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July 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77: Holger Czukay – “Movie!”
I love CAN – but the thing about that band, and about Krautrock in general – it’s whole worlds; there’s so much there still for me to absorb, to even dip the toe in. I love CAN and yet many of the side-projects or related things (solo albums from members in particular) I haven’t ever […]Archive
April 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 55: Tangerine Dream – “Phaedra”
I had never really listened to Tangerine Dream and I don’t know why. I mean, beyond the fact that there’s nearly 200 albums across 50 years or whatever; hard to know where to start. Well, get this, I started, just recently, with a movie soundtrack from the 1980s – a completely random thing, just some […]Archive
January 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jaki Liebezeit
Jaki Liebezeit has died. He was 78. Best known as a founding member of CAN he also played on albums by Jah Wobble and Philip Jeck as well as Depeche Mode and Brian Eno (he’s one of a handful of magnificent drummers on Before and After Science). But it’s his work with CAN that resonates – […]Archive
July 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Dieter Moebius
Dieter Moebius has died, reportedly of cancer, aged 71. The Swiss-born Krautrock pioneer was a member of Kluster/Cluster and Harmonia, he worked with Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Asmus Tietchens and Conny Plank among many others. He was a soundtrack composer, producer, engineer, musician – he was sound-engineer and conceptual aural-artists as musician. And his works […]Archive
July 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Vermont: Vermont
Vermont Vermont Kompakt Germany You might know Danilo Plessow from his Motor City Drum Ensemble moniker. You might know , both are talented house music producers. Together they are Vermont – and this self-titled album project is a calming and lovely late-night/early-early-morning set of ambient ideas that has very little to do with house music […]Archive
September 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Psychodeus: An Ode To The Numinous
Psychodeus An Ode To The Numinous Sonofmarketing.it/Bandcamp Psychodeus is a post-rock group from Naples, Italy. Their two-track EP is a free download at Bandcamp. It’s worth your time – for a start it’s two long tracks, so nearly half an hour of music (fair enough for it to be called an EP, this isn’t a […]Archive
June 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Moebius + Tietchens: Moebius + Tietchens
Moebius + Tietchens Moebius + Tietchens Bureau B The mind bubbles away processing these bubbles of sound, the bubbles burst and dribble and drip and this weighty – but mostly beat-less – set of strange/beautiful avant-garde electronica pieces feels like a creepy-movie soundtrack, a nature documentary score, a sci-fi flick’s musical accompaniment and a prototype […]Archive
April 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman