{"id":6103,"date":"2016-07-03T18:15:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T18:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/07\/03\/two-reissues-by-the-krautrock-legend-rolf-trostel\/"},"modified":"2016-07-03T18:15:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T18:15:41","slug":"two-reissues-by-the-krautrock-legend-rolf-trostel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/07\/03\/two-reissues-by-the-krautrock-legend-rolf-trostel\/","title":{"rendered":"Two reissues by the krautrock legend Rolf Trostel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bureau-b.com\/images\/BB_230_ROLF_TROSTEL_Inselmusik_1500px_rgb.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" \/><br \/>Rolf  Trostel is a protagonist of the so-called Berliner Schule \/ Berlin  School (Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze). On his first album \u201cInselmusik\u201d  (1981) he explores the sonic possibilities of the recently introduced  PPG wavetable synthesizer. The music is based on live performances from  the late 1970s by Trostel and Krautrock guitarist G\u00fcnter Schickert.  <!--more-->  \u201cInselmusik\u201d  is a demonstration of the PPG Wave Computer 360 A synthesizer. Rolf  Trostel had worked briefly as a distributor for the manufacturer,  affording him ample opportunity to play the instrument for presentation  purposes. In terms of content, \u201cInselmusik\u201d is minimalist, meditative  and contemplative music, enriched with remarkable choral sounds, flutes  and effects. Overlapping sequencer lines and dominant expanses with  feel-good harmonies are carried along on calm, soothing beats. Trostel  described his music at the time as \u201cKlangfarbenkompositionen\u201d &#8211; tonal,  textural compositions. Wavetable synthesis is commonplace now\u2014in  considerably advanced form\u2014and integrated in many a soundcard or digital  synthesizer. The version which featured in the PPG Wave Computer 360  was puristic, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bureau-b.com\/images\/BB_232_RolfTrostel_DerProphet-Cover.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"210\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On his second album, \u201cDer Prophet\u201d, simpler  sequencer lines with less layering provide for a more airy sound. The  reason for this was the fact that Trostel had now replaced his PPG 350  Computer Sequencer and Roland CR-78 drum machine with the Roland TB-303  bass synth and step sequencer and the TR-808 drum machine. This  at-the-time brand new equipment formed a dream team for electronic  pop\u2014the machines are now highly coveted and sought-after cult objects  among musicians. \u201cWith this production, the rhythmic element is at the  foreground, specifically the variable programming of drum computer. Der  Prophet was my most commercial production,\u201d explains Trostel. The album  also benefits from the assertive sound of the TB-303\/TR-808 combination  and their syncable sequencers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Resease Dates:<\/p>\n<p>Inselmusik. Reissue from 1981. CD, vinyl, digital. Out August 5, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Der Prophet. Reissue from 1982. CD, vinyl, digital. Out August 5, 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: Bureau B<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rolf Trostel is a protagonist of the so-called Berliner Schule \/ Berlin School (Tangerine Dream,&#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-6103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6103","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=6103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}