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Originally posted by Guldbamsen

^I am obviously speculating here, but you're referring to the first track right? LOL

The parallel is actually not that far off, though I hadn't made it myself before. Breezy is perhaps the best way of describing that album. You're dead on. The whole album is like that, and it genuinely feels like having a shoreline transported straight into your living-room.

If you want something akin a tad more to symphonic Steve, then you should try Zombi on for size. Their Spirit Animal is a real humdinger Thumbs Up

I interrupted some of the other stuff on the thread I was listening to to hear this.

You know my tastes well, David

This is quite a gorgeous piece of music, wonderfully symphonic. It is on the Wish list".

In Lazland, life is transient. Prog is permanent.

Logic Gate is highly recommended if you are into Berlin school electronic prog :

One big name of current Berlin school is Bernd Kistenmacher (the track below is a bit "old", but he is still active) :

Edited by lucas - June 30 2012 at 14:47

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

No one has mentioned Ashra yet, the electronic group Manuel Gottsching formed after Ash Ra Tempel (which featured Klaus Schulze) disbanded:

"My father was like a monk...a monk who loved groupies" - Moon Unit Zappa

Steve Roach is awesome but he surprisingly isn't included in the PA database. His friend Robert Rich is though. Two great artists nonetheless.

Ashra also had released some great music.

Hanashukketsu

^ Wonderful Thumbs Up

I actually haven't heard much from him, but I really enjoy Structures from Silence.

Hanashukketsu

Tried to listen to Force Majeure on Spotify and was given message "This album is not available in United States". Carp!
Ended up listening to Atem instead. Pretty good. A lot like Zeit, which I love.

Speaking of "Majeure", I see that the band Majeure, a project of A.E. Paterra (Zombi) is not listed here. Seems to me it should be, but I am no expert on Progressive Electronic. Anyone else familiar with it?

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There's been no mention of Redshift either. I don't know if any of you have heard them. They are on PA but there are very few reviews on here to consider I'm afraid.

If the Berlin School is your bag, you have to check these guys out. You get a very Tangerine Dream-ish sound circa 74-77, full of pulsing sequencers and anologue synths. A huge bonus is the albums are twice as long as TD's too. If you're willing to overlook the fact they are clearly very influenced by the likes of Phaedra and Rubycon some 35-40 years ago and listen to the music on it's merits then you are on to a winner.

It's like discovering a dozen unreleased TD albums from the 70s. I have several of their albums and honestly, some of their work, particularly the albums Redshift and Ether, is clearly superior to the artists that inspired them.

Good to see this thread! As a huge fan of Schulze (my absolute PE favorite) and Tangerine Dream, I think I need to check out Redshift. I've actually read the reviews, and they also get a thumbs up from Andy Tillison of The Tangent. For those who don't know, his solo albums feature quite a bit Kosmiche style.

The Honing album mentioned is a favorite of mine. Got to check some of this other stuff out, especially Zombi.

What about Aphex Twin from the "Richard D James album" to "Druqks" ?

Goon Gumpas (some Jean Sibeius in that song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziI--G1cQGM

Meltphace 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTpO2SD7XpY&feature=related

Originally posted by Roj M30

Originally posted by infandous

Good to see this thread! As a huge fan of Schulze (my absolute PE favorite) and Tangerine Dream, I think I need to check out Redshift. I've actually read the reviews, and they also get a thumbs up from Andy Tillison of The Tangent. For those who don't know, his solo albums feature quite a bit Kosmiche style.

The Honing album mentioned is a favorite of mine. Got to check some of this other stuff out, especially Zombi.

You know something Gus, I thought I was the only one who like The Tangent's electronic excursions. I actually prefer them to some of the main tracks

. I wasn't aware of Tillison's solo albums but heard he was planning on a TD-type album, and I'd be all over it.

Redshift cds are pretty hard to get hold of, but their widely available for download on amazon, and pretty cheap too. Enjoy.

Well, there is no "TD type album" really, and I don't think he's planning to do one, but both solo albums, "Fog" and "Murk", have a lot of that style (along with bass, drums, keys, guitar type stuff all done by Tillison). "Fog" probably has the most Kosmiche stuff. Not sure if that one is available anymore, but you can get "Murk" on the web site. I'll look for the Redshift, thanks!