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30 de mai. de 2016

A La Ping Pong (Klaus Bloch) - Krautrock


Very rare and very experimental early 80s electronics from Germany in Kraftwerk's style. Apart from being Klaus Bloch's project name, the 'A La Ping Pong' phrase was what he called his tape delay system, which was in essence his variation on the Frippertronic system. His two albums as such bridged ambient and Krautrock instrumental styles akin to Fripp & Eno, Harmonia, etc..

"Hiding behind the moniker of 'A La Ping Pong', Klaus Bloch was a talented amateur guitarist who broke on to the independent scene in a small way in the early '80s. Apart from being the project name, the 'A La Ping Pong' phrase was what he called his tape delay system, which was in essence his variation on the Frippertronic system. Klaus Bloch went on to make two very different albums. The first [Phase I] featured a highly inventive music featuring more recognisably 'Frippertronic' style guitar looping and delays, with multi-tracking and electronics, often comparable to Manuel Göttsching's echo and delay guitar work, early Heldon, or Camera Obscura. Then, in contrast, Phase II took a diversion to Kraftwerk styled electro-pop blending with Frippian touches" 




Hardy Kukuk (synthesizer, sequencer), Hucky Thoss (drums), Karsten Recke (electric piano, sequencer, electronic drums), Matthias Romann (bass, gong, 12-string acoustic guitar), Thomas Wasiliszczak (guitar, gong), Klaus Bloch (guitar, bass, [Ping Pong System] tape loops, percussion, vocals)








14 de fev. de 2016

Achtzehn Karat Gold - Krautrock


Banda formada por membros do Amon Düül II, Motherhood e Embryo, lançaram "All Bumm" em 1973. Achtzehn Karat Gold ou 18 Karat Gold.

Jörg Evers - guitar
Keith Forsey - drums
Klaus Ebert - guitar
Lothar Meid - bass

21 de dez. de 2015

Spacecraft (France, Space Electronic, Ambient)


ProgArchives Revires:
Paradox is the first and only album by a largely unknown French guitar/synth duo called Spacecraft, and the music on this album is a psyche-tronic mess. I'd put this somewhere between the loudest krautrock and the noisiest prog electronic. The synth and electronic effects on this album are extremely bright and punchy in the mix, which makes for a slightly abrasive but very powerful kind of spacey feel when coupled with the echoing/hypnotizing psychedelic effects in the background. But, unlike most of the spacey electronic albums, this album sounds less like the atmosphere of space and more like the congested atmosphere from inside a spacecraft looking outwards toward the stars and planets. This sound is achieved from the electronics sounding very mechanical but within the context of a spacey atmosphere, whereas most prog electronic groups seem to do either one or the other. The addition of the manipulated guitar gives this album a strong krautrock flavor as well, and I'm not sure if I'm correct but the guitar playing sounds to be mostly improvised. It's all done very well, but it does sound a bit German to me. Not that sounding German is bad, but I kind of hoped for something uniquely French, considering that the guitarist of this project was also a member of Clearlight (which sounds uniquely French, in my opinion). Of course, there is no France in outer space, or a Germany for that matter. The purpose of the electronic and krautrock genres were initially to create music that sounded like it was from the depths of space. With that in mind, this album definitely succeeds, and it is a very wonderful album of noisy, congested, mechanical space music.








3 de nov. de 2015

Isaiah - Krautrock Jazz Prog - Áustria



Uma banda austríaca meio jazz, meio prog com flautas e sax sob uma batera e baixo muito bem marcados. SONZEIRA!