Manuel Goettsching - Dream & Desire

Goettschings "Dream & Desire" was recorded back in 1977 but not released until 1991. Very meditative relaxing spaced out release, similar to other records from that time. Put this on if you want to relax!

Relax

Cluster/Baumann/Schnitzler/Moebius

After yesterdays trip to the more comercial side of E-Music today back to the roots with some of the founders of E-Music. First Clusters Album from 1979 Grosses Wasser (Big Water). It was co-produced with then Ex-TD Man Peter Baumann. Very interesting album. To me it's like a sequel to Trans Harmonic Nights from Baumann (see down) but sure you will here Cluster. Scarce Sounds but interesting sequences and melodies.
Interesting
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Second for today we have another interesting collaboration from Peter Baumann, this time with Conrad Schnitzler who was one of the founding members of KLUSTER and now a solo artist. This Maxi Single was released 1983 and is quite nice. The 3rd track reminds me a little of Kraftwerk.
Unfortunatly Peter Baumann iss not composing any music anymore. He created a spirital guide center for natral enlightening. Google Peter Baumann and the Baumann Institute for more Info.

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And the last album for today from Dieter Moebius (Cluster). Tonspuren is also from 1983 and you can here clearly cluster. Even though H.J. Roedelius is not playing here.
I will have a H.J. Roedelius post later.

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DRUM and BASE/Breakbeat/Jungle

Today at last I post two of my favourite albums from the 90's. Both accidently released back 1995 (yes my friends already 15 years ago .... argggghh getting older and older ...).
First Leftfield's Leftism. This is refered as British best Electronic Album of all times. Ok this is discussable, but I must admit this album is absolutly mad. Great Beats, Vocals beautifully mixed together. Sometimes you hear a Reggae Rythm then some Drum and Base. This is in no way an "classic" electronic album like Redshift for example, but is even though a classic by itself.

Absoluty

MUST HAVE

The second album is like the first post also an instant classic. Like I said before not in the sense of classic e-music but because of innovation. Goldies - Timeless from 1995 (the 2 CD version) is freaking incredible.
I don't know how the guy did this. The Break Beats and the sudden changes of tempo in the breaks are amazing. It is no getting better than this. Unfortunatly his later albums never could reached the level of this album.

ENJOY

Baffo Banfi - Galaxy my Dear

Great Space Music by Italian Composer Baffo Banfi.
This was his first Solo Album and it is from 1978. I really like this album a lot of. An album to dream and relaxe.
Because it was posted some days ago on the Growing Bin Blog, I will redirect you there. Check them out because they have some amazing stuff there.
http://thegrowingbin.blogspot.com/2010/02/banfi-san-baffo.html

I just learned that there is a CD release of this album with an bonus tracks... anyone here who want to share it ?? :)

REQUEST

I know a lot of Disco Cosmic Music Lovers visit my site so I have a request. I hope someone has this album. It is from 1978:
I Signori Della Galassia - Qualcosa Si Crea Nulla Si Distrugge

i already have the ICEMAN album do I am looking for this one. Thanks a lot

Thanks to Tuemckey for the album :) Really much appreciated :)

Happy new Year :)

Just in case and tomorrow I might forget this:
I wish you all a happy new year and stay healthy.

Peter Seiler - Flying Frames

Another year is ending. Hopefully 2010 will be a more positive year for many people than this one.

German Composer Peter Seiler Flying Frames from 1986 is another IC release. To me it is more like a Library Music Album. It has some interesting themes though. No wonder Seiler composed a lot of Jingles and Library Music during the 80s.

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Tangerine Dream - Exit

And another album I wanted to post a long time.
TD's Exit from 1981 is another milestone from the great trio Froese, Franke, Schmoelling. In my humble opinion this was the best TD constellation even though Baumann and Haslinger were or are great musicians too :) (Not to mention all the other artist that contributed to this band). Between 1980 and 1985 this Band put out an incredible number of albums and soundtracks.
This is one of their best.

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Chris Franke - The London Concert

It's getting cold outside (yes even in the tropics :) )
Today I present your Chris Franke's London Concert from 1991 which I like personally very much. Some TD Tunes interpreted by him and some new tunes.
Great Sequences.
This is for your relaxed afternoons.

