Category Archives: 70s ambient music

The Kosmische Files Episode 16 – Cluster Konzerte 72 / 77

Here we go. Over the last 25 years, archived and/or lost tapes from numerous Kosmische bands have surfaced. Some float around as bootlegs while others become official releases to the rejoice of fans the world over. Personally, I love these … Continue reading

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Taylor Carson- Hyperborea

Released earlier this year but in the spirit of 1977, comes this lovely little cassette via Fairfox Library. This really got my attention.  Back in the spring, I covered Tangerine Dream’s early material along with other German ambient and Berlin … Continue reading

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The Kosmische Files Episode 15 – a Brief Look at Eruption

After the split of the band Kluster, Conrad Schnitzler went off to do his own thing while the other remaining members formed Cluster. Of course, speaking from the perspective  of a chronological discography, it’s really not that simple.  Conrad Schnitzler … Continue reading

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The Kosmische Files – Episode 14 – Deuter and His Early Works

Deuter, aka Georg Deuter, is a German new age artist. Though, his early releases lean more toward the kosmische sound as well as experimental electronic and ambient. I hadn’t really heard of this guy before and he really didn’t appear … Continue reading

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Foxy Digs- Some other Upcoming Series

There is a lot of music out there. As I restarted the blog, I wanted to focus just on stuff I wanted to listen to, particularly ambient stuff. But as I dug around looking for new-to-me material, I found some … Continue reading

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The Kosmiche Files ep 12: A Cluster of Cluster Reviews!

I decided to dig through the next three Cluster albums leading up to their two collaborations with Brian Eno (the first is “Cluster/Eno,” the second is “After the Heat” — even though the Cluster name isn’t front and center). Weirdly, … Continue reading

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The Kosmiche Files ep 11: Popol Vuh – Affenstunde

Artist: Popol VuhTitle: AffenstundeReleased: 1970Label: Liberty, Bell Records, numerous othersGenre: ambient, experimental, minimal As I’ve mentioned in numerous posts, Germany was a hotbed of musical experimentation in the 60s and 70s. Another band to pop up during that time was … Continue reading

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The Kosmiche Files Ep 10: Cluster – Cluster (Cluster 71)

Artist: ClusterTitle: Cluster (Cluster 71)Released: 1971Label: Philips, Sky Records, (numerous reissues)Genres: ambient, drone, krautrock, kosmische Emerging from Kluster sometime in 1971, Cluster seem to just pick up where they left off. Their debut album moves away a little from the … Continue reading

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The Kosmiche Files ep 8: Kluster – Klopfzeichen

Artist: KlusterTitle: KlopfzeichenReleased: 1971Label: Schwann AMS Studio, various othersGenre: electronic, experimental, krautrock To the uninitiated, it’s natural to confuse the early 70s German bands Kluster and Cluster with each other.  I, too, am confused. To put it extremely simply, the … Continue reading

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Edgar Froese – Aqua

Artist: Edgar FroeseTitle: AquaReleased: 1974Label: Brain, Virgin and othersGenre: ambient, Berlin School Tangerine Dream were signed to Virgin records after the release of their fourth album, “Atem,” in 1973. Prior to the band’s 5th album, Edgar Froese would record and … Continue reading

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