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Areu Areu : Areu areu

Originally released in 1992, this German synth pop/minimal waveEP is now back, expanded to album length. 'Areu Areu' includesunusual cover versions of songs by The Beatles, The Cure, FadGadget, Heaven 17 and Depeche Mode.

Butzmann / Kapielski : War pur war

Originally released in 1987 and now finally reissued is asought after experimental kraut/Neuw Welle album by one of thepioneers of German industrial music and a member of the GenialeDilettanten movement, Frieder Butzmann, and author and artistThomas Kapielski. The material of 'War Pur War' is bestdescribed as an idiosyncratic mix of eccentric electro-pop andbizarre sonic collages.

Cel : Gegenwelt

Offering eight tracks, 'Gegenwelt' is the 2023 full-length bythe collaborative project of renowned German electronicmusician Felix Kubin and Poland-based percussionist andimproviser Hubert Zemler.

Cluster & Farnbauer : Live in vienna 1980

On CD, this is the first live recording of Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, taped in Vienna, 1980. This performance also marked the only collaboration with the Austrian musician Joshi Farnbauer, who played drums and percussion. Musically 'Live In Vienna' sounds like a sonic throwback to the early years of Cluster.

Cole & Roedelius : Selected studies 01

Datashock : Geltungsbereich universum

Here available on vinyl, it's the eight album by theGerman neo-hippie-spook-folk collective with no fixed line-up.

Deutsche Wertarbeit : Deutsche wertarbeit

Die Fische : Eine nacht in cairo

Finally reissued is a forgotten treasure from Germany'smid-'80s underground. This 1986 album by Die Fische blendspost-punk with synth pop with wonderful result.

Din A Testbild : Programm 6

Esmark : Mara ii

Esmark, named after a glacier near Spitzbergen, is acollaboration between sound architect Nikolai von Sallwitz(Taprikk Sweezee, Karachi Files) and experimental artist AlsenRau (Scheich In China, On+Brr). Their music is suitable toaccompany a dystopic science fiction movie. This is the secondpart of the two-part release 'Mara'.

Fondation : Les cassettes 1980-1983

Presented here is a selection of tracks taken from threeimpossibly rare cassttes, originally released in the early '80sby an experimental electronic duo from France.

Frischauf, Conny : Kenne keine toene

'Kenne Keine Toene' is the second studio-album by Vienna-basedartist Conny Frischauf. Moving between pop and experiment, sheembarks on a search for the momentary, the transitions andsonorous threshold spaces, creating a fascinating soundlaboratory that invites us to readjust our listening habits.

Goineau, Krishna : I need a slow

Krishna Goineau is best known as the singer of '80s electronicwave group Liaisons Dangereuses. This release containspreviously unreleased solo-material, recorded at home withanalogue synthesizers during 2007-2008.

Gut Und Irmler : 500m

Harmonious Thelonious : Plong

Harmonious Thelonious is the solo project of Düsseldorf-basedmusician Stefan Schwander. His works combineAmerican-influenced minimal music with African rhythms, Middleeastern elements and European melodies.

Harmonious Thelonious : Cheapo sounds

On this album by Stefan Schwander a.k.a. Harmonious Thelonious,the polyrhythms of earlier works are no longer in theforeground, but replaced by melodies and chords interwoven on abase frame of brittle, simplified beat constructs and ruggedbass pulses.

Hearts No Static : Modif

Junior Electronics : Musostics

Lapre : Banzai

This second compilation of recordings from the secondgeneration Berlin School/kraut duo focuses on the years1985-1987.

Leece, Ninca : There is no one else..

Love-songs Und U. Schuette : Spannende musik

Hamburg-based post-kraut-electro trio Love-Songs and UlfSchuette (from Datashock, Phantom Horse and Little Whirls) haveformed a group named Love-Songs & U. Schuette for the durationof one long-playing record. The musical foursome's nocturnalworld tour begins (and ends?) in a shamanistic factory hallwith no clocks. Rigorous polyrhythms are accentuated bydexterously frayed edges. Radio wave rituals are revealed byflickering fluorescent lamps, a tribalistic screw box is indanger of falling from a conveyor belt.

Maile, Heiko -& Julian Demarre- : Neostalgia

With 'Neostalgia', pop musicians and film composers Heiko Maileand Julian Demarre have created a love letter to '70s and '80selectronic music. The result is a unique mixture of differentelectronic styles and 1970s Krautrock, wrapped into extendedpieces featuring intros/outros, flutes, flanger guitars andvocoders.

Moebius & Renziehausen : Ersatz

Moebius / Neumeier / Engler : Another other places

Moebius / Story / Leidecker : Familiar

A stunning collaborational release! Dieter Moebius (1944-2015) - one half of the legendary duo Cluster and the godfather of electronic krautrock - was one of the most important protagonists of avant-garde electronic music in Germany. Americans Tim Story and Jon Leidecker are two electronic musicians who could not be more different from one another. Story is known for his warm soundscapes whilst Leidecker has made an name for himself, or rather for his Wobbly alias, with experimental adventures in sound. He is also a member of the music and art collective Negativland.