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Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express

Here a album that I wanted to post long time ago.
I am a huge Kraftwerk Fan so this is a must. Kraftwerks TEE from 1977 is a masterpiece and pioneers work in electronic music. This is the new remastered Version that just came out in "The Catalogue". It is really worth the 100 USD or so, you will 8 albums + 8 great Booklets for that money. Soundquality is stunning. Enjoy

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Software - Electronic Universe I + II

By request and because I like Software here are the two Electronic Universe Albums. The first one from 1985 and the second from 1988.
Floating ambient sequences typically Software. Even though the second one is a little bit more commercial.

Enjoy
Download Electronic Universe I

Download Electronic Universe II
Link fixed EU I is EU II and viceversa

Robert Schroeder - Time Waves

Today another Robert Schroeder Album. 1987 TimeWaves is another fine example from German Composer Robert Schroeder. I think he is one of the most underrated electronic Composer. Since 1974 he is putting out albums and still is rocking.

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ect.

Ok the comment section is on again. But with Word verification hopefully this keeps the spammer away.
Btw. the new Rammstein CD is out. If you like this Band get it because it's a great album :)

Peak - Ebondàzzar

Thanks for the recomendation by a follower of my blog and by Bilek who ul this :) This release from 1980 from the australian band Peak is very Progressive and Spacy like. Lot's of Guitar and ambient sounds. It was released on KS IC Label. Interesting.

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Robert Schroeder - Computer Voice

By request but also I wanted to post this album long time ago. 1984s album Computervoice from German composer Robert Schroeder is a very good electronic album and quite an example from that time. Catchy sequences and nice melodies this is I think Schroeders most known album. Enjoy

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Mark Isham - Vapor Drawings

After the mistake from last week today a "really" new post :) This was Mark Isham's first solo album. It is from 1983. Mark Isham is an american Trumpeter, synthesist who is now mainly into Soundtrack Music. This early record from him is very ambient and quiet even has some jazz influence.
Different from the european electronic musicians but evenly interesting.

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David van Tiegham - Safety in Numbers

Oops I didn't realize that I posted this again ... Sorry guys :)

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Astral Sounds - Red Kyte

This is a library record released back in 1982 by Rouge Music. Produced by John Hyde. Some nice electronic tunes. Aparently composed for Water and Ambient Scenes. The thing with these Library records is that they dont have much info about the composer if he is not famous in other areas, for example like Mark Shreeve who released also some library records. Originally posted by Phylips from the dead Painted on Silence Blog. Interesting so I reposted it here.

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Electronic Krautrock

As I can see from the dl's you don't like if I blog just 2 tracks from an album but if the album is new I like to protect the musician.
At last a pure Krautrock entry on my blog even though I love the Genre this is my first post of this kind of music nevertheless it is electronic too and today some of these bands a pure electronic. But back to the roots :)

First album is the compilation from Kraftwerk Exceller 8 that was release back in 1980 by Vertigo. It contains tracks from the first 4 albums of Kraftwerk even though Autobahn was heavily cut from 22min to 3 min... it's a nice introduction to their early work.

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Here we have the 3rd album from NEU! released back in 1975. The duo Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother both played with Kraftwerk in their early years. Very nice introduction to their work and also their most accesible album apart from their 4 th album that was released 20 years later. Klaus Dinger unfortunatly dies last year. He also created the Krautrock group La Duesseldorf.

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And the third one for today. Harmonia is (or was) basically Cluster together wich Michael Rother. Easy melodies with fun texts (Immer wieder rauf und runter, Always going up and down) ect. You will hear similarity to Neu. but that was the time (70s). Deluxe was also released back in 1975.
Since 2007 Harmonia reunited and gave already some concerts.
Hope you liked my little voyage to this genre but if you like electronic music you have to get back where it came from....

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Yanni - Live at the Acropolis

This concert album from greek composer Yanni is a nice introduction to his work. Even though that is not your average Electronic music album because he used an Symphonic Orchestra to play with him, I really like Yanni's music. He has some beautiful melodies and optimistic tunes. Originally he started releasing music in the 80's on Peter Baumann's Private Music Label, his first album dates back to 1984 (Optimystique)
The concert is from 1993 and there is a DVD release, if you like the music try to get the video which is nice too, aparently it is deemed to be the second best-selling music video of all time right after Michael Jacksons Thriller.

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Thorsten "Q" Quaeschning - Natatorium

Rightfully subtitled as music for moonlight drive & swimming pools the Music project from actual Tangerine Dream member Thorsten Quaeschning is a very interesting work. Sometime very close to TD but also with his own influences.
A highly recommended album from this year

Two tracks from the album

Manuel Goettsching - Inventions For Electric Guitar

Recorded back in 1974 and released 1975 this is another trance like release from Goettsching. 3 long tracks only played by guitar if you believe or not. Of course with some effect equipment. This sound more like TD or Schulze synthesizer compositions than anything played on a guitar. Enjoy this little masterpiece.

