★Orbeatize
Paleo Music 1987-1998
Conrad Praetzel is a California-based electronic keyboardist and percussionist who concocts impressionistic vignettes, developing his knack for mixing electronic and ethnic instruments, with haunting short tracks wherev electronic sounds and Indian and folk traditions gather together in a multicultural fusion.
Misterios Cosmográficos
1980's: Chile was a place where very little space was given for artistic
creation, sometimes it was forbidden to create. However, with a
determined inner strength, José Ignacio Valdés decided to take this project
forward self-producing his own tape cassettes (DIY culture). He wanted
to show the young people, his friends and family that the Chilean could
create music at the best level in the world. This LP includes "Misterios
Cosmográficos" remastered album, originally released in 1983, plu…
Electronic, Absolutely
Remastered from two private tapes (1990 "Absolutely Electronic" and 1992 "Memories From Times To Come") that Michel Nolet - the one man band - used to share in the 90's with other music collectors and hometapers from Canada, England and Germany only.
Modern Tracks
4 tracks carefully selected from Ernst Thoma 80's private catalogue,
including "Winterspiel" (Projectos & Progestos Coimbra), a 1981
Portugal performance in collaboration with Peter Trachsel.Mr. Thoma
having fun with Commodore SX 64, C-LAB Sequenzer, Oberheim Xpander, TMS
Synthesizer & Polyphon and Serge Modular Music System
September and December
killer retrospective LP with earliest recordings by American electronic music wizard Chris Hanzsek. Originally recorded in 1985. Chris: "The pieces were created as structured improvisations using a monophonic synth (primarily) along with a Yamaha DX7 (borrowed from a friend) and possibly a guitar. Recording was made on an older Otari MX-5050 1/2” 8 track. Mixing was done on a Tascam M-50 console and a Revox A77 1/4” machine. I recall the project happened in two bursts: I did half of it in S…
TV Totem 4
From Ernst Thoma's secret vaults. Live recorded on 2 Track Revox at KOPROD Studio Zürich in 1982. Chapter #3 of Mr. Thoma having fun with the Serge Modular Music System and TMS Synthesizer, accompanied by Knut Remond on drums.
TV Totem 3
From Ernst Thoma's secret vaults. Live recorded on 2 Track Revox at KOPROD Studio Zürich in 1982. Chapter #3 of Mr. Thoma having fun with the Serge Modular Music System and TMS Synthesizer, accompanied by Knut Remond on drums. Proto-techno/industrial/minimal synth galore...
Amber 7 / Silver Eagle
Remastered reissue of Georges Boutz' two recordings originally released on tape cassette. "Amber 7" was originally released in 1983 (Private Press Cassette Not On Label). All titles composed, arranged, recorded live, engineered and produced at home studio, from July 1981 to April 1983, on Moog, Oberheim, Roland and Sequential Circuits Synthesizers. Remixed by Phil Singher at Telstar Sound, No. Hollywood, California. "Silver Eagle" Originally released in 1984 (Synthesizer Music Records Cassette …
Kondens
This is a selection of previously unreleased tracks created at home by Enrico Serotti (fmember of Confusional Quartet and Stupid Set), without any purpose other than the fun of playing with new musical devices. The tracks date from 1983 to 1999. A pretty long time span, coinciding with the transition from analog to digital technology. Cover Art by Alessandro Pessoli.
Homemade Music Vol. II (1983-1999)
This is a selection of previously unreleased tracks created at home by Enrico Serotti (fmember of Confusional Quartet and Stupid Set), without any purpose other than the fun of playing with new musical devices. The tracks date from 1983 to 1999. A pretty long time span, coinciding with the transition from analog to digital technology. Cover Art by Alessandro Pessoli.
Crosstalk
Originally released in 1982, including tracks written for Crosstalk (a science fiction thriller film made in Australia) and other electronic themes, it was written, performed and recorded by Chris Neal in his home studio, using Roland System 700 and Roland MC8. In 1982 there were only a few System 700s ever produced and Roland was more interested in promoting their more commercial System 100M (that's why it was credited on the 1982 original cover to give them a plug). The System 700 was de…
Fantastic World
Italian reissue label enters the fray as Orbeatize makes a powerful first move by looking back to the 80s and the wild experimentation of jazz drummer Armando Bertozzi. Having already made a distinctive entrance with two previous albums, Bertozzi's final masterstroke was Fantastic World, a daring body of work originally released in 1985. Rich with African percussion and wayward synthesis, this is far from a traditional record, and its hefty second hand price tag makes it more than worthy …
Embrace
Nice ambient/minimal reissue from the good folks at the Italian label Orbeatize. The duo of Martin Kornberger and Volker Kuhn put out two lone cassette tapes back in the 80s that all but vanished from the public eye bar a few hardcore collectors of the era. The music sits somewhere between post-kraut German synth and the electronic fourth world excursions of Per Tjernberg. Drifting piano and basic drum machine patterns also recall the work of Paki & Visnadi, the new age stylings of Paulin…