Symboter-Tape Works 81-82
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(Please listen to the tracks in the original album section)
The Compact Audio Cassette tapes from 1980-1982 contained songs I had recorded from 1978-1981, many of them live due to lack of multitrack recording equipment or because too complicated, then on 4-track tape devices and finally a few pieces in a 24 track studio, which I did a few nights allowed to use it.
The original master tapes have disappeared over time, there are only a few cassettes spread at unknown places. The German label “Vinyl on demand (VOD)” has amazingly gathered a complete set of my “blue” studio cassettes. A side note: there was also an “orange” series, which contained only live recorded songs, without any multi-track technology.
VOD has slightly cleaned and leveled the cassettes in order not to change the original cassette sound.
I am particularly pleased that my works from that time have now been given a place of honour in VOD (look here) exclusive label.
Available Info
Nachrichten
Digimba
Schlangenkönig
Walking Duck
Kraftkern Stop
Silent Storm
System
Electronic City
Blauer Planet, blauer
Die Transzendenz
Step by Step
Elektronenstimme
Album Reviews
Notably, Schirm was a technician for Gershon Kingsley, the author of Moog classic, ‘Popcorn’, and worked its distinctive, bubbling sequences across his own compositions on display here, from the very Kraftwerk-esque hooks of ‘Digimba’ to the lathered melodies of ‘Walking Duck’ and the solemn synth-pop vista of ‘Electronic City’, or best of all, the piquant pirouette of ‘The Transcendence’. RIYL Power Plant!
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