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Klaus Schulze - Andromeda (Promo)

And another post from me today. This time from master Klaus Schulze (funny that this is my first solo post from him). A promotion CD single for Alesis at the Frankfurt music fair, March 2003. Limited Edition of 300 copies. Most of them were given away for free to visitors of the Alesis booth at the fair, while KS was signing the CD. If you like KS you will like this one :)

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Paul Haslinger - Transfinity of Numbers (Promo)

A great promo release from Paul Haslinger (Ex-Tangerine Dream) released back in 95. Several tracks he composed for computershows ect.
Fast paced sequences and melodies. Unfortunatly the bitrate is a little low (128kb) If someone has this with a higher bitrate it would really appreciated :)

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W.A.dePHUL - When Aliens Meet A Drop Of Water

Keyboarder Rald Wadephul (Ex-Tangerine Dream) released this great album last year. It contains several re-mixed versions from TD tracks he co-wrote with Edgar Froese during the 1988 concert Tour in North America.
I really like this album, refreshing sounds and mixes.

Two tracks from the album

Geoffrey Downes - The Light Program

Jeje, at last a new post from me after 7 month of nothing new here, I am sorry but I had the Blog Burned out sindrome :) Hopefully I will recover soon and post more music here . Please report me any broken links you discover, I will try to repost them soon.
Today I present you the solo album from Buggle/Asia Keyboarder Geoffrey Downes.
The album is from 1986 and it is just great. You can hear that he comes from a Rock Background. But this makes this album so special. I liked it inmedeatly.
Enjoy

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Atom - Liedergut

This album was just released today. It is from Atom aka (Señor Coconut) aka Uwe Schmidt. And I must say a very interesting but quite experimental experience. Some tracks were co composed with Florian Schneider (who recently left Kraftwerk). And if you listen to the album you can tell why. This one could fit easily between Kraftwerks Kraftwerk 2 and the Ralf & Florian albums.

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Propeller Island - Hermeneutic Music

Hermeneutic Music was the first album by Propeller Island( Lars Stroschen), who is a Multimedia Artist from Berlin. It was released in 1988 (man thats already 20 years ago !!) and contains a lot of different sample recordings he made during his travels. This is not your normal electronic sample/sequence album. It is more like a soundtrackscore. I felt directly in love with the album back in 1988. So here another 80s gem that was released on the Erdenklang label.

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Wolfgang Dueren - Eyeless Dreams

At last something new here on the Blog and quite interesting too :)
The album was a private release from Wolfgang Dueren in 1980. He himself was a roadie for TD in the late 70s and even helped with some Sequencer programming, but never was playing with TD( at least not in Concerts). After that he became a Service Tecnician and Distributor for Palms PPG Synthesizer Systems. You can hear clearly the early Digital Synthesizers on this album. Interesting stuff.

Some more biographic notes here:

http://dueren.waldorfian.info

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E-MIX 2008

Yes I Know I am overdue with some E-Music posts for months.
But really I couldn't find anything interesting new.
Here I made a little compilation from mostly 70s early 80s Tracks from Kraftwerk, Cluster, TD, ect. Hope you enjoy the little compilation.

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Klaus Hess - Technodrome

Interesting album from ex-Jane member (Krautrock) Klaus Hess. This was his second solo-album and it is from 1992. To me it sounds a little bit like the E2-E4 album from Goettsching. Nice.

Btw. I reposted Timecode and Wuivend Riet

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Bogmayr / Zuschrader - Bergpredigt

I listening to this album several days now I it is beginning to grow on me. Lot's of Fairlight CSI Sounds and vocal samples. It is their interpretation of Jesus Sermon on the Mountain. Unfortunatly in German but a very interesting work.
To realize "The Sermon On The Mountain" musically rhythmic and tonal components were combined by the computer with human voices to form word-sound-colours. Vocal material was also drawn from interviews recorded in hospitals, pensions, youth clubs, in the street and in the open-air. From this collection we programmed the computer with special sentences, signal words, dialects and vocal sounds that were adapted by the computer to conform with our musical and dramatic concepts". (Bognermayr/Zuschrader/Karlberger)

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WORK WORK WORK

I am sorry for the lack of updating lately but my work is keeping me busy.
Thanks for all the comments. Next week I will post some more interesting stuff.

