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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Silberland Vol. 2: The Driving Side Of Kosmische Musik 1974-1984
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
BUREAU B
CATALOG #
BB 414CD
BB 414CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
6/16/2023
With synthesizers, rhythm computers, and human metronomes turned to a gallop, these electronic innovators set modernity to a motorik beat, and Bureau B's second trip into
Silberland
cuts right to the thrust of the genre. The set begins with the propulsive opener from
Harald Grosskopf
's 1986 LP
Oceanheart
, in which pristine sequences play in counterpoint atop a mechanical kick, hurtling forward until the rest of the kit catches up. Live drums take center stage for
Cluster
's feverish "Prothese" and the time travelling "Elektroklang" by
Conrad Schnitzler
.
You
offer astral ascension on "Son Of A True Star", weaving proggy square waves and pulsating arps around an irresistible shuffle from mysterious percussionist
Lhan Gopal
(Grosskopf in disguise), before the optimistic "Für Dich" fuses classic kosmische chords with
Thomas Dinger
's pummeling beat.
Asmus Tietchens
's detuned keys and drum machine samba are imbued with a punk spirit shared by
Moebius Plank Neumeier
's discordant jazz-tanz jam "Search Zero". "Beat For Ikutaro", plucked from a mid-80s demo tape by
Camouflage
keyboardist
Heiko Maile
, swerves into icy electroid territories. The cassette energy continues with the mechanized boogie of
Lapre
's "Flokati", a funkier take on the style in wonderful contrast with
Adelbert Von Deyen
's breakneck, straight shooting "Time Machine", a massively motorik night drive.
Günter Schickert
takes you inside the fuel pump on the weird and watery "Puls", while the charmingly disruptive
Faust
complete the pitstop via the blasted blues of "Juggernaut".
Moebius & Plank
return sans
Neumeier
for the deep and dubby "Feedback 66", all murmured vocals and surging pedals powered by a seismic bassline from
Holger Czukay
. You move through the airy tones of
Roedelius
and arrive at the high-tension electronics of
Serge Blenner
's "Phonique".
Moebius & Beerbohm
's "Subito" follows in a flurry of tribal drumming, guttural distortion and corrosive drone, a synthesized translation of punk spirit which mellows into the soft-focus serenade of
Tyndall
's "Wolkenlos", a thrilling contradiction of pastoral motifs and breathless tempo.
Pyrolator
's 1981 creation "180°" maintains the lightening pace, lurching forward in bursts of chaotic drum programming and sampler abuse, sending you spinning out into the strange beauty of
Die Partei
's "Guten Morgen In Köln". Enmeshing fragments of musique concrète and yearning guitar with throbbing sequences and a rigid rhythm grid, the duo signpost a melodic destination finally delivered by
Streetmark
keyboardist
Dorothea Raukes
under her
Deutsche Wertabeit
alias. A fitting finale, "Auf Engelsflügeln" radiates human warmth and cosmic wonder, serving electronic emotion from start to finish.
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