Roedelius - 90 [4LP]

Groenland Records

£79.20

Format: 4LP Box Set
Catalogue No.: LPGRON299
Barcode: 5061010501661
Release Date: 25 Oct 2024
Genre: Experimental/Electronic

 Four LPs of unreleased material, compiled to celebrate Hans-Joachim Roedelius’s 90th birthday.
 Most of the music on ‘90’ comes from the two-track Revox tapes (1968 - 80). Working with his Echolette tape delay and Farfisa organ - the equipment on which Achim recorded his beloved ‘Selbstportrait’ records and much of the seminal work with Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother - the Revox tapes document the processes and sounds that continue to inspire generations of music lovers and sonic adventurers.
 ‘90’ is in no way intended as the exhaustive retrospective of the oeuvre of an important artist. The actual chronology of these pieces, and in some cases who might have collaborated with Achim on them, remain a mystery. But the historical context of this music is undeniably compelling - it doesn’t feel like hyperbole to suggest that these cascading, hypnotic cycles equal the best of contemporaries like Terry Riley, working half a world away on their own minimal masterpieces.
 For now, a celebration is sufficient - the portrait of an extraordinary life at 90, narrated in beautiful, intimate, innovative music.

Tracklisting
LP1
322 40
221 37
217 09
54 30
443 09
TB13 16 37
TB6 35 49
TB13 36 49
357 41
TB36 2 14
3704 90
TB34r 13 37
TB6 25

LP2
332 05
222 13
TB36 6 47
TB36 9 18
TB38 58 56
TB38 149 43
TB39 69 45
TB41 35 58
TB11 34 20
TB11 29 15
TB6 43 47
TB4 8 57
TB36 69 23
TB6 101 30
Moebi Speaks

LP3
774 02
TB33 116
TB11 144 24
TB35 21 24
647 32
131 33
792 43
TB10 76 16
TB6 55 03
776 665 54
TB41 38 28

LP4
633 09
384 57
1027 35
934 19
154 32
Fostex 58
430 15
587 18
897 00
663 20