New World Science – Osmos (Movements)
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Featured in the “Psychedelic” section of Chee Shimizu’s Obscure Sound disc guide, Phase II – Go Go Pongs is the second and last album by amateur guitarist Klaus Bloch’s A La Ping Pong project. “A La Ping Pong” was what Bloch called his tape delay system which was a variation on Robert Fripp’s Frippertronics, an early looping system based around two reel-to-reel tape decks. The works can very much be compared to the atmospheric looping guitar of Fripp & Eno, Manuel Göttsching, Harmonia, as well as Kraftwerk’s electro-pop. Similarly, these tracks seem to at times predict genres that don’t exist yet – check the almost dancehall drum machine jam A2 Go Go Pongs (head to Red Light Records for a clip).
– Phil Cho
Recommended – Full listen
A1 Go
A2 Go Go Pongs
A3 Farbenspiel
B1 Hamburg – Ankara
B2 Hvalpsund Impressionen
B3 Klänge Wie Sand Am Meer
B4 Strandgut
Composed By – Bloch*
Cover [Realisation] – Karin Zeckzer
Lacquer Cut By – H1*
Photography By – Hardy Kukuk
Producer, Technician – Bloch*
Technician [Co-technician] – Karsten Recke*