RARITIES

Artist: Eroc
P: 1983 / 1998
1998 Repertoire release, a thorough retrospective of the ex-Grobschnitt drummer's solo albums. 34 tracks, including many previously unreleased, old favorites and the classic 1978 hit 'Wolkenreise', which has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. All tracks are remastered. Also contains lots of photos and track-by-track notes by Eroc! Double slimline jewel case within a slipcase.

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Artist: Fanger & Schönwälder
P:2007
All tracks composed, arranged, played and recorded by Thomas Fanger & Mario Schönwälder during various sessions and rehearsals in Montana and California 2007.
Fanger & Schönwälder's Stromschlag contains material from their USA trip 2007. All new material and the CD is strictly limited. The music contains diferent styles like Berlin School but also loungemusic.

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Artist: Force Majeure
P: 1999
A keyboard duo clearly inspired by the music of the Seventies, and particularly marked by the influence of VANGELIS, PINK FLOYD and TANGERINE DREAM. Far from being outdated, their music is inspired and beautifully quiet.

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Artist: Foreign Spaces
P: 1996
Cut in the style of Klaus Schulze or Vangelis, Foreign Spaces refine their sound with this 1996 release. Space is still the topic of preference for their instrumental excursions, but the structure and tone of the music has gone epic. Driving keyboards and heavenly electronics swarm to fill the void, pummeled into entertaining position by the dramatic E-perc. There are a few pieces that exhibit atmospheric quality, but the main focus of this music is a sense of grandeur. This 54 minute CD is divided into a few longer pieces (from 8 to 18 minutes) with shorter tunes bridging together the epic compositions. With titles like "Wormhole" and "Nebula", the music leaves the Earth behind, surging toward infinite horizons. Exuberant electronics spill like twinkling stars across the sky. Fervent keyboard chords dance in the void, generating riffs of luxurious impact. Electronic percussion cascades through the mix with dynamic effect, introducing an interstellar power to the tuneage. Employing repetitive cycles purely as a foundation, Foreign Spaces delves into a realm of active melodies with urgent riffs and demonstrative variations, wrestling maximum effect from each harmony. The entertainment factor runs high here, with insistent purpose and capable performances.

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Artist: Foreign Spaces
P: 1997
In 1997, Foreign Spaces directed their sonic expressions even deeper into the mysteries of the quantum void. The dense keyboard electronics swell with breathtaking wonder as they examine stellar matter under ultimate collapse. Brooding synthesizers give way to outbursts of rhythmic tension, sweeping the audience through ascending melodics that strive for greatness and majestic appeal. The E-perc takes on a momentous flair, resounding like distant mountains crashing into each other in climactic tempo. Astral moods are generated, atmospheric and pensive, only to act as preludes for more urgent melodies that creep with growing power from the interplanetary mists to explode into dynamic passages full of fast-fingered riffs and assertive rhythms. A sense of wonder dominates this tuneage, expanding the listener's mind with each subsequent dose of unearthly melody. This 45 minute CD again features a blend of longer, epic compositions, separated by a series of briefer, quirkier pieces.

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Artists: Forrest Fang
P: 1992
This is an early long form ambient work with some tribal and eastern influences.

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Artist: Francis Rimbert
P: 2006
LTD: 400
All tracks composed and played by Francis Rimbert.
Track 1 features Patrick Rondat.
Exclusive limited special edition cd for "Le Salon De La Musique", Paris, 09.09.2006.
Sounds like a rock hymn.
 

Artist: Frank Klare
P: 1996
It has to be said that ex SYNCO member Frank Klare released a brace of albums conspicuous by their blandness earlier in the year. The title, and the fact that four of the 6 track are specified as being improvisations, would suggest that there's room for optimism here though. 'Intro' opens brightly enough, with a heavy bass beat backed by a lively sequence. The melody is pleasant enough but after a while it becomes predictable and repetitive and consequently the track out-stays its welcome, even at only 5½ minutes. The four part 'Improvised Eternity' dominates the album, and thankfully proceedings take a marked turn for the better with the arrival of part 1. Choral refrains introduce the piece before a sequence slowly starts to take shape, backed by a foreboding drone. Simple drums and percussion also join the fray, building in intensity as the track progresses, and though variety is not the track's strong point it compensates with lots of atmosphere and imagery. Part 2 repeats the formula with a traditional style sequence underpinning choral synths straight from the Tangerine Dream archives. Part 3 confirms that Frank Klare has very much done on this album what he didn't achieve on his previous two: recapturing some of the form shown on the SYNCO 85-89 album. Overall this album does more right than it does wrong, and SYNCO fans I'm sure will welcome it. (GG)

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Artist: Frank Klare
P: 1995
This time Frank Klare has "realised my favour for sequences. I haven’t played any moog solo voices to force the original effects of the dynamically developing sequences". The 16½ minute opener ‘Impression of Arkana’ builds slowly on a simple sequence. It is most successful after the midpoint at which stage a bass sequence is introduced, however it never strays far from the opening riff and after 10 minutes it becomes heavy going. Not much relief is afforded by track 2 ‘Schräger Otto’ which consists of a repetitive discordant theme, however the 18 minute ‘Homage to K.S.’ follows and here things do brighten up considerably. Some classic sequencing is on show which ebbs and flows to powerful effect, and it’s very easy to imagine frenetic Schulzian accompaniment. ‘Dream’ presents a slowly repeating theme for a gargantuan 25 minutes, accompanied by subliminal effects and delicate sequences. Another Traumklang collaboration ends the album and again it’s a very impressive piece with some exciting sequencer runs and fine complementary soloing. (GG)

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