Roedelius - 90 (4LP Vinyl)
Four LPs of unreleased material, compiled to celebrate Hans-Joachim Roedelius’s 90th birthday.
Most of the music on ‘90’ comes from the two-track Revox tapes (1968 - 80). Working with his Echolette tape delay and Farfisa organ - the equipment on which Achim recorded his beloved ‘Selbstportrait’ records and much of the seminal work with Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother - the Revox tapes document the processes and sounds that continue to inspire generations of music lovers and sonic adventurers.
‘90’ is in no way intended as the exhaustive retrospective of the oeuvre of an important artist. The actual chronology of these pieces, and in some cases who might have collaborated with Achim on them, remain a mystery. But the historical context of this music is undeniably compelling - it doesn’t feel like hyperbole to suggest that these cascading, hypnotic cycles equal the best of contemporaries like Terry Riley, working half a world away on their own minimal masterpieces.
For now, a celebration is sufficient - the portrait of an extraordinary life at 90, narrated in beautiful, intimate, innovative music.
LP1 322 40 221 37 217 09 54 30 443 09 TB13 16 37 TB6 35 49 TB13 36 49 357 41 TB36 2 14 3704 90 TB34r 13 37 TB6 25
LP2 332 05 222 13 TB36 6 47 TB36 9 18 TB38 58 56 TB38 149 43 TB39 69 45 TB41 35 58 TB11 34 20 TB11 29 15 TB6 43 47 TB4 8 57 TB36 69 23 TB6 101 30 Moebi Speaks
LP3 774 02 TB33 116 TB11 144 24 TB35 21 24 647 32 131 33 792 43 TB10 76 16 TB6 55 03 776 665 54 TB41 38 28
LP4 633 09 384 57 1027 35 934 19 154 32 Fostex 58 430 15 587 18 897 00 663 20
