ALBUM: MOEBIUS + TIETCHENS
There comes a time when most music lovers will claim to have heard it all before. Of course, the battle against jaded apathy is constant, and must be fought on all fronts. However, unctuous press releases try hard to extol the virtues of their offering, pitching it as the Third Coming and a cure for all known ailments, yet familiar tepidity is too often the result. Yet, dear reader, before you implore me to cease my tiresome screeds and listen solely... Read More
NEWS: CAMERA – FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘AUSLAND’
Dubbed “Krautrock Guerilla”, the Berlin-based trio Camera has played with Krautrock legends Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius and performed at the German Film Prize and Echo Awards ceremonies. And in August 2012, as unlikely as it may once have seemed, their debut album will be released. A lot has been going on with the three boys. One thing at a time, however. Let us start with an accolade: first proffered by no lesser figure than Michael... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: ROEDELIUS – ROEDELIUS PLAYS PIANO
Roedelius Plays Piano is a live concert recording that has lurked in the vault since the eighties and is only now seeing the light of day. Hans-Joachim Roedelius himself explains thusly: “I always knew that this concert would have to be made available some day. I was just waiting for the right moment, for the right partners who would do it justice.” Though no masterpiece, it’s a solid effort that perhaps deserved to be released sooner, but... Read More
