Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2012

SHADOWLANDS, at long last

I can give now the tracks, same as I did for the official KS website:
CD 1:
1. Shadowlights
2. In Between
3. Licht und Schatten

CD 2 (Ltd. Edition Bonus)
1. The Rhodes Violin
2. Tibetan Loop
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The release is planned for 18 January 2013 (see PS and PPS). It's offered as one CD (CD 1 only) ...and as a Limited-Edition-Double-CD.
About this "Ltd." idea let me quote a distressed Oliver Hardy: "I have n o t h i n g to say!"

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PS on 3 January: "planned", yes. The release date was moved now, up a week or two later.
PPS on 5 January: Correction: Five weeks later; the release date is now announced for 22 February.

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Sonntag, 16. Dezember 2012

Opa erzählt vom...

And here is the announced French film about TD and Nico 1974 in Reims Cathedral. It is nice to see my old friend Assaad again; we had a lot of fun together during the concerts in France with Agitation Free, Ash Ra Tempel, T.D., KS, in the early seventies (and later).
In autumn '74, Assaad had asked me to check the technical possibilities of the Reims Cathedral, for a possible concert of Tangerine Dream, and I travelled from Berlin to Reims, inspected the "stage" (the chancel) and the cathedral's electric capacity. For the actual concert on 13 December 1974 I was again in Reims, 'cause Assaad had given me the job of the stage manager.
Oddly enough... I don't remember any film cameras on stage during this concert.

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Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2012

In the Moog for Love

Several times announced and long awaited: The 10-minute animated film is completed now and the french tv channel Canal+ will air it on 27 January. The title will be: "L'homme à la tête de Schulze" by James L. Frachon. The English title is "In the Moog for Love". Here is the trailer:
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The three former trailers for this film you can still watch, just type "Frachon" in SEARCH and it will show you where to find.
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Not here, but there is also a short film of the awesome Lisa Gerrard from the tour with KS in 2009, made by the same homme de ciné James L. Frachon. It's from the German town of Essen, where KS did NOT perform; just his equipment was on stage (but this is another story).

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Montag, 10. Dezember 2012

Bericht aus Berlin

Berlin ist nicht mehr grau, sondern zugeschneit.
Ich hatte im Sommer zugesagt, für das Grundstück (und den Fußgängerweg davor) den Schnee-Räum-Dienst zu übernehmen; in der Hoffnung: nun, das wird schon nicht so schlimm. Die bisher beauftragten Firmen waren zwar alle teuer, aber erbrachten nur mangelhafte bis miese Leistung. Ergo, mein kecker Spruch in der Versammlung der Eigentümer: "Dat kann ick bessa!"
Und nun wurde es genau so schlimm: Schneefall gestern, den ganzen Tag. Mein Hemd war klatschnass vor Schweiß und abends fiel ich schon um acht total fertig ins Bett. ...bin ja nicht mehr der Jüngste.
...und heut' früh wieder raus, den Rest nochmal ordentlich beseitigt und erneut Rutschfestes gestreut. Nun hat die liebe Seele Ruh'. ...bis zum nächsten Schneefall.

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Dienstag, 27. November 2012

Voodoo Child

Today is his 70th birthday. If he would not have died some days after this - his last - concert:
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I was also in Fehmarn on stage, shooting pics such as this, above.
And I made the photo, while sitting here on stage:
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