Optigan, Orchestron or similar wanted. UK or Europe.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:

who cares! Laughing

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

I don´t.. at least not at the moment. I liked Gong back in the 70s. It was kinda sad when the band went all fusion jazz. Steve Hillage managed to release a fine series of odd stuff though. Live Herald still rocks.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:

"L" was very good- especially with Don Cherry playing trumpet

I also liked 'open'

Dreadful lyrics though Laughing

Hillage did some good work with Simple Minds (in the days when they were good), and of course he was also in The Orb for a while too.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject:

Yeah- fusion. They (gong) were always that way inclined anyway. Very 1970's French prog.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject:

I then discovered Faust, and I never looked back Cool

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject:

Faust is way cool and the myth is even better. Laughing

Imagine that crazy dysfunctional lot stowed away out there in that DIY studio.. and the poor label was expecting chart gobbling excellence.. Laughing

But then there were Magma, early TD, Can and the rest...

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject:

Early TD are really cool. I still absolutely love Alpha Centuri, and Phaedra is really brilliant too- so is Aqua by Edgar, and Epsilon.

The first TD LP is from another planet Shocked

It's quite unique.

I also love Zeit.

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject:

I ordered more from CDON.COM. I decided to get all the old TD stuff I actually liked. I even ordered Cyclone. Shocked

But it was very fast downhill from Stratosfear.
Peter Baumann did a couple of good ones before he went all pop though.