PETE NAMLOOK/KLAUS SCHULZE, featuring BILL LASWELL

DARK SIDE OF THE MOOG V

 Psychedelic Brunch
  1/  Part I                                                                   0.14
  2/  Part II                                    (Namlook,Schulze)             4.30
  3/  Part III                                   (Namlook,Schulze,Laswell)     8.29
  4/  Part IV                                    (Namlook,Schulze)             3.45
  5/  Part V                                     (Namlook,Schulze)             16.21
  6/  Part VI                                    (Namlook,Schulze)             8.44
  7/  Part VII                                   (Namlook,Schulze,Laswell)     9.50
  8/  Part VIII                                  (Namlook,Schulze)             8.22

          Recorded at Klanglabor, Frankfurt, Germany, Moldau Music Studio and Greenpoint
            Studio, Brooklyn, New York
          Produced by Peter Kuhlman

Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze : sounds, treatments; Bill Laswell (3,7) : bass, sounds; Robert Moog (1) : voice.

          1996  -  FAX  +49-69/450464 (Germany),  PK 08/123  (CD)
          1998  -  Ambient World (Germany),  AW 015  (CD)

REVIEWS :

Robert Moog himself introduces this Dark Side of the Moog chapter (Part I). Part II is Klaus playing nothing but the Moogs, a ceremonious strings overture. Part III, VI and VIII are kind of a trilogy. 'Smacking' electro beats and arpeggio sounds, a long sublime strings part by Klaus in Part VI. In Part VIII it culminates with choirs and one of the best melodies heard on FAX. In Part IV Klaus comes with a violin-sounding interlude. V is the longest part (16:21) very lully, warm and esoteric atmosphere, I always think of glowing fire when listening to this. In VII Bill Laswell shows up with 10 mins of very spooky drone sounds, like the slowed and pitched down sound of a wind tunnel... When this album came out it was christmas time - and it really has a special solemn character. I remember I loved this disc that time, but today (Y2K) I would not care about it - if there weren't the last two tracks that are fantastic! And Klaus' string parts are still nice to remember in christmas time ;-)

Wolfgang Röttger (review courtesy of the 2350.org website)