HARMONIA LIVE 1974

Epic electronic krautrock grooves, motorik beats, soft, ethereal keyboards, hissing, bubbling primitive electronics, tribal drumming...the full gamut of early-seventies experimentation is available thanks to this excellent live document of genre-pioneers HARMONIA's 1974 Dusseldorf gig. Only released on CD last year, this captures the twosome in full cosmic mode, twising and elongating tracks from MUSIK VON HARMONIA and DELUXE into full-blown hypnotic space-epics that ebb and flow beautifully from one soft moment to the next. Fans of KLAUS SCHULZE, TANGERINE DREAM and NEU! will find much to admire amongst the surreal sonic pallette of ideas on offer. Everything is underpinned by a deliberately loose rolling groove that feels as natural as breathing. A great live document. STEFAN TURNER, LONDON, 2009