By 1980, he taught himself further lessons in keyboard playing, and demonstrated these new sounds by creating shows for the neighbourhood children in order to get their reactions. The instrument served to constantly mesmerize him and the other children. This developed into such a passion that by 1983, Wolfgang saved all his money in order to buy his first synthesizer, a Yamaha CS 40.

The exploding possibilities of sound creation fascinated Friedl so much that in the same year he founded his first band with some like-minded friends. This primitive Yamaha synthesizer was only able to play two notes at a time, so he had to continue to play something really remarkable to be heard in a band with two electric guitars competing for volume attention.

During these early band days, he learned to reduce an idea to its best parts, something he still does to this present day, as an alternative to free improvisation.

The ensuing years, Friedl played with other bands and remained a key performer in one of them for eleven years. The music was a mixture of rock/pop and folk but by the end of 1997 he decided to leave in order to embark on a solo venture which allowed him the ability to do something he always wanted to do: create chillout music.

 

In 1998, Friedl built a small studio with the money he earned from a soundtrack he created for a documentary-film ("Das Geheimnis des Bernstein-Colliers") and started to record his own music.
He initially joined mp3.com in February 1999, and later, some other music portals. In the year 2000, he recorded "The Jupiter Project", a ten-song tribute to the Jovian planetary concept, which was completed by January 2001 and available on cd at mp3.com. This CD continues to generate a lot of positive reactions and one song was licensed as part of the compilation "Le Café Abstrait-Relaxation Is Total Peace", Free Form Records, Hamburg, Germany released in March 2001 (http://www.freeform.de).

He never once gave any thought about the potential popularity of Pulsar Bleu as his intention was to merely create and transmit a "mental Snapshot" with the possibilities of playing, sampling and arranging music. Friedl initially meant to create music as an outgrowth of his creative expression and didn't think that his online presence would generate the vast fan base that it has. He simply created that which he loved, and the fans found him and followed his progress.