Zacht Automaat for Progressive Electronic

(from Discogs) ZACHT AUTOMAAT are a Canadian duo specializing in home recordings of mostly instrumental largely electronic music. They record principally on 4-track cassette using conventional rock instrumentation (bass, drums, keyboards, guitar) followed by extensive editing resulting in albums in a collage style. They have self-released 13 digital albums. Their 2nd, 3rd and 4th were also released by Toronto Label MEDUSA on cassette. The band also self-released their 8th album as a double cassette. Toronto Label CALICO CORP released a double-vinyl compilation of their first 11 albums in 2013. The record came with a CD of unreleased material. A first pressing of 333 was followed by a second pressing of 222. Toronto Label PLANET OF THE TAPES commissioned and released a cassette album of covers in 2015.

(from me) Zacht Automaat's music comprises influences from Krautrock of Neu!, Harmonia, and Popol Vuh, electronic music of Heldon, Terry Riley, and Tangerine Dream, Psychedelic/Space-Rock of early Pink Floyd, Canterbury sound of Soft Machine, and avant-garde jazz of Sun Ra.

The line-up consists of Carl Didur and Michael McLean, who together handle drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, and electronic effects. Furthermore, they often get help (both live and on their releases) from a saxophonist Colin Fisher and drummer Louis Percival.

All of their official releases can be found here.
Zach Automaat's Bandcamp page (which features some more of their albums, only available digitally).





I am aware they might not get included for a few reasons, the fact that most of their releases are unofficial, but I guess it's always worth a try.


Edited by ALotOfBottle - June 26 2016 at 07:34

Sam, it has even got your avatar!

... and added now