Tyndall, Nik

Artist: Lapre
P: 1983 / 84 / 2018
Rudolf Langer began his musical career as one half of Tyndall. The duo released four albums on Sky Records between 1979 and 1983 (all recently reissued on BureauB). By the time the two musicians reached the fourth album, they were barely on speaking terms, so each recorded one side of the LP on his own. The split from his former partner turned out to be a liberating experience for Rudolf Langer, both in a personal and artistic sense. As luck would have it, Langer was riding home one night with a colleague from work, Peter Preuß, and a tape machine was lying on the back seat of the car. It turned out that Preuß was also a musician, a guitarist in fact, and they decided to hook up for a jam session. The results were hugely promising and a plan was made to record together. What should they call the project? The answer was simple – take the first letters of their names. LAnger + PREuß = LAPRE. Done. They worked on track after track after track and produced two tapes over the next two years (“Tedan” in 1983 and “Flokati” in 1984), each numbering 30–50 copies, intended for sale at concerts. A 12 inch single on their own label (“Oeso”) followed later in 1984. Although guitar features on every track, LAPRE’s early recordings relate to the Berlin School, with their music, specifically their use of synthesizers, echoing the tradition of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze et al. LAPRE’s mix of analog synthesizers, acoustic guitars and drum computers saw the duo occupy a previously uncharted niche in electronic music. How wonderful to see these recordings being made available to a wider audience over thirty years later.

Artist: Lapre
P: 1985 / 2020
Rudolf Langer (formerly of Tyndall) and Peter Preuß teamed up to create Lapre as a vehicle fortheir adventures in sonic experimentation. They set about capturing their nocturnal rehearsal room sessions on tape, Langer on synthesizer and Preuß on guitar. With the exception of a solitary single and a few extremely limited cassette runs, Lapre released no further material during their active phase. It was not until 2018 that their works became accessible to a wider audience, when Bureau B released the Auferstehung retrospective, drawing on tracks from 1983 to 1984. Banzai, the second collection of Lapre recordings, follows up by concentrating on their creative output from the years 1985 to 1987.

Artist: Nik Tyndall + Bernd Scholl
P: 2004
Tyndall and Scholl have compiled their best common work: "Dreamspheres – Chill Out In Space” offers completely unique music, which in this unusual stylistic blend could have come from nobody else: Based on Nik Tyndalls spacious soundscapes Bernd Scholl develops a rich variety of melody lines and captivating solos. Music that touches and enchants the listener’s heart and relaxes his mind.

Artist: Nik Tyndall
P: 1994
This production gets you right to the stars. The style is a kind of his earlier ambient releases Horizonte and Einklang.

Artist: Nik Tyndall
P: 1993
A new way of ambientmusic in the style of Nik Tyndall and not the usual way you expect by the word Ambientmusic. Very complex and rich within sounds. Played with his legendary PPG System.

Artist: Nik Tyndall
P: 1983 / 2018
Reissue from 1983. Having successfully released three albums, the Berlin-based electronic duo Tyndall fell out so badly with one another in 1983 that they ended up splitting the fourth album in two, taking a side each. Jürgen Krehan's half showcases his customarily nimble synth-pop, as well as several pieces influenced by classical music. Rudolf Langer launches into celestial revelry on the other side, underpinned here and there by a driving beat. Nevertheless: both sides sound unmistakeably like Tyndall. FIRST TIME ON CD!

Artist: Nik Tyndall
P: 1990
Lagoon was German ambient composer Nik Tyndall's first (and only) release on the Hearts of Space label in 1990. Tyndall was originally a designer of sound units and amplifiers in the 1970s, and soon after delved into composing for electronic instruments. He released several ambient albums on the German label Sky during the 1980's. Like Tyndall's other works, Lagoon is rich with layers of organic sound that evoke water, windchimes, gongs, and gamelan to create the sensation of a floating paradise. The seven tracks flow smoothly into one another, creating a soothing tropical paradise.

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Artist: Nik Tyndall
P: 1989
More relaxed PPG Wave and PPG Waveterm sounds from Tyndall`s golden era.

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Artist: Nik Tyndall
P: 1988
Travels through a wonderland of tone meadows. Nik Tyndall has the courage to put all else aside and reach a quietude inside himself and project this into his music: "When I make music it is for me a form of meditation than can, as long as the listener is receptive, carry over to others." Bewitching for the listener are the crystalline warm tone nuances with spacious melodic frames from which flow a comfort peacefulness out.

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Artist: Nik Tyndall
P: 1990
This is Nik Tyndalls interpretation of space music when he still was on the Sky-Records Label.
Nice relaxing spacemusic played with the PPG System at the height of Niks time.