An epic compilation from the great Hans Joachim Roedelius, renowned pioneer of Krautrock and early electronica.
The motorised, ear-melting drone of Harmonia’s Monza opens this retrospective, complete with blueprints for Bowie’s Berlin years and circuit diagrams of whole subcurrents of 21st-century electronica and avant-rock. Cluster’s fizzy synthetic soundscapes follow, including a collaboration with Brian Eno.
Roedelius then immerses himself (and us) in a three-decade-long warm bath of ambient minimalism and sepulchral piano figures. Listening to "Works (1968-2005)" is like taking a degree course in groovy experimental electronic music. It contains so many important starting points for many sounds and genres, it's quite amazing that it all came from the brain of one musician.
Properly amazing.
320 Kbps.
Link Expired
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Roedelius - Works (1968 - 2005)
Popular Posts
-
It's hard to keep track of the early ZTT releases as they were routinely released in several different mixes and versions. However, I t... -
As an experiment, I've uploaded a FLAC copy of The Orb's "Blue Room" over at Spinster's Rock. I keep threatening to mo... -
Aly-Michalka-Maxim-HOTTIE aly-michalka-nickelodeons Alyson_Michalka -
One of the rarer albums in Julian's long and sprawling discography, this excellent live album catches the great man in fine form. His b... -
This self-titled album manages to amplify and improve upon everything that made their debut so special. The vast spaces between the noises,... -
Heads up, arpeggio fans! CiS favourite, Steve Moore has a new mini album up on Bandcamp. The soundtrack (apparently) to a documentary about... -
The boxes are looking a bit bashed up, alas, but the vinyl is sounding in remarkably good nick. We have here the remaining Cope "baggy... -
Weirdly, I had this one lined up to post, just as a request came in from friend of the blog m.m asking if I had a copy. Ker-ching! *Strictl... -
In the words of Hubert J. Farnsworth, "Good news, everyone". Remember this ? Of course you do. Over to Lee again: Well, after t... -
Over the past two years much of the ambient-electronics community has become attuned to the sonic subtleties of Rafael Anton Irisarri. Eithe...
0 comments:
Post a Comment