Tag Archives: German music
RIP Manuel Göttsching (1952 – 2022)
Manuel Göttsching was een Duits componist en muzikant vooral bekend omwille van zijn compositie “E2-E4” (1984) die net geen uur duurt en in de jaren ’90 deel ging uitmaken van de prehistorie van techno, nadat zij gesampled was in “Sueño Latino” (1989), een househitje.
“E2-E4” bestaat uit twee bewegingen, elk van een half uur, toen die in 1984 uitkwam, besloeg elke beweging een kant van een vinylplaat.
Het is pas in de tweede beweging dat het gitaarspel van Göttsching begint en vanaf dan evolueert het stuk van new-age naar jazz-funk.
Ik heb veel naar “E2-E4” geluisterd toen ik het als cd kocht ergens rond de eeuwwisseling.
RIP Gerd Dudek (1938 – 2022)
De Duitse saxofonist Gerd Dudek stierf. Hij werd 84.
Dudek behoort tot de garde van de oude Europese free jazz royalty waar ook de recent overleden Belg Fred Van Hove toe behoorde.
RIP Gerd Dudek
RIP Klaus Schulze (1947 – 2022)
Klaus Schulze was a German composer and musician, a pioneer in electronic music. Briefly a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and the Cosmic Jokers he launched a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums.
Continue readingRIP Florian ‘Kraftwerk’ Schneider (1947 – 2020)
Florian Schneider was a German musician, known for his work with Kraftwerk.
Of interest in my book is the connection of Kraftwerk to Afro-American music as noted in “Planet Rock”.
Jon Savage noted in his piece “Machine Soul: A History Of Techno” (1993) that:
“In 1981, Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force, together with producer Arthur Baker, paid tribute [to Kraftwerk with] “Planet Rock,” which used the melody from “Trans-Europe Express” over the rhythm from “Numbers.” In the process they created electro and moved rap out of the Sugarhill age.”
Simon Reynolds in Energy Flash (1998) similarly remarked:
“In New York, the German band almost single-handedly sired the electro movement: Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force’s 1982 smash “Planet Rock” stole its doomy melody from “Trans-Europe Express” and its beatbox rhythm from Kraftwerk’s 1981 track “Numbers.””–Generation Ecstasy (1998) by Simon Reynolds
Apparently, none of Kraftwerk’s material was actually sampled, all was emulated.
RIP Gabi ‘D. A. F.’ Delgado-López (1958-2020)
This happened last week.
Gabi Delgado-López was a Spanish-born German musician, co-founder of Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft.
He is known for singing compositions such as “Der Mussolini” (1981). This song, together with “Los Niños del Parque” (1981) by Liaisons Dangereuses and “Numbers” (1981) by Kraftwerk put Germany on the map in black America and the dance music world.
If you listen to the full Alles ist gut album where “Der Mussolini” comes from, you cannot help but wonder if D.A.F. listened to Suicide. The sighing voice on “Mein Herz Macht Bum” would give them away.
RIP Wolfgang Dauner (1935 – 2020)
Wolfgang Dauner was a German musician perhaps best known for his album The Oimels.
The album features the composition “Dig My Girl” which made it to the Caribou 1000.
RIP Gershon ‘popcorn’ Kingsley (1922 – 2019)
Gershon Kingsley was a German-born composer and electronic musician known for his instrumental “Popcorn“.
That composition was released on the album Music to Moog By (1969).
The ‘Popcorn’ instrumental starts at 10:00.