Effective period / Period of releases: 2001 - 2019

Members: Christian H. Sötemann

cryptic scenery is the main music outlet of the German musician Christian H. Sötemann. It has existed in a group line-up from 1994 to 2003 and a duo line-up from 2009 to 2012. During all other periods, cryptic scenery has essentially been a one-man project.

The music varies in style, but could roughly be characterized as oscillating between mostly dark(er), atmospheric Art-Rock/Pop, Ambient, formalist minimalism and Drone. cryptic scenery has released a number of CDs, CD-Rs, Tapes, Vinyl and digital releases since mid-1995.