THE PINK YEARS ALBUMS 1970-1973

Disc 1 "Electronic Meditation" is probably more a trip to the inside of unconscious mind, than to the outer space. Lots of electronic experimentation, enriched with tasty brushes of electric guitar, percussion, flute and mellotron. Don't look for recognizable structures, like "songs", or "movements". The musical form is generated only by sensible interplay and tape collage.

Disc 2 "Alpha Centauri" shows the notably increasing participation of mellotron, flute and expertly processed percussion (but not guitar). Also emerges a bit stronger thematic organization of the sonic materials, now clearly oriented to "space exploration".

Disc 3 "Zeit" (German for "Time") Only obliquely spacey, this hieratic masterpiece seems more concerned with the inner experience of flowing time (a dominant issue in classic German philosophy, also). Just the sheer intensity coming from harmony and building up through the long-term form is overwhelming. Never a casual listening, always a hard one.

Disc 4 "Atem" (German for "Breath") Just a bit easier to listen, but probably harder to decipher, this seems to address the sonic manifestations that life can produce. Very Stockhausen-inflected to my ears, the treatment of percussion reaches its highest level of perfection with this album.

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