The snow is melting. The sun is out, which isn't stopping the cold from cracking my fingerskin. Time for some pulsing electronic warmth to hasten the thaw. It's probably no accident that seeing the (awesome) Bauhaus exhibit at MOMA has put me in a mood for this Berlin School masterpiece.Manuel Göttsching titled the album New Age of Earth, and this leadoff track dances maybe a little too close to the piffle that "New Age" would come to signify in the '80s. Still, this stuff is miles away from California ponytails, even if its got similar hippie roots. I like the terrestrial era that Göttsching is envisioning—placid, sun-dappled melody and sequencers that manage to be robotic and benign. How do we get back to that future?
Ashra - Sunrain
It's sad that it's easier to envision a bleak dystopian future (both musically and cinematically) than a benign, hopeful one. I guess there's not much drama in uneventful contentness.
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I recently sent TPK a copy of Ash Ra Tempel's "Schwingungen." Another good reason for you to pay him a holiday visit.
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