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Faust unbound, curated by keyboardist Hans-Joachim Irmler. Drones, grooves and collage roam free, another founder's window onto the collective's fearless, uncategorisable body of work.
Fliegen Lernen
Faust's vaults, opened by the band itself. Co-founder Gunther Wusthoff curates unheard tapes and fragments, motorik grooves, collage and pure invention from krautrock's great disruptors.
Sowas Von Egal 3 (German Synth Wave Underground 1981-86)
The third dig into Germany's synth-wave underground, 1981-86. Cold drum machines, cheap keyboards and DIY nerve from the NDW margins, a trove of minimal-wave obscurities rescued from the cassette age.
Attack Time
Ex-Birth Control synthesist Zeus B. Held goes solo and electronic. 'Attack Time' pulses with early-'80s synth-pop drive and studio sheen: melodic, propulsive and slyly futuristic. A producer's-ear gem from the German new wave.
Echo Neuklang (Neo-Kraut-Sounds 1981 – 2023)
A map of the new German cosmic underground. 'Echo Neuklang' gathers neo-kraut, kosmische and motorik sounds across four decades: a generation carrying the Cluster and Neu! lineage forward, sequencers humming into the present.
Sonnenlicht
'Sunlight': Berlin duo Tyndall bathe their sequencers in warmth. Bright arpeggios and melodic synth lines glide through classic cosmic terrain, homemade German electronics of real charm, a cult reissue.
Hingus
Estonian electronic pioneer Sven Grünberg reaches for the cosmos. 'Hingus' fuses shimmering synthesis with Eastern spiritual leanings: meditative, melodic and quietly euphoric. A Soviet-era kosmische treasure surfaced at last.
Southland
Chemist by day, synth explorer by night. Rüdiger Lorenz's 'Southland' glides on sunlit sequencer patterns and melodic warmth, homemade Berlin-school music of great charm, a cult private-press favourite reborn.
Two Faces
Trostel's sequencers turn contemplative. 'Two Faces' balances driving arpeggios with slower, reflective passages: melodic, precise cosmic music in the classic German mould. Quietly compelling analogue craftsmanship.
Inselmusik
'Island music': Trostel maps a private electronic paradise. Warm sequencer motifs and glowing synth melody drift in unhurried loops, solitary, serene Berlin-school reverie from a cult German synthesist.
Der Prophet
German synth mystic Rolf Trostel at the sequencer. 'Der Prophet' unfurls stately, hypnotic electronic patterns: solemn, melodic and deeply Berlin-school. A private-press cosmic gem returned to the light.
Weites Land (LP)
'Wide country': Roedelius and Alexander Czjzek paint expansive, cinematic soundscapes. Synth, piano and open space combine in music of pastoral grandeur, meditative, melodic and gently widescreen.
Wasser im Wind
'Water in the wind': Roedelius conjures flowing, weightless keyboard music of great delicacy. Melodies drift and eddy like the title, serene, warm and quietly transporting. Solo kosmische at its most graceful.
The Diary Of The Unforgotten (Selbstportrait VI)
The sixth Selbstportrait, a musical diary. Roedelius revisits fragile keyboard improvisations, each a small remembered moment: intimate, melodic and deeply personal. The ongoing self-portrait of a kosmische master.
Tape Archive Essence 1973-1978
From the vaults: essential early tapes, 1973-78, from Cluster and Harmonia's melodic soul. Home experiments and sketches reveal Roedelius inventing his gentle electronic language in real time, a treasure for the devoted.
Piano Piano
Roedelius at the keyboard, alone and unguarded. 'Piano Piano' offers spare, melodic sketches of great intimacy: neoclassical in feeling, ambient in spirit. The quiet, human centre of a pioneering body of work.