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Flowerhead

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A thousand thanks to Asphodel for reissuing this wonderful CD!!! Formerly available only in a tiny edition of 500 on Atom Heart's Rather Interesting label, this meeting of A.H. and Tetsu Inoue is one of the pinnacle releases in the whole German ambient scene from the early/mid 1990s. Those who know it even speak of it in tones more reverent than those normally reserved for the better-known FAX releases. What you get here is slow, spaced-out, trippy sound that goes on for over an hour, never dissatisfying. Occasionally, a slow-mo dubby groove will develop, only to dissipate like something being caught up in a gentle breeze and blown away. One title here seems to sum it all up: 'Sixties Out of Tune'...and that's not a bad descriptor, as it all sounds like some ultra-relaxed thing that would be more in place at some stoned gathering, playing quietly on some stereo in another room. A benchmark release; if anyone wants to hear some 'trippy ambient', this is _exactly_ what you should put on. Totally recommended for anyone not planning on going anywhere or or doing much of anything while "Flowerhead" is playing.

A collaboration between Atom Heart and Tetsu Inoue. One of the finest ambient albums I've ever heard (up there with Eno)... deeply emotional and never unsubtle. I am always at ease and immersed in thought when listening to it. Deep Chair is worth the price of admission alone.

This music (?) is way ahead of its time. Spaced-out surreal ambience makes you feel like you're on another planet. And you thought techno couldnt be relaxing...

Atom heart and Tetsu Inoue meet as Datacide. This chapter in their collaboration produces a low frequency/low bass trip. It invites the user to a long and astoundingly complete display of low reverberated terrestrial channels while also providing spectral electronic synth. Great rewards are aquired while absorbing detail in this music but it also serves as adequate filler for late night reading, writing, etc.
Another fabulous entry into the ambient genre, so very worthy of the 5 stars it's awarded.