{"title":"Harald Grosskopf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarald Grosskopf is a German musician, drummer, and keyboard player. Born on October 23, 1949 in Hildesheim, Germany, he has made significant contributions to the music industry. With his unique blend of electronic and progressive rock genres, Grosskopf has captivated audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, Grosskopf has collaborated with renowned artists such as Conrad Schnitzler, Peter Baumann, Moebius, Roedelius, Ashra, Michael Rother, Harmonia \u0026amp; Eno '76, Edgar Froese and many more. His diverse collaborations have allowed him to explore different musical styles and push boundaries within the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrosskopf's music resonates with fans who appreciate experimental sounds and intricate compositions. Whether it's his solo work or collaborative projects like Harmonia and Cluster among others - *Grosskopf continues to inspire fellow musicians and listeners alike with his innovative approach to music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"synthesist","title":"Synthesist","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Synthesist' is the first solo album by Ashra drummer Harald Grosskopf. It is one of the classics of German electronic music, comprising eight instrumentals composed in the tradition of the so-called Berliner Schule \/ Berlin School (Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream). Mastered from the original tapes! 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We'd turned the space into a small music and rehearsal studio where we set up a TASCAM 8-track tape recorder, a 12-channel MM mixer that roared like hell, a Mini-Moog, and a ROLAND Jupiter-6 synthesizer. This is where the basic recordings for \u003cem\u003eOCEANHEART\u003c\/em\u003e were made. Essentially sequences and chords, which I then added piano, drums, Indian tablas, and solo voices to in Christoph Franke's (Tangerine Dream) studio in Berlin Spandau. It was then mastered on a BETAMAX video recorder - at that time the non-plus-ultra of modern stereo recording technique. \u003cem\u003eOceanheart\u003c\/em\u003e was released on SKY Records in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of 2022, Gunther Buskies, owner of BUREAU B label, had the inspired idea to expand the planned re-release of \u003cem\u003eOCEANHEART\u003c\/em\u003e with a remix album on double vinyl and CD and to call it \u003cem\u003eOCEANHEART REVISITED\u003c\/em\u003e. Around the same time, I met Tobias Stock through my friend Chris Mick. Tobias, a qualified electronics engineer and musician, had put together a complex, top-class analog studio over 20 years of meticulous and passionate collecting - bringing each of the numerous component parts back into the best technical state with his own hands. There are only a few studios of this kind and quality in the world, and it was here, in his 'On TAPE' Studio, we created the analogue mixes of \u003cem\u003eOCEANHEART REVISITED\u003c\/em\u003e on a NAGRA 2-channel tape machine. I really enjoyed working on \u003cem\u003eOCEANHEART REVISITED\u003c\/em\u003e and I'd like to share this experiment with you.\" Harald Grosskopf, January 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist LP1\u003cbr\u003e\n01. \"Eve On The Hill\"\u003cbr\u003e\n02. \"While I'm Walking\"\u003cbr\u003e\n03. \"Oceanheart\"\u003cbr\u003e\n04. \"Coming Out\"\u003cbr\u003e\n05. \"Pondicherry Dream\"\u003cbr\u003e\n06. \"Minimal Boogie\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist LP2\u003cbr\u003e\n01. \"Eve On The Hill (Ocean Revisited)\"\u003cbr\u003e\n02. \"While I'm Walking (Ocean Revisited)\"\u003cbr\u003e\n03. \"Oceanheart (Ocean Revisited)\"\u003cbr\u003e\n04. \"Coming Out (Ocean Revisited)\"\u003cbr\u003e\n05. \"Pondicherry Dream (Ocean Revisited)\"\u003cbr\u003e\n06. \"Minimal Boogie (Ocean Revisited)\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50383962079563,"sku":"2013256","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50383962210635,"sku":"2013262","price":40.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_66e58167_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726280631"},{"product_id":"storm-5","title":"Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou don't really need to say much about this man: co-founder of Wallenstein, drummer on at least two of the most wonderful Krautrock albums (namely \u003cem\u003eMother Universe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCosmic Century\u003c\/em\u003e), member of the legendary \u003cstrong\u003eKosmische Kuriere\u003c\/strong\u003e, records with Ash Ra Temple and Klaus Schulze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, \u003cstrong\u003eHarald Grosskopf\u003c\/strong\u003e switched from drums to sequencers and created something breathtaking. I listened to his solo debut \u003cem\u003eSynthesist\u003c\/em\u003e (1980) to death, and few days began without \"\u003cem\u003eSo weit, so gut\u003c\/em\u003e\". It was a record that did everything right, that salvaged whatever could be salvaged from Kraut, adding the melancholy with which one suddenly looked back on everything that could still be naively believed and played in the 70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen in 1985 came the follow-up \u003cem\u003eOceanheart\u003c\/em\u003e, no less great, albeit already noticeably more minimalist. \u003cstrong\u003eManuel Göttsching\u003c\/strong\u003e could be sensed in the distance if you surrendered to the track \"\u003cem\u003eEve on the Hill\u003c\/em\u003e\" and followed it into the depths. Time passed, the music stayed with me. I lost sight of \u003cstrong\u003eHarald Grosskopf\u003c\/strong\u003e, even though he did produce an album from time to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd now: \u003cem\u003eStrom\u003c\/em\u003e. The evocation of electricity, the virtuosity of the circuit that skillfully intertwines man and machine, an antidote to the triumphal march of desolate musical digitality. If you listen carefully, you will immediately recognize the engineer behind the soundscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRight from the opener \"\u003cem\u003eBureau 39\u003c\/em\u003e\", everything you would expect from \u003cstrong\u003eGrosskopf\u003c\/strong\u003e is immediately there: the push toward hypnosis, a subdued pulse, catchy, circling bass lines, layering Moog kaleidoscopes. Sometimes the sounds coarsen, the depths distort into grinding noises (as in \"\u003cem\u003eBlow\u003c\/em\u003e\"), into mechanical gurgling, i.e. into what remains when the path comes to an end, when the music reaches beyond the human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe mid-tempo track with the programmatic title \"\u003cem\u003eAfter the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\", grotesquely twisting the word “never\", points the way there. Time and again, however, the beat pauses, leaving space for the soundscapes - and then, at the latest, the electronica of the early 80s springs back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe two complementary pieces \"\u003cem\u003eGleich Strom\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eSpaeter Strom\u003c\/em\u003e\" would also fit in wonderfully on \u003cem\u003eSynthesist\u003c\/em\u003e. On the other hand, the closing track \"\u003cem\u003eStromklang\u003c\/em\u003e\" remains resolutely committed to the sinister, even gloomy groove that was previously unknown from this artist and with which he has finally returned to me after far too long. Stylo Kraut indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50944424608075,"sku":"2215706","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"White LP","offer_id":50944424706379,"sku":"2215707","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50944424542539,"sku":"2215705","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/image004_69c6cda2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1733552885"},{"product_id":"oceanheart","title":"Oceanheart","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarald Grosskopf is best known as drummer in the band Ashra and for Klaus Schulze ('Moondawn') and as an electronic musician. 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