Moebius, Dieter : Nurton

A CD-reissue of this 2006 title from Dieter Moebius, theCluster-member who pased away in the summer of 2015. On'Nurton' Moebius used bolder and more experimental lead soundsthan on his previous 1999 solo-album 'Blotch'.TRACKS:01. ANFAHRT (4:48)02. GAENGIG (3:54)03. MAHALMAL (4:49)04. BORN NEO (4:56)05. SCHLEUDERGANG (3:29)06. FLAG (4:39)07. OPAQUE (4:17)08. SNORKEL (4:54)09. STORY (3:44)10. SAD (4:40)11. WARUM? (3:32)12. MOSKITO (3:01)13. APRIL (3:53)14. DAS LETZTE (3:53)

Moebius, Dieter : Blotch

A vinyl-reissue of this 1999 title from Dieter Moebius, theCluster-member who pased away in the summer of 2015. 'Blotch'consists of loop-based tracks which delve stoically intoexperimental sonic atmospheres that playfully and sensuouslyhypnotize the listener.TRACKS:01. ONDULATION (4:00)02. MELTAWAY (6:00)03. TEMPERATE (3:45)04. THE TRACKER (8:25)05. IM RAUM (12:00)06. KOHLZUG (11:00)07. BALISTORY (8:30)

Neuland : Neuland (2cd)

Neuland features former Tangerine Dream-members Peter Baumannand Paul Haslinger. They workshopped a record under a differentname (Blue Room) nearly 30 years ago, and now - as Neuland -they release a deeply immersive DOUBLE-DISC debut-album that'srespectful of their Tangerine Dream roots, but exists on itsown astral plane.

Neumeier, Mani : Samurai blues

Notorische Reflexe : Notorische reflexe

Finally, here's the awaited reissue of a mid-'80s album by anotable group from Berlin. The Notorische Reflexe may not be aswell-known as Einstürzende Neubauten, Die Tödliche Doris orMalaria!, but the band was equally important in creating whatis known as the Berliner Geniale Dillitanten scene.

P!off? : P!off?

A sought after album of experimental Neue Deutsche Wellesounds, originally released in 1982, gets its awaited reissue.

Roedelius & Schneider : Tiden

Roedelius, Hans Joachim : Lustwandel

Roedelius-czjzek : Weites land

Originally released in 1987, this sought after collaborationalorganic jazz album featuring Krautrock, electronic and ambientpioneer Hans Joachim Roedelius (co-founder of Cluster andHarmonia) and saxophone player/free spirit Alexander Czjzek isfinally reissued.

Rvds : Cosmic diversity

Hamburg-based synthesist Richard von der Schulenburg follows uphis acclaimed work Moods & Dances 2021 with this offering ofhardware crunch, cryptic found sounds and field recordings.Taking inspiration from the haunting electronica of BoC andPlaid, refracted here through the half-life of a Zeiss lens,RVDS navigates the musical multiverse, simultaneouslystraddling electro, IDM, kosmische and dub across eightexploratory compositions.

Schickert, Günter : Nachtfalter

Originally released on the legendary Brain label in 1975, Günther Schickert's debut full-length 'Samtvogel' was one of the most significant guitar albums of the entire Krautrock-era. Here's a CD-reissue of that essential work.

Schnitzler, Conrad -& Baal & Mortimer- : Con-struct

Newly constructed compositions, puzzled together with bits andpieces of recordings found in Conrad Schnitzler's vastarchives!

Schnitzler, Conrad -& Wolf Sequenza- : Consequenz ii

For this release, originally from 1986, German electronic musicpioneer Conrad Schnitzler (Tangerine Dream, Cluster) teamed upwith Wolfgang Seidel alias Wolf Sequenza. It was the follow-upproject to 1980's 'Consequenz', a low-budget production thathad an overriding aim of liberating music from its elitistcircles in a 'Beuys-ian sense. Now reissued, 'Consequenz II'returned to the theme with electronic apparatus thatprofessionalised the sound but by no means reduced the funSchnitzler found in experimentation.

Solarize : Nachtwerk (1991-1998)

At last available on a larger scale, follwoing a number oflow-profile tape and CD releases, here's an intriguingcollection of selected recordings from the German experimentalpop duo. The material is characterized by bright and sunnymelodies, creaky violin and e-bow trips, seriously fiddledcompositions, polyrhythmic dense ambient landscapes,teaspoon-samples with interview sections and dramatic pianoparts.

Solyst : Solyst

Sorbet : Life variations

'Life Variations' is a musical suite consisting of threetracks, recorded by producer, drummer, pianist and vocalistChris W. Ryan, who is also known from the Robocobra Quartet.

Tatara : Maximo brass

Tellavision : Add land

'Add Land' is the 2019 full-length by post-pop deconstructor Tellavision. This work features musical abstractions that echo against a backdrop of krautrock-like, mechanical-motorik rhythms, allied to the physically gripping immediacy of techno and noise.

Thirtynine Clocks : Pain it dark

Trostel, Rolf : Inselmusik

A CD-reissue of the debut-album (originally from 1981) bythe kraut/electronic musician who was inspired by a.o. late'70s Tangerine Dream. This title is relevant for anyone intothe sounds of the Berlin School.

Trostel, Rolf : Two faces

A CD-reissue of Rolf Trostel's second album. Originally released in 1982, 'Two Faces' is more sophisticated and varied than its predecessor, 'Inselmusik'. Nevertheless, both titles are wholeheartedly recommended to fans of the Berlin School.

Tyndall : Durch die zeiten

Originally released by Sky Records in 1983, the fourth album bythe electronic/kraut duo comprises one side with Jn Krehanin charge, and the other masterminded by Rudolf Langer. This isa splendid reissue on CD.

Tyndall : Sonnenlicht

The debut-LP by this German electronic kraut duo, originallyissued by Sky in 1980, sees a welcome reissue on CD. Essential Berlin school!

Von Spar : Under pressure

Not taking the homage to Can into account, this is the fifth album by the German electronic act. Von Spar's records are the result of continuous metamorphosis, opening wormholes to post-punk, krautrock and '80s art pop. The constants include rhythmic refinement and harmonic quantum leaps, swirling synthesizer arpeggios and backwards guitars that show no hint of retrogradation.

Weis, Heidelinde : Der superman-song..