Release data: Pete Namlook & Tetsu Inoue – Shades of Orion CD, Fax, 1993 “Shades of Orion” (which would see another two volumes) may be a good starting point when you’re in the mood of some trippy ambient electronics. The 24-minute cosmic outing “Biotrip” offers long sliding soundscapes, beats and throbbing effects, all executed in a groovy/trancy and overall minimal fashion while a floating melody…
Release data: Pete Namlook – Air CD, FAX, 1998 “Air” is the first solo-album and one of the many projects by the prolific German artist Pete Namlook, aka Peter Kuhlmann. It presents an inventive way of merging neoclassical, contemporary and ethnic influences with acoustic instruments into a consistent whole. The 60-minute journey starts out with a deep ambience of drones and shakers, creating an overall…
Release data: Pete Namlook & Wolfram Spyra – Virtual Vices CD, Fax, 1998 In the ongoing list of current releases, it’s also good to glance back once in a while on some nice releases of the past. “Virtual Vices” (the first in a series of six) is such a gem, although it starts out with the quite weird and freaky track “Futurescope”. The best I…