Hearts of Space - 0700 Electronic Meditation.txt
PGM 700 : "ELECTRONIC MEDITATION"
PGM NOTE : the 70s roots of German electronic spacemusic
GENRE(s) : Electronic Space, Non-Seasonal
FIRST BROADCAST : 25-Jun-2004
INTRO : This week we celebrate another milestone in the HEARTS of SPACE series with Program Number 700. Since we began national syndication in 1983, we've used these centenary programs for special features and documentaries about space and contemplative music. On program 600, we told the story of "how space met rock" in England in the 1970s. This time, we look at the rise of electronic music in Germany during the same period.
It began, as it generally does, with young men dreaming of a career in popular music. Combine this with the German genius for technology and you have the makings of something new. And that's what happened in 1967 when an electric guitarist named EDGAR FROESE founded one of the seminal bands in the German story, a group that would later create a new kind of electronic music, and was allegedly named after a then-popular brand of LSD: TANGERINE DREAM.
KLAUS SCHULZE figured he could play synthesizers as well as drums, and in 1972 began an astonishingly productive career that continues to this day with solo and collaborative appearances on almost 700 recordings!
o Experimental and proto-industrial composers, like KLUSTER, FAUST, and CONNIE SCHNITZLER;
o Progressive rock groups like ELOY, JANE, GURU-GURU, CAN, and AMON DUUL;
o and an arty mix of rock & minimalist elements by CLUSTER, NEU, and HARMONIA.
For a complete survey, see MARK PRENDERGAST'S excellent book, THE AMBIENT CENTURY.
KLAUS SCHULZE
Floating < 00:00->5:21 >
: Info: www.manikin.de
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TANGERINE DREAM
Phaedra < 05:21->10:29 >
: PHAEDRA ; Virgin Records CDV 2010; 1974
: Info: www.virginrecords.com
KLAUS SCHULZE
Totem < 10:29->17:56 >
: PICTURE MUSIC ; Gramavision 18-7021-1; 1975
KLAUS SCHULZE
Wahnfried 1883 < 17:56->25:51 >
: TIMEWIND ; Virgin CDCA 2006; 1975
: Info: www.virginrecords.com
POPOL VUH
Aguirre < 25:51->32:07 >
: IN THE GARDENS OF PHARAO/AGUIRRE ; Celestial Harmonies 13008-2; 1983
: Info: www.harmonies.com
ASH RA TEMPEL
Nightdust < 32:07->37:43 >
: NEW AGE OF EARTH ; Virgin Records CDV 2080; 1977
: Info: www.virginrecords.com
EBERHARD SCHOENER
Meditation Part 1 < 37:43->45:24 >
: MEDITATION/SKY MUSIC-MOUNTAIN MUSIC Disc 1 ; Kuckuck 12059-2; 1984
: Info: www.harmonies.com
PETER MICHAEL HAMEL
Nada < 45:24->51:46 >
: NADA ; Celestial Harmonies CEL 001; 1977/
: Info: www.harmonies.com
ASH RA TEMPEL
Quasarsphere < 51:46->58:20 >
: INVENTIONS FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR ; Cosmic Couriers KM 58.015; 1975
PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill
BAY AREA WEATHER : solticified
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