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Home Page: www.bleep43.com Member Since: Nov 06, 2002 Rank: 21 Rated 29 releases, average: 4.59 Location: London Profile: I broadcast a weekly show dedicated to all forms of electronic music, both past and present. The history of the genre is of great fascination to me. I like most forms, but reserve great affection for Detroit, Chicago, Berlin, Disco, Italodisco, Dutch Electro, Cosmic, Kosmische, Ralf & Florian and all that experimental shit. You can subscribe to it here http://www.bleep43recordings.com/mixes/podcast.xml | |
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Popol Vuh - Nachts: Schnee / Aguirre I - 25-Mar-08 01:15 PM
Who would have thought that Mego would ever get the chance to corrupt the pure, almost spiritual sounds of Popol Vuh? In fact it proves to be inspired, although Finn Mika Vainio captures the essence of Vuh's elegant yet dark ambience far more than Haswell and Hecker, who in their defence, mirror the final sequence of Aguirre well, trying to mirror the descent of Kinski's character in to madness with accompanying noise, but somehow the final result doesn't have the desired effect.
No matter, this is a great collaboration that captures the pioneering spirit of European electronic musicians from different generations.
Tangerine Dream - Poland - 12-Jan-08 02:06 PM
The last, truly great piece of music released by Tangerine Dream. Recorded live in Poland in October 1983 at the height of the cold war (TD were one of the first bands to play in Eastern Europe because their songs contained no lyrics), this is Edgar and co at their most chilling (it was apparently recorded in temperatures of -5 degrees) and yet at the same time, warmest. Echoing elements of Hyperborea at points, this is an 80 minute epic of some of the most dramatic cosmic rock made. The title track is worth buying alone - this is surprisingly meaty and has some hidden pearls.
Tantra (2) - The Hills Of Katmandu (The Patrick Cowley Megamix) - 29-Sep-06 02:42 AM
A classic "run up to the DJ booth and shout incoherently pointing at the record" track. Pulsating, primeval electronic disco laced with the most delicious chorus.
Quadrant - Infinition / Hyperprism - 16-Aug-06 03:44 AM
Produced at a time when the anthemic side of techno was perhaps paraphrased more widely by CJ Bolland's "Rave Signal" and other more obvious tracks, this record has stood the test time and then some. Like some abstract electronic semaphore emanating from deepest Kreuzberg, it radiates pure minimal techno.
Can - Tago Mago - 15-Aug-06 06:12 AM
It's a shame that it's taken 35 years for this truly astonishing LP to get the sort of recognition that it has deserved. At a recent Mojo Awards ceremony Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt said that the album was now selling more than it ever did in the past, helped no doubt by this quite extraordinary remastered release.
Tago Mago is put simply, a freeform adventure into uncharted sonic territory, and put next to some of the more established LPs of the 70's it is essentially a behemoth of an album that leaves them in the shadows, both in textural diversity and the sheer range of emotional weight behind it. This is the point that the band, to all intense purposes, abandoned the anchor of rock and went onto become a truly unique band. If there's any vestiges of traditional forms left, they are extinguished by the time "Oh Yeah" and "Halleluhwah" come into view. The LP is a tricky affair, helped no doubt by the awkwardness of "Peking O" and "Aumgnm", but that shouldn't put potential listeners off.
