JANUARY 2012

ANDREAS DORAU reissues
First two albums out on CD and vinyl

Andreas Dorau, born 1964, is a marvellous pop musician, equipped with the choicest humour and the gift of creating wonderful melodies. Aged 16, he wrote the huge hit "Fred vom Jupiter" and has been championed erroniously as representing German New Wave (NDW) ever since. "Blumen und Narzissen" (1981) is Dorau's first LP: an independent product and an accordingly unpolished production. "Fred vom Jupiter" is just one of many good-tempered and infectious pop hits included. On his sophomore LP in 1983, Andreas Dorau carries on where he left off with "Blumen und Narzissen": one pop hit follows another in quick succession. Only this time the songs are professionally produced and radio-friendly. Both albums are in stores now!

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Read more about "Offenherzige Antworten auf brennende Fragen" here: English / Deutsch

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LIKE A STUNTMAN on tour

Their live performance is just stunning. See it for yourself, at one of the following venues:

Jan 27 Offenbach – Hafen 2
Jan 31 Paris – L'International
Feb 2 Madrid – Costello Club
Feb 3 Tanned Tin Castellon Festival – Principal Theatre
Mar 14 Forli – Diagonal Loft Club
Mar 17 Trieste – Tetris
Mar 29 Strasbourg – Le Mudd Club
Mar 30 Saarbrücken – Sparte 4
Mar 31 Darmstadt – Künstlerkeller
Apr 27 Stuttgart – Merlin
Apr 28 Basel – Zum Goldenen Fass

The band also shot two new videos – for their songs "Ooze Yeah Ooze" and "Symptoms Of The Ocular" – check them out here:

OCTOBER 2011

QLUSTER "Rufen" out now
Second album by Roedelius/Bock

"Rufen" is the second instalment in a trilogy of Qluster music, following on from the "Fragen" studio album (May 2011). In four impressive live recordings, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Onnen Bock unfold aural panoramas which can only be described, in the truest sense of the word, as fantastic. Boomkat.com says: "Fans of Cluster, BBC Radiophonic Workshop and any number of more recent 'retro' early-electronic styled releases are sure to find plenty to sink their teeth into here. Recommended." In stores now!

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Roedelius/Schneider: "Stunden".
Unique meeting of veteran and follower

Hans-Joachim Roedelius, legendary figure in kraut rock, part of the seminal bands Cluster and Harmonia, and Stefan Schneider, founding member of the neo kraut rock band Kreidler (1994 – 1999), part of the trio To Rococo Rot and releasing music with his solo project Mapstation, present the recordings of their first collaboration. In twelve miniatures, played with piano and electronics, they unfold images that come across poetically, glorifying tranquility. "Let's hope the collaboration isn't just a one off. A huge recommendation.", says Boomkat.com. How right they are! In stores now.

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Like A Stuntman: YOY. Out now!

Like A Stuntman play a unique amalgam of weird folk, indietronics, pop music, and krautrock. Or as the "Szene" magazine puts it: "Krautrock for the post Radiohead generation". "Musikexpress" judges about their new album YOY: "A self-confident work. Music that German pop music lacked to this day". Experience the remarkable sound of the Hamburg/Frankfurt based quartet for yourself. In stores now!

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Back after 24 years!
Pyrolator's album "Neuland" out now

Pyrolator (Kurt Dahlke, co-founder of the Ata Tak record label and publishing company, member of Fehlfarben, D.A.F., Burkina Electric, Bombay 1, A Certain Frank, in other words: an iconic figure of German post punk) is back, after a hiatus of 24 years! And he delivers pure electronic club music gold: warm, elegant, hypnotic dub techno house with some shoegazer sounds now and then. In stores now!

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SEPTEMBER 2011

New album by Tarwater:
"Inside The Ships" out now

"Tarwater push forward with an indolent, Euro cool that suggests a scholarly Ian Brown riffing with Brian Eno and Cluster, dryly joking among themselves about phonetics, Berlin and dialogical introspection, yet still intent upon keeping the beat." (Mojo) "Compellingly inventive and seductively imagistic." (Uncut). Only two quotes out of numerous enthusiastic reviews of the eleventh album by Berlin's neo-krautrock/indietronics duo Tarwater (Bernd Jestram + Ronald Lippok/To Rococo Rot). In stores now! Don't miss it!

