Tag Archives: Dieter Dirks

Cosmic Jokers – Planeten Sit-In

Posted on January 21, 2014 by YorkshireNed

The criminally under-rated Cosmic Jokers project is often the subject of scorn and derision, perhaps because of their more jam-based structure as opposed to the song forms of many of their contemporaries. Perhaps it is because of the ambiguous legality … Continue reading →

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My Solid Ground – My Solid Ground

Posted on April 22, 2013 by YorkshireNed
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Ash Ra Tempel – Starring Rosi

Posted on April 21, 2013 by YorkshireNed

I’m a fan of a lot of Manuel Göttsching’s music – but Manuel, c’mon! Falling in love isn’t enough to excuse the mostly goofy tunes on this record. “Laughter Loving” sounds as if it was recorded to advertise low-fat yoghurt … Continue reading →

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Tangerine Dream – Zeit

Posted on April 3, 2013 by YorkshireNed

“György Ligeti on tranquilizers” – That’s the catchphrase I’m returning to when I think about or listen to Tangerine Dream’s “Zeit”. There is this celestial quality to the music, but the heavens above are just a cosmos full of black … Continue reading →

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Electric Sandwich – Electric Sandwich

Posted on November 15, 2012 by YorkshireNed

Odd thing was that, when this album came out in 1972, this band actually had more than their fair share of success with this album thanks to an edit of the lead track, the only instrumental on the album, doing … Continue reading →

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Sternenmädchen – Gilles Zeitschiff

Posted on November 13, 2012 by YorkshireNed
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