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01. Die Partei - Strahlsund
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02. Rolf Trostel - Two Faces (Bureau B edit)
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03. Michael Bundt - Full Steam Ahead (Bureau B edit)
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04. Moebius - Etwas (Bureau B edit)
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05. Populäre Mechanik - Scharfer Schnitt No. 1
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06. Roedelius - Regenmacher (Bureau B edit)
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07. Tyndall - Großstadtgefühl
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08. Conrad Schnitzler - Bis die Blaue Blume blüht (Bureau B edit)
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09. Phantom Band - Pulsar
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10. Bernd Kistenmacher - Quitting Time (Bureau B edit)
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11. Heiko Maile - Nachtspaziergang (Tape 40)
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12. Moebius & Plank - News
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13. Faust - Vorsatz
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14. Riechmann - Weltweit (Bureau B edit)
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15. Asmus Tietchens - Trümmerköpfe
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16. Cluster - Avanti (Bureau B edit)
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17. Günter Schickert - Wanderer (Bureau B edit)
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18. You - Live Line (Bureau B edit)
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19. Harald Grosskopf - Emphasis
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20. Eno Moebius Roedelius - Base & Apex
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Silberland - Vol. 1: The Psychedelic Side Of Kosmische Musik
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
BUREAU B
CATALOG #
BB 413CD
BB 413CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/1/2022
Bureau B invite you on an expedition to
Silberland
, a singular span of spacetime created by Germany's sonic futurists of the seventies and eighties. Embracing the early electronics and tape experiments of the sixties' avant-garde, these artists aimed to boldly go, eschewing small steps for giant leaps into a nebulous and novel sound. The kosmische generation emerged from the revolutionary student movement of '67 and '68, opposing any lingering political ties to Nazism and occupying the cultural vacuum which endured long after the post-war era. Encompassing both better known and more obscure artists, this collection is a trip into the psychedelic and cerebral strain of this amorphous genre, pairing the pulsating and propulsive with moments of cosmic calm.
Opener "Strahlsund" by
Die Partei
serves as the national anthem for this no-place, its utopian melodies and stately rhythm evoking an optimism which is swiftly skewed by the chrome tones and snapping percussion of
Ralf Trostel
's "Two Face". The delirious drive of
Michael Bundt
's "Full Steam Ahead" embraces the uncanny as jarring bursts of laughter drown out a serpentine topline before the fever breaks into the cold sweat of
Moebius
' "Etwas", a sweet synth sonata decorated with detuned keys. "Scharfer Schnitt (No1)" is the first suggestion of
Silberland
's full scope, the
Populäre Mechanik
A-side fusing postpunk and dubby funk and perfectly paving the way for the ritualistic stomp of
Roedelius
' trance-dancing "Regenmacher". Splitting the difference between Berlin and Düsseldorf schools,
Tyndall
offers the typically glittering "Großstadtgefühl", which smoothly segues into the synth scree of
Conrad Schnitzler
's beatless and balletic "Bis Die Blaue Blume Blüht". The zero-gravity drift continues with a contribution from Cologne's
Phantom Band
, who achieve an effortless groove while
Bernd Kistenmacher
takes you to the midpoint with the deep space repetition and Teutonic tessellations of "Quitting Time". The return journey begins with the beauty and sadness of
Heiko Maile
's "Nachtspaziergang" then sidesteps into a punkish pair from
Moebius & Plank
and
Faust
. If this bristling brace toyed with the terrestrial,
Riechmann
takes an aerial view of Earth via "Weltweit" and
Asmus Tietchens
strays way too close to the sun with a playful take on Venusian exotica. Things take a turn for the psychedelic via the Arabesque piano of
Cluster
's transformative "Avanti" and
Günter Schickert
's strung-out and smoldering "Wanderer", before the roving sequences of
You
's "Live Line" fire up the hyperdrive for a foray into warp speed. Cutting the thrusters almost entirely, the synthesist himself
Harald Grosskopf
takes the controls for re-entry, gliding through the upper atmosphere on the heartfelt waveforms of "Emphasis", cushioning the craft into
Eno
, Moebius and Roedelius' hypnagogic "Base & Apex".
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