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Harald GrosskopfSynthesist

Label:

Sky Records – Sky 043, Sky Records – sky 043

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

Germany

Released:

Genre:

Electronic, Rock

Style:

Synth-pop, Krautrock, Berlin-School, Ambient, New Age

Tracklist

A1So Weit, So Gut5:24
A2B. Aldrian4:51
A3Emphasis4:55
A4Synthesist
Synthesizer [Electric Strings], Soloist, Synthesizer [Second Voice]Udo Hanten
7:34
B11847 - Earth6:43
B2Trauma6:37
B3Transcendental Overdrive5:03
B4Tai Ki4:09
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Companies, etc.

  • Pressed BySchallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH
  • Recorded AtObentraut Studio
  • Recorded AtPanne-Paulsen Studios
  • Recorded AtStudio Roma
  • Lacquer Cut AtSST Brüggemann GmbH

Credits

  • Composed By, Arranged By, PerformerHarald Grosskopf
  • DesignSiegfried Kattler
  • Lacquer Cut BySST (8)
  • Performer [Space Sounds Played By]Udo Hanten
  • Photography ByDetlef Maugsch
  • ProducerHarald Grosskopf
  • Recorded ByEberhard Panne, Harald Grosskopf

Notes

p. 1980
Recorded at Obentraut Studio - Berlin
Studio Roma Berlin and Panne-Paulsen Studio - Frankfurt

A Peter Wirths Production

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: GEMA
  • Label Code: LC 4435
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A run-out area): ST SKY 043-A SST
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B run-out area): ST SKY 043-B SST

Other Versions (5 of 12)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
New Submission
Synthesist (LP, Album, Reissue)Sky RecordsSky 108Germany1985
Recently Edited
Synthesist (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered)Think ProgressiveTPCD 1.906.051Germany1999
Recently Edited
Synthesist / Re-Synthesist (LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, CD, )Rvng Intl., Rvng Intl.ReRVNG01, ReRVNG01.5US2011
New Submission
Synthesist + Re-Synthesist (19×File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered)Rvng Intl., Rvng Intl.ReRVNG01, ReRVNG01.5US2011
Recently Edited
Synthesist (LP, Album, Reissue, 180g)Bureau BBB 158Germany2014

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Reviews

  • septober_energy's avatar
    If you needed a drummer to play on your krautrock album in the 1970s, Harald Grosskopf was the guy you called. He was a member of Wallenstein and played on albums by Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, You and Cosmic Jokers.

    Synthesist was Grosskopf’s debut solo album and was recorded while licking the emotional wounds of the departure of his longtime girlfriend. He borrowed a bunch of synths from the band You and got to work on a more accessible take on Berlin School/kosmische electronica with bittersweet melodic hooks and infectious grooves. Reissued in 2011 by Rvng Intl. and in 2014 by Bureau B, Synthesist has found a new audience raised on younger electronic artists. It should thrill fans of Tycho, Steve Moore and Majeure.
    • loveincorporation's avatar
      the title track is still a divine revelation...get it if you can :-)

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