{"id":5830,"date":"2016-02-05T09:44:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T09:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/02\/05\/krautrock-legend-dieter-moebius-reissues-lblotchr-and-lnurtonr-out-in-march\/"},"modified":"2016-02-05T09:44:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T09:44:30","slug":"krautrock-legend-dieter-moebius-reissues-lblotchr-and-lnurtonr-out-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/02\/05\/krautrock-legend-dieter-moebius-reissues-lblotchr-and-lnurtonr-out-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Krautrock legend, Dieter Moebius reissues \u00abBlotch\u00bb and \u00abNurton\u00bb out in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bureau-b.com\/images\/Moebi300.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"219\" height=\"146\" \/><br \/>Dieter Moebius \u2014 half of the legendary duo Cluster and the godfather of electronic krautrock \u2014 passed away in the summer of 2015. Bureau B is now rereleasing his last four solo albums. The series begins with &#8220;Blotch&#8221; from 1999, featuring loop-based tracks which delve stoically into experimental sonic atmospheres that playfully and sensuously hypnotize the listener. On the second album of his late solo work, &#8220;Nurton&#8221; (2006), Dieter Moebius searches for flaws and uses them as a creative impulse. As usual, he blithely ignores any mainstream expectations. Both reissues will be released on March 25, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bureau-b.com\/images\/Blotch-Cover.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"184\" height=\"181\" \/><br \/>&#8220;Blotch&#8221; is far removed from the ease that defines its predecessor &#8220;Tonspuren&#8221;. Overall, the tracks on this album feel like loop-based sketches, which stoically delve into experimental sonic atmospheres \u2013 seasoned with snippets of speech \u2013 that hypnotize the listener with the smallest of variations and embellishments. The surprising twelve-minute long track &#8220;Kohlzug&#8221; sticks out with a saxophone played in the No Wave style. It suggests a decelerated version of Ted Milton&#8217;s jazz-punk. Sonically, &#8220;Blotch&#8221; is clearly a product of its time: Dieter Moebius used an E-mu Orbit 9090 sound module and the then-current solo synth Korg Prophecy. This pioneering digital synthesizer was among the first to provide various algorithms and modes of synthesis to mimic the sounds of analog synthesizers in detail.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bureau-b.com\/images\/Nurton-Cover.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"178\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On &#8220;Nurton&#8221; Moebius demonstrates his true greatness: From a seemingly arbitrary initial loop, he almost imperceptibly creates a hypnotic experimental atmosphere: linear, without escalation, stoic, with clarity and to a hypnotic effect. In doing so, Moebius uses bolder and more experimental lead sounds than on his previous solo album &#8220;Blotch&#8221;, from seven years prior. The sonic impression is more diverse and feels reconciled with the sounds of digital synthesis. Only the last track of the album, fittingly titled &#8220;Das Letzte&#8221; (&#8220;the last&#8221;), provides a preview of the musical development that would characterize Moebius\u2019 solo releases to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/www.bureau-b.com<br \/>Image License: http:\/\/www.bureau-b.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dieter Moebius \u2014 half of the legendary duo Cluster and the godfather of electronic krautrock&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}