Ice Skating Elephants
2007 release ** "Cones features Marcel Turkowsky and Ulf Schutte both members of Datashock and involved in other projects/labels like Aosuke, Tapetektoniks, UUHUU, Hui Tales Collection, Leo Mars and more. Their "Iceskating Elephants" shows four different cosmic soundtravels taken from their March Recording Sessions. When they are not parading into burlesque musicalia of beautyful underwater storiedrones read in muddy submarines floating to Kurosawa´s spiderwebcastle, they are visiting more concr…
Bog Summoner
Renowned composer and sound artist Francis Heery, under his alias The Cube of Unknowing, announces the release of his latest sonic expedition, 'Bog Summoner', via Library of the Occult. This immersive electronic album blends kosmische, motorik rhythms, and spectral atmospheres, drawing listeners deep into the mysterious heart of the Irish Midlands. A visionary in avant-garde music, Heery's compositions have been performed by ensembles including the RTE Symphony Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Quiet M…
Everyday Life Activities
Norman Westberg (guitar), Giridhar Udupa (ghatam, konnakol, khanjira, percussion) and Jacek Mazurkiewicz (double bass, electronics). An extraordinary meeting of three artists from three different musical worlds and three different continents. Norman Westberg (ex-Swans) and Jacek Mazurkiewicz have already released one album together "First Man In The Moon" in 2021 (published by the Swiss label Hallow Ground).In the new project, they are accompanied by Giridhar Udupa, an Indian master of ghatam (a…
Issue 123: Cluster (Magazine + 7" White)
You probably don't need us to translate ELEKTRONISCHES DEUTSCHLAND for you. But to expand on that a little, we're heading back to the 1970s and a country then known as West Germany for this month's Electronic Sound cover story. We're bundling the issue with an exclusive orange vinyl seven-inch by kosmische pioneers Cluster too.
Our cover image is based on the artwork of the debut album from Harmonia, krautrock's first supergroup, and you will find five connected articles inside the magazine, inc…
Wizards of the Watchtower
The enigmatic psych rock duo The Psychic Circle return with their third album, 'Wizards of the Watchtower', arriving March 7th via Library of the Occult Records. Comprised of Tom McDowell (Dream Division, Library of the Occult Records) and Jack Harris, the group once again conjures dark electronic krautrock, doom-laden psych, and motorik grooves, channeling a sound that is equal parts hypnotic and heavy.
A ritualistic blend of Black Sabbath’s crushing riffage and Can’s relentless drive, Wizards …
Kosmische Musik
Original 1971 2LP compilation of early Kosmische Musik featuring Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze, Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream.
Atem
Original 1973 first pressing on Ohr with gatefold Sleeve of Tangerine Dream's fourth album.
Alpha Centauri
Original 1975 first French edition on Ohr / Cosmic Music with gatefold sleeve of Tangerine Dream's milestone second album from 1971.
Einsjaeger & Siebenjaeger
Original Italian Quadraphonic edition on PDU of Popol Vuh's 1974 lovely meditative LP.
I was a Robot
First 2000 edition by Sanctuary Publishing of Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flur's informative and polemical autobiography.
Trans-Europe Express
Mid-90's US Elektra CD re-issue of the 9th Kraftwerk masterwork from 1981.
The Man-Machine
1995 release ** European CD re-issue with 2-panel cover. "The Man-Machine is closer to the sound and style that would define early new wave electro-pop - less minimalistic in its arrangements and more complex and danceable in its underlying rhythms. Like its predecessor, Trans-Europe Express, there is the feel of a divided concept album, with some songs devoted to science fiction-esque links between humans and technology, often with electronically processed vocals (The Robots, Spacelab, and the …
Trans-Europe Express
1995 US Capitol CD re-issue of the 6th Kraftwerk masterwork from 1977.
Я Твой Слуга Я Твой Работник
Rare 2LP set of Kraftwerk live in Germany in 1981 with folded poster cover.
Planes
Unplayed original copy of great obscure 1974 dark brooding electronic album.
The Red Cassette
Original ultra-rare cassette self-released by Con in 1973.
Rot
First CD re-issue on Plate Lunch from 1997 of Con's wild electronic first album from 1973.
Con '72 Part II
Second volume of Conrad Schnitzler's previously unheard wild early synthesizer experiments recorded live in London in 1972 and released in a limited edition LP by Qbico in 2004.
Con '72
First volume of Conrad Schnitzler's previously unheard wild early synthesizer experiments recorded live in London in 1972 and released as a limited edition LP by Qbico in 2002.
Eruption
First CD re-issue with gatefold cardboard sleeve of the extremely rare 1971 "third" Kluster LP (previously credited only to Konrad Schnitzler) of adventurous live electroacoustic music by Schnitzler, Moebius and Roedelius.