Germany

ENTRY #10: WELCOME TO THE EURO HOUSE ZONE PART.4 (MEETING H. ZAZOU)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3KFqWDJyEU Hamid Baroudi - Caravan II Bagdad (1001 Nights Mix) From Hamid Baroudi - Caravan II Bagdad Released on TanTric Records, 1990(?), Germany This series could probably have gone on for ever, but I like to make things look balanced, and for some reasons, there's nothing that look more balanced to me than a series…Lire la suite ENTRY #10: WELCOME TO THE EURO HOUSE ZONE PART.4 (MEETING H. ZAZOU)

ENTRY #1 : RAINING HEARTS & FOG RECORDS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E16ChQHL6A The Raining Heart - Raining Heart From The Raining Heart - Raining Heart / Alien Beat Released on Fog Records, 1986, Germany If you have ever been digging in record shops in Germany, there's a good chance you've encountered records released on Fog Records, A Frankfurt-based label whose records have a distinctive blue label…Lire la suite ENTRY #1 : RAINING HEARTS & FOG RECORDS

SPRING MARIMBAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_QCXVtVf-w&t=10s Tom Van Der Geld - March April Marimba From Tom Van Der Geld - Small Mountain - Music From Four Marimbas Released on Wergo, 1986, Germany Born in 1947 in Boston, Tom Van der Geld belongs to a generation of musicians who were in contact with a then very modern approach to music at…Lire la suite SPRING MARIMBAS

GHANAIAN STREET SOUL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C-B0WpRSPA&lc=z22kixip0licvzvwx04t1aokgswr4m0dlumrxk40fl5hbk0h00410 A.B.Crentsil's Ahenfo Band - Sika Be Ba From A.B.Crentsil's Ahenfo Band - Gyae Me Life Ma Me Released on Black M Sounds, 1992, Germany   We have already shared a couple of times (here and here) our fascination and love for the unique sound that Ghanaian musicians crafted and that is usually labeled under…Lire la suite GHANAIAN STREET SOUL

ANCORA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEJObaa39z0&t=131s Paul Esslinger - Ancora From Paul Esslinger - Ancora Self-released, 1983, Germany Paul Esslinger moved to Berlin in 1975, where he connected with the local underground "neo-folk" scene, resulting in Esslinger's first musical effort with the band Teller Bunte Knete. The two albums released with Teller Bunte Knete showcased Esslinger's talent both as a multi-instrumentalist and as…Lire la suite ANCORA

NÄCHSTE BAHN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOgL-jKTpg Notorische Reflexe - Next Stop From Notorische Reflexe - S/T Released on Rebel Rec., 1985, Germany In our opinion, one would definitely be right by defining Notorsiche Reflexe as a "Neue  Deutsche Welle" act. Though the expression quickly became hackneyed after some songs sold by the marketing guys as "NDW  hits" took over Europe's music charts in the early-1980's…Lire la suite NÄCHSTE BAHN

ANOTHER BAMBOO SONG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1MDMAS2N3A BILL - Glassbamboo From BILL - Spielwiese Zwei Released on Klangbad, 2010, Germany It's hard to quantify the importance of Jaki Liebezeit over contemporary electronic music or even over modern drumming but no one can deny the fact that his hypnotically regular and highly characteristic  drumming influenced - in one way or another - the…Lire la suite ANOTHER BAMBOO SONG

CHAMBER MUSIC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jNlqjnOelo Markus Stockhausen & Zoro Babel ‎– Snow Falling From Markus Stockhausen & Zoro Babel ‎– Beings Released on Fonit Cetra, 1987, Italy Being the son of one the biggest heroes of many electronic music heroes (Holger Czukay, Miles Davis, Kraftwerk...) might not be easy when you're releasing avant-garde electronic music yourself. That's exactly the case of…Lire la suite CHAMBER MUSIC

MYSTERY FROM GHANA VIA BERLIN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOMgmsdomXw&t=19s Paa Solo - Obi Do From Paa Solo - Body And Soul Released on Tom Tom Music, Germany, 1994 It's been a long time but here is another one which fits our "total mystery" section : indeed, not a single tangible piece of information was found concerning Paa Solo... However, we can still deduce…Lire la suite MYSTERY FROM GHANA VIA BERLIN