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Tarwater video online

Tarwater's new album "Inside The Ships" is not only a brillant record, but also served as the model for the short film "Der Adler ist fort" by Mario Mentrup and Volker Sattel. Watch the video to the track "Do The Oz" here

AUGUST 2011

Pyrolator on tour

Accompanying the release of his album "Neuland" in October, Pyrolator will tour Germany in November and December 2011. On stage he directs his music with two remote controls named "Lightning II" and "Manta". Each track is visualised by a video. Don't forget to put on your dancing shoes! Here are the first dates:
Nov. 25 Köln, Blue Shell
Nov. 27 Augsburg, Hempels
Nov. 29 Frankfurt, Das Bett

SØLYST. Debut album by
Kreidler drummer out now

Kreidler drummer Thomas Klein presents his first solo album. Like Kreidler SØLYST also unites analogue drums and electronically generated patterns. Klein is a musical hypnotist, taking aim at rhythmic ecstasy with minimal, yet highly effective means. SØLYST's darkly pulsating aural cosmos envelops the listener and holds him fast as a fantastic voyage commences. Afrobeat, minimal music, Krautrock, dub, cosmic – a genre to encompass these influences has yet to be invented, so Tribal Dub Krautrock is perhaps the most fitting description.

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Pyrolator's second taster!
Blue 12" vinyl "Neuland /2" out now

Pyrolator (Kurt Dahlke, co-founder of the Ata Tak record label and publishing company, member of Fehlfarben, Burkina Electric, Bombay 1, A Certain Frank) is back, after a hiatus of 24 years! And he delivers pure electronic club music gold. The album will go on sale in October, preceded by a second taster in the form of a blue 12 inch vinyl.

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ROEDELIUS' monument to Cluster:
"Wasser im Wind" out now

Of all the Roedelius solo releases, this is the one which most closely resembles the work of Cluster. "Wasser im Wind", originally released 1982, sees Roedelius use a wide variety of musical and sonic ingredients hitherto associated with Cluster, almost as if he sought to erect a monument to the group. The reissue comes with a slightly modified artwork (see Cover on the right).

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HANS IS PLAYING HOUSE
15 Nieswandt remixes on CD/LP

Hans Nieswandt – the Jack of Clubs around the world – has completed countless remixes throughout his life. Our CD/LP "Hans Is Playing House" is the first collection of remixes that he has done for his favorite artists, compiled and annotated by himself. The album contains remixes of Knarf Rellöm Trinity, Eric D. Clark, Jens Friebe, Zimmermänner, Monochrom, Die Zukunft, Werle & Stankowski, JaKönigJa, Universal Gonzalez, Eisen, Barbara Morgenstern, Mittekill, Decomposed Subsonic, Festland, (vinyl only:) Planetakis. In his annotations Hans writes: "Remixing, for me, essentially means making disco versions of songs. Whatever the song, I discofy it, I house it up. It's especially fun to "do it" with a song that never knew it could be disco in the first place. Maybe that's why I've remixed so many songs with sophisticated German lyrics lately – there's a global shortage of that type of disco. What the world needs now is more disco with smart German text." That pretty much sums it up. Have fun!


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JULY 2011

ROEDELIUS "Wie das Wispern des Windes". First time on CD!

If we can agree on 1969 as the year of Cluster's inception, then Roedelius needed a good 17 years to discover the aural qualities and musical beauty of the grand piano for his own compositions. Rarely has the title of a Roedelius album so poetically and yet so accurately described its content. On "Like The Whispering Of The Wind" from 1986 Roedelius expands his Études towards amorphousness, then suddenly a disarmingly familiar melody appears, from a completely different source perhaps (Harmonia? Cluster?). Released on CD for the first time!

