Cosmic Hoffmann

Artist: Cosmic Hoffmann
P: 2010
This is the fourth and last part of the vintage rarities series. Klaus has closed his archive now and these tracks are the last ones we will receive. Great old Berlin School stuff with space and time character. A very cool fact is, that all this music was compsoed and arranged without any computer or even Midi. Minimoog, Mellotron and old tape-driven echo devices lead the way. In those "analogue days" every song was an adventures enterprise filled with emotional moments. Thanks for flying Cosmic Airlines, Lean back and enjoy your astral flight.

Artist: Cosmic Hoffmann
P: 2005 / 2016  
Cosmic Hoffmann thinks with his hands. We can hear this on Electric Trick (69'19), an album of nine spacey works that each journey out of a distinctly unique region of the artist's mind. Using his guitar and effects Hoffmann cranks out prog-rock inspired melodies as equally well as he plays in the more dulcet and tranquil range of his instrument.

Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock stays quite busy under his various recording names but it has been, unbelievably, five years since his last Cosmic Hoffmann release, Shiva Connection. Thankfully, the void has been ably filled by Electric Trick, another great blend of future and past, of cosmic spacescapes and psychedelic rhythmic pieces.
From trippy "Indian Bliss" to rocking "Timeshift" to dreamy "Sehr Mystisch", the sounds shift with ease from 1978 to 2003 and back again, a quarter century seamlessly held together by the music.
As on past Cosmic Hoffmann excursions, the crew includes Stephen Parsick and a guest appearance on "Space Pioneers" by Ron Boots.
This track starts with space transmissions and voiceovers, then launches headlong into orbit in typical Cosmic style, wonderful stuff. "Floating in Time" sounds like you might expect, sweet vintage synths playing over the top of sonic drifts.
Even spacier is the soothing sound of "Nebelwald", a pure floater much in the style of "Wanderers of Time" from the debut Cosmic disc Beyond The Galaxy.
Speaking of that album, "Further Beyond The Galaxy" comes next, starting slow then really cooking as it jams along, propelled by chugging synths and rhythms.
The beauteous "Carina Cygnus" brings us to a mellow close. The Cosmic Hoffmann sound is first-class retro, familiar and yet like no other.

2005. Phil Derby

Artist: Cosmic Hoffmann
P: 2009    
Vintage Music of the '70s and '80s, Vol.3

Artist: Cosmic Hoffmann
P: 2008    
This is a mainly gliding album with beautiful melodious insertions. A quiet album, except for ‘Up to the Stars’, which brings us closer to the moon, of ourselves with a bit of a dark nostalgia of the 70s.

Artist: Cosmic Hoffmann
P: 2000
This is a great follow up to the equally excellent Beyond The Galaxy. Cosmic Hoffmann produces spacemusic with guitar and synthesizer.

Artist: Cosmic Hoffmann
P: 2007  
Lovers of the Mellotron, run and get this essential CD! You will love the sequencers.

Artist: Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock & Friends
P: 2003  
Another good album for Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock and his MIND OVER MATTER-musicians, a group which resists time while keeping its identity.
 

Artist: Schönwälder, Fanger, Keller,
Quaeschning,Ramp... 
P: 2012
LTD
This is a compilation of unreleased tracks from all the artists of the Manikin Label.