[Compilation] Movements of a Visionary

The 'Berlin School' is a style of electronic music that was 'invented' in West Berlin in the mid-70s; if we want to dig deeper we could say that it is related to 'progressive electronic' music, while the innovative Berlin School recordings are considered the precursor of ambient music.

Tangerine Dream and their album Phaedra (1974) is deemed as the release that shaped the whole Berlin School sound in its first steps along with artists like Klaus Schulze, and Manuel Gottsching. 

The basic difference between the Berlin School and the other genres of electronic music of that era is the repetition of musical motifs through a sequencer, a device that among other things can create rhythms without the use of physical or electronic drums. Besides Germany, the sound of the Berlin School was played with success by many artists allover Europe mainly but in the USA as well.

In this compilation we are introducing the listener to the Berlin School, focusing mainly in the period 1975 - 1979. Listen below through mixcloud:

tracklist:

01. Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear (Germany, 1976)
02. Ashra - Blackouts (Germany, 1977)
03. Michael Hoenig - Sun and Moon (Germany, 1978)
04. Earthstar - Latin Sirens Face The Wall-The Flourishing Illusion (USA, 1979)
05. Peter Baumann - Romance (Germany, 1976)
06. Klaus Schulze - Frank Herbert (Germany, 1978)
07. Michael Garrison - The Search (USA, 1979)
08. Neuronium - Viento Solar (Spain, 1978)
09. Baumann-Koek - Where (Germany, 1979)
10. You - Magooba (Germany, 1979)
11. Baffo Banfi - Gang (For Rock Industry) (Italy, 1978)
12. Edgar Froese - OS 452 (Germany, 1976)
13. Mick Clarke - Time is Now (UK, 1978)
14. Zanov - Moebius 256 (France, 1977)
15. Didier Bocquet - Rencontre Psychique (France, 1979)