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2020, 3×12″ compilation LP, Soul Jazz Records.
This new installment of Soul Jazz Records’ ground-breaking Deutsche Elektronische Musik series, ‘a near-definitive guide to some of the world’s most extraordinary music’ (The Guardian) features many of the classic German electronic and Krautrock groups from the 1970s & 80s: Can, Amon Düül II, Harmonia, Conrad Schnitzler, Agitation Free, Roedelius and lesser known artists such as Dzyan, Klaus Weiss and Gruppe Between. Rarities include Kalacakra and their superb ‘Nearby Shiras,’ taken from their super-rare spiritual/psychedelic private press 1972 concept album Crawling to Lhasa. Deutsche Elektronische 4 includes a wealth of German electronic experimental artists: the seminal pioneering group Harmonia, avant-garde guru Conrad Schnitzler, amongst lesser-known synthetic artists such as Klaus Weiss, Deutsche Wertarbeit, E.M.A.K., Günter Schickert. Also featured are heavy and progressive German cosmic rock groups ‘ Dzyan, Virus and the amazing Turkish/German tripped-out sound of Alex’s ‘Patella Black’, produced by Holger Czukay and Jackie Liebezeit.