Sauveur Mallia

It's getting harder to find real interesting stuff out there for you, but I think you might like this french composer. He actually is a bass player, Composer, Arranger, Session Musician who played and composed unnumbered amount of Tracks and albums. He also was very succesful with the french space Disco Band Arpadys in 1979.
After that he made quite a lot of Libray Albums and there he really rocks.
I made for you a small selection from 8 Tracks I found.
Minimal Synth, Space Disco, Experimental.
If anyone has some rips of his TELEMUSIC Lps please contact me.

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Future Sound of London

At last a post from one of my favourite Groups. Absolutly mad Geniuses from England. This is a duo that leaves you with the mouth open. For me they are the Kings of mixing. Blending so many different sounds together that you can nearly see a picture. I have three albums here for you that represents there genius. Sometime they change their name for example to Androgynous Amorphous ect. but they are always the same people (Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans.)


ISNESS
Psychodelic electronic mix thats gets you into space :) Incredible album from 2002.









DEAD CITIES
This album is from 1994. Insane remixes and sounds.











ALICE IN ULTRALAND
This album is from 2005 and definatly together with Isness one of their best.


All links are in the comment section.

Institute of Sound Performance - Starbird

A private release from a Berlin School like group, founded by two guys from Germany.
Has some interesting moments. This release is from 1989. Never heard of them again.
For you electronic fans.
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Free System Project - Pointless Reminder

This album from the Dutch electronic group Free System Project is an absolutly must have. To my shame I have to admit I never heard of them until recently but I am a big fan already, you can buy ALL their albums with closed eyes. The sound is Berlin School TD, KS 70s like but trimmed to perfection. This album was from 1996 and re-released in 1999.

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YOU - Timecode

Al last and thanks to Skudge Bladius we can listen to YOU's Timecode.
Great electronic album from this German Band that never reached big audiences but always had his fans.
In my humble opinion this is the best YOU album out there.
Links in the commentary section

Wally Badarou - Colors of Silence

And because I got so many great albums lately here Wally Badarous last solo album. It was a limited edition and is now out of print. Great tunes, more african sound like, the typical Badarou Style even some Reggae Style. Very nice album.

Here is what Wally Badarou says himself about the album:
••• I went for it, nonetheless, and I'm glad I did it, even though it was all but nearly as succesful as "Echoes" or even "Words". Total lack of promotion made it an 'intimate' release, which was exactly what I was looking for: just a buzz-maker and time-buyer that would allow me to concentrate on the real thing as soon as I'd have time, which could also turn into a rare collecting item later, once the final versions made their way to success. You never know.

••• Let me make it very clear: "Colors Of Silence" was NOT my third instrumental album. Its limited edition already spoke against the idea. As suggested by the subtitle ("Musical Poetry For Yoga"), it was to be viewed as a soundtrack album first, and a conceptual 'demo' compilation album second. As minimalistic as it may sound (to some of my fans delight), it was not 'written' to be the type of album I've been known for, in any way. As always with of my demos, I'd be the only one to tell what will be retained for the final versions, out of the melody line, the chord changes, the atmosphere, the rhythmn, etc. Guess what 'Amber Whispers' could sound like at the end ...

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Hoenig/Goettsching - Early Water

Another interesting Team up. This time Michael Hoenig and Manuel Goettsching. The recording was actually made in 1976 but not released until 1995. Very interesting early stuff.

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Chris Franke - Circular Signs (Bootleg)

Ok here we have a very interesting release. A Bootleg from C.Franke with variations from some known themes and also some new Tracks. Unfortunatly no cover. If anyone is aware of another Franke Bootleg please let me know.

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Michael Hoenig - RIAS Roadshow

Here we have another rare release from Michael Hoenig. This was a Radio Broadcast from around 1977 / 78 in Germany. Soundquality is no CD quality but not so bad either. Hope you anjoy.

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Baumann/Haslinger/Baxter - Blue Room

Here we have an interesting album from 2 Ex Tangerine Dream members. Peter Baumann and Paul Haslinger teamed up on this 1992 album. It was planned to be released on the Private Music Label, but in the end never was. Unfortunatly this also was Peter Baumanns last musical release (at last to what I know).

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Wally Badarou - Echoes

Here another Wally Badarou album from 1984. Echoes was quite succesful. If you don't know who he was read the info in the first Badarou post on this page.
Very lighthearted relaxing album.

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