AUTOBAHN

'Autobahn' is a great progressive electronic album. It is quite different from the work of Klaus Schulze (as well as Tangerine Dream) and his ambient compositions revolving around droning synths. This is almost poppy with comforting, not very complicated keyboard beats. At least most of it isn't complicated. The album starts with the epic title track. The first seven minutes of this song are relatively normal, with some nice vocals and lyrics coming in and out of the scene. Then this semi-ambient Can-esque stuff comes on that just sounds wonderful. This ambient section changes in melody slightly, but throughout the entire part is just captivating and great. Thirteen minutes in the original melody comes in. For the rest of the song there are more rapid changes made to the melody. This is a perfect example of peak progressive electronic music. Electronic based and, well, progressive. On the second side is 'Kometenmelodie 1', a seven-minute ambient piece. This is supreme ambience. Keyboards dubbed on keyboards dubbed on a little more keyboards. Kraftwerk manages to bring some very interesting sounds to the table. Amazing, impressive, beautiful, perfect. 'Kometenmelodie 2' continues this wonderful ambient sequence with a more upbeat mood. This track makes me feel so happy, like when I listen to simple '80s bands like Erasure and OMD(the latter actually surprisingly experimental). Wonderful. 'Mitternacht' is yet another ambient piece which is probably the most complex on the album. I'm not sure if this was all done with synths, but if so, it is just as impressive as it would be if it wasn't. Echoey, confusing horn-noises, interesting percussion sounds and more. 'Morgenspaziergang' sounds similar to 'Mitternacht' but has more diverse, organic sounds. Almost medieval. Anyways, this is a superb electronic album from a pioneer of the genre. Full of great songs destined to give you joy. Maybe perfect. Prog on.

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