From R. Lim Sent Wed, Jun 30th 1999, 18:51
From R. Lim Sent Wed, Jun 30th 1999, 18:51
On Sun, 16 May 1999, Hrvatski wrote: > >I have them as Japanese imports ( $24? ). I bought them in NYC. > > Oh yeah, VERY in print. Japan only, $24 sounds right. > Incidentally the Germanofon versions are total shite, mastered from POOR > vinyl copies. Hrrm. There was also a legit Brain issue on CD (in the early/mid 90s back when they actually did this kind of thing- I think Guru Guru's _Kanguru_ was the only other title of interest that made it out this way). It was about $16 (look for the "Special Low Price" sticker), appeared to be from master tapes and used to be available from FE a long time ago. I also heard that there was a super budget line issue of the first Faust on a German label whose product was typically displayed in the check-out lines of supermarkets. > They're definitely in my top 5 ever of Kraut/Psych records. > Harmonia was Moebius/Roedelius (Cluster) w/Rother (Neu). > Perfect mix of Cluster's synth vocabulary & Neu's beat. > And some nice phased/fuzzed guitar bits to boot. > "Music Von Harmonia", album #1: clearly the best. Agreed that _Deluxe_ was kind of a let down. I don't know if MVH would make my top five of that "scene" (which would most likely be populated with boring unDM records like _Yeti_, _Malesch_ et al), though Cluster _II_ probably would. One could (if fed a lot of drugs) make a claim that _II_ was an attempt to do IDM using guitars and non-sequencer electronics. Surely there are few better things in the world than the languid unfolding phasing of "Fur Immer" (only a disappointing 14 minutes long, goddamn it- "This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my lawsuit against _The Neverending Story_"...). (One and a half months late, sorry), -rob