HIGH ROAD EASY
driving melodic rock
ABOUT
Teaming up in March 2008, Jan and Sven were instantly hitting off
with each other. Within three weeks six great melodic rock gems
were written and demoed.
HIGH ROAD EASY were born.
Blessed with one of Germanys finest rock voices, Jan Knopf shines in
all HIGH ROAD EASY songs. Riffs, grooves and keyboard hooks are
delivered by multi-instrumentalist / producer Sven Horlemann to
suit Jan‘s voice.
The missing puzzle was found in Berklee educated drummer
Magnus Brandell, who studied polyrhythms with professors Mike
Mangini and Skip Hadden. Magnus grooves deliver the perfect
playground for Sven and Jan.
WELCOME
…to the official website of HIGH ROAD EASY.
Please check out our new self-
titled album High Road Easy -
just click on the cover!
Founded in 2008, HIGH ROAD
EASY is a German hard rock band
with 4 full album releases. The
debut album ‚Hotter Than A
Thousand Suns‘ was released 2009 worldwide via CD Baby and
was well received. It generated genuine interest by legendary
producer Beau Hill (Ratt, Warrant, Winger, Europe …) who
personally contacted the band:
‚I'm listening to your music right now... I like what you're doing...
Great material, and I dig Jan's vocal approach , very stylistic… I
really like DONT WAIT FOR ME... killer arrangement.‘
15 busy months later HIGH ROAD EASY delivered their second
album ‚drive‘. In some places ‚drive‘ rocks harder, but manages
to be more melodic than the debut. 2015 finally saw the release
of the aptly titled third album "III". Again the bar was raised. "III"
is more vocal heavy, both diverse and highly melodic.
Finally, the self-titled new album ‚HIgh Road Easy‘ was made
available in 2020. Check out the smartURL and listen via your
preferred music streaming / download service.
REVIEWS
AORmusic.de (7,5/10):
‘(…) the duo offers Classic Rock besides any trends. The album
impressively starts with “Lights“, the extremely memorable “Sixes
& Sevens“ and the DEEP PURPLE tinged “No Regrets“.
POWERPLAY magazine (6/7 points):
‘A collection ranging from fast paced driving rockers to more
commercial roadio friendly songs and the obligatory ballad, it
highlights the time invested in a quality production, with layered
harmonies a feature of the vocal sound’.
Gitarre&Bass:
‘Eingängige Gesangslinien, knackige
Heavy-Riffs plus schnörkellose
Drum/Bass-Grooves sind die
Hauptzutaten für die klaren Songs (…).
Das Ergebnis erinnert dann schon mal an die späten Rainbow
und Whitesnake oder atmet auch den Geist von Toto. Gitarrist
Sven Horlemann geht auch schon mal virtuoser nach vorne, setzt
aber in ruhigen Nummern geschmackvolle melodische Akzente.
(…) Tolle Leistung!‘
THE ROCKER (2015):
‘(…) an excellent slice of melodic rock
from Germany. (...) One for the
Foreigner fans tired of buying live
albums and best of’s’.
DRIVE ALBUM PROMO
01/11/2012
High Road Easy‘s 2nd album ‚Drive‘ got an album
promotion with several songs to listen to - it is one
of the most played videos from HRE.
DARKNESS AND JOY
26/02/2016
Darkness And Joy deserved a lyric video - it is one of
the favorite tracks from ‚III‘. It was even played on
London radio stations several times.
THE PLAYERS
VIDEOS
You‘ll find a youtube playlist link on the left of this page.
:: STREAM :: LINKS :: DOWNLOAD ::
The streaming links are direct artist links for High Road Easy.
You‘ll find the social media links on the left of this page.
CONTACT
Sven Horlemann
Rotenbüschle 25
76228 Karlsruhe
Mail: shore@mailbox.org
Phone: 0151 70156130
HIGH ROAD EASY - Album Teaser
02/04/2020
Starting of a series of videos to promote the new
2020 self-titled High Road Easy album is this teaser.
SIXES & SEVENS
02/05/2020
Sixes & Sevens is one of the most popular tracks
from the new album. So we made a video :-).