May 1, 2019 Playlist

"E2-E4" by Manuel Göttsching (1984)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Manuel Göttsching "E2-E4"  1984 (Germany)
This post-krautrock classic was a pioneering example of "ambient techno" from the former lead guitarist of Ash Ra Tempel and Cosmic Jokers. Remarkably, this hour-long classic piece of music was . . . recorded live to cassette in exacty one hour, by Manuel all by himself! For the first 30 minutes he mostly twiddles knobs while a hypnotic drum machine and two-chord arpeggio groove endlessly. Then for the last 30 minutes, he picks up a guitar and adds an epic yet tasteful solo of pointilist restraint. This record may have done more to inspire the "techno/rave/electronica" thing that arrived at the end of the 80's than just about anything outside of Kraftwerk. In particular, E2-E4 pretty much sounds like the blueprint for my favorite "techno/rave-era" electronica-artists The Orb's epic forays into trancey psychedelic electronics.
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Manuel GöttschingE2-E4 (side one)E2-E4
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1984Germany
   
 
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