Music samples: Und nichts zu suchen/And Searching For Nothing / Bergan/Uphill / Brise/Breeze / Das Eis bricht/Breaking Ice

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JUNE 2011

PYROLATOR "Neuland /1" out now!
Two tracks from his new album on 12"

Pyrolator (Kurt Dahlke, co-founder of the Ata Tak record label and publishing company, member of Fehlfarben, Burkina Electric, Bombay 1, A Certain Frank) is back, after a hiatus of 24 years! And he delivers pure electronic club music gold. The album will go on sale in October, preceded by an initial taster in the form of a lurid, yellow 12 inch vinyl

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ROEDELIUS "Piano Piano" – Out now!

"Piano Piano" is a very soft, quiet album – meandering fantasies and improvisations on the grand piano. Dreamlike and stylistically self-assured. Roedelius assumes the role of a fairytale character with his piano music, transported to a strange, fantastical landscape where, filled with awe and amazement, he tries to get his bearings. What he sees, feels and senses here is not always of this world. CD and download include three bonus tracks! Available on CD (digipak), 180 g vinyl and as download

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MAY 2011

QLUSTER "Fragen" – OUT NOW!
First album by third band incarnation

Kluster – Cluster – and now Qluster. "Fragen" documents the extraordinary shedding of skin of one of the most important German electronic groups. Hans-Joachim Roedelius was there from the beginning, first as a trio with Conrad Schnitzler and Dieter Moebius (Kluster), from 1971 on as a duo with Dieter Moebius (Cluster), and since 2010 as a duo with with Onnen Bock (Qluster). Bock (born 1973) and Roedelius have been meeting up to explore new musical directions together since 2007. "Fragen" is the first part of an exceptional trilogy, a grandiose new beginning, backed up by forty years of tradition. Available on CD (digipak), 180 g vinyl (plus download code) and as download

Download Qlusters track "Haste Töne" FOR FREE: get it here.

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YOU "Electric Day" & "Time Code"
Finest electronic music from 1979/1983

A hitherto less celebrated, yet outstanding exponent of the so called Berlin School od electronic music was the Krefeld combo YOU. Udo Hanten and Albin Meskes teamed up with another iconic figure of electronic music, Harald Grosskopf (drummer for Ashra, Klaus Schulze), to issue their fantastic debut album "Electric Day" 1979. Definitely worth to be rediscovered! Available on CD, 180g vinyl, and download. CD and download include four bonus tracks!
Four years after releasing their debut YOU delivered the sophomore LP, entitled "Time Code". Reduced to a duo, YOU largely remained faithful to their style, but expanded upon it. The album perfectly illustrates the transition of electronic music from the 1970s to the 1980s. Available on CD, 180g vinyl, and download. CD and download include two bonus tracks!

Read more here (PDF): "Electric Day" bio English / "Electric Day" Bio Deutsch / "Time Code" bio English / "Time Code" Bio Deutsch

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Roedelius: Momenti Felici – OUT NOW!

Since the early eighties, Roedelius had more or less dispensed with electronics, focussing increasingly on the grand piano. He also collaborated with various combinations of musicians to create a new kind of music, vastly different to Cluster and Harmonia aesthetics. "Momenti Felici" (first released in 1987 on Venture) is one of the finest examples hereof: an enthusiastic Roedelius allowed new impressions and discoveries to flow virtually unfiltered into his music. Includes three previously unreleased tracks!

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Music samples: Aufgewacht / Capriccio / Im Frühtau / Leicht zu Fuss

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MARCH 2011

Kreidler: TANK
Their stunning new album – out now!

The unique postrock/neo-krautrock quartet KREIDLER from Düsseldorf and Berlin have recorded a new album. "TANK" sees Kreidler go back to their roots: pattern-oriented rock music, analogue/electronic and repetitious, yet elegant and distinguished – Kreidler have refined their unique style still further, and are getting better with every album. "TANK" was recorded in the Electric Avenue Studio, with producer Tobias Levin creating a stunning sound that gets as close to Kreidler's live energy as it can.


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Music samples: Jaguar / Kremlin rules / New Earth

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