Those charming Freeman Bros had this to say about this most mysterious of records (more sound effect collage than riffing): "The sleeve of Planet Of Man showed the visual message impressed in gold and sent with the Voyager satellite on its journey into deep space. Yep, this is a real sci-fi concept album! In fact, so conceptual that there is no real division into single tracks, rather a continuous flow of musical themes. The makers of it all were Manfred Schunke and the mysterious Ed Key, surely a pseudonym?! Klaus Schulze was also involved, offering a helping hand with the artificial head stereo mix and even some drumming! Fans of Schulze's early, cosmic music will love this album for sure! The album was released in a fold-out cover on Delta Acustic, a short-lived, minor label releasing productions made with the freshly developed artificial head stereo system, offering a unique stereo effect when listening to the music via headphones. The Code 3 album is now very rare and seldom seen offered for sale."
I couldn't make my mind up about any representative tracks, so I chucked up a rip of the entire, impossible-to-find album, acquired courtesy of the might 8 Days in April [no URL; he keeps it hidden these days]:
01. Formations/The Genesis
02. Dawn of an Era
03. Countdown/Phoenix Rising
(mp3, 79.8 mb)
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greetings from Japan.
I've been trawling with pleasure through your old postings of 'krautrock' (for want of a better terminology), reliving a few old memories from back in the day and also discovering a few new tasty morsels.
No matter that many of the links are dead, the ones that are still extant have been enough to stimulate me into action to find other blogs with a similar focus.
So, for that, many thanks indeed.
And also for various other excellent posts. Keep up the good work.
TN
PS: For other visitors wanting to find more on that amazingly fertile period in German music... I found plenty of good stuff at:
http://tontonmahood.blogspot.com/
Good post.
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