{"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":32.99,"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":19.99,"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","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/storm-5","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}