CAFE EXIL
VA - Cafe Exil (New Adventures In European Music 1972-1980) (2x LP's)
A double vinyl LP pressing, from Ace containing 16 tracks of Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Pop tunes. When David Bowie and Iggy Pop relocated from LA to continental Europe, taking trains to Berlin, Paris and Warsaw, they would have come across new music that was very different to the burgeoning disco scene they left behind. Cafe Exil - named after one of Bowie's favourite Berlin haunts - imagines the soundtrack that would have informed Low, Heroes and Lodger. It's an awesome mix of electronica, Krautrock and experimental treats. There are key tracks from members of Can and Tangerine Dream, fascinating obscurities by German act Streetmark and Italian library maestro Piero Umiliani, the Herzog-soundtracking Popul Vuh, and highly collectible avant-strangeness by Annette Peacock. Czech-born Jan Hammer's beautiful, light, atmospheric groove is among myriad surprises. "Cafe Exil" has been put together by Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley and Jason Wood, author of multiple books on cinema and programmer at Home in Manchester. It fits in with other recent Ace compilations such as "English Weather" and "76 In The Shade" - it creates a mood, a time and a place. You're right there, sat next to Bowie, drinking his Pernod and black, in a darkly lit Berlin bar. (Amazon)
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Track lists
01 Rubba Way Star 3:53
02 Annette Peacock Pony 6:16
03 Focus Tommy 3:24
04 Amon Düül II A Morning Excuse 3:20
05 Steve Hillage Octave Doctors 3:35
06 Faust Jennifer 7:09
07 Michael Rother Feuerland 7:07
08 Streetmark Eileen 5:35
09 Toni Esposito L'Eroe Di Plastica 3:49
10 Brian Eno No One Receiving 3:48
11 Popol Vuh Hüter Der Schwelle 3:48
12 Soft Machine Penny Hitch 6:40
13 Jan Hammer Group Don't You Know 3:00
14 Piero Umiliani Canoe 1:56
15 Cortex Troupeau Bleu 5:03
16 Cluster Sowiesoso 8:07
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Wow - this one is something I have never seen before. Very impressive post.
ReplyDeleteHi heartofstone.
DeleteI like to mix it up occasionally.
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I spent this time in Hamburg, and at that time the term "Hamburg scene" was coined here as a term coined by journalists for the jazz and fun music clique that had combined Dixieland jazz with elements of rock and pop music.
ReplyDeleteI was less involved in it at the time, so I get an exciting look back at a time that changed my musical outlook considerably, thank you very much!
Hi WOODY,
DeleteIt always amazes me how we rejected music at some stage only to find its beauty at a later time in life.
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Hi!
ReplyDeleteThanx for this one. An "unknown" area in music here (growing up across the Pond at this time) so most should be "new" artists here = "new" hears here.
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Ciao! For now.
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Hi rntcj.
DeleteAlways something new to find.
I continue to find new music all the time. So rewarding...
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I lived and studied in Berlin(West) from 1972 to 1980. Once during the mid-70s I caught a glimpse of a small, very skinny person with a thin moustache: in the foyer of "Quartier Latin", a live rock music club in Tiergarten, Potsdamer Str. 96, when this person, of course David Bowie, being in the company of two bodyguards, rushed past me to meet Kevin Ayers who had just given a full concert there. The place was neither Exil nor Dschungel, not at all “close to the Wall”, there was no Pernod, just plain Schultheiss in short bulbous beer bottles. But, no matter, it was my five seconds in the glory of decadent 70’s Berlin fame (or is it just transfiguring memories?) …
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Butterboy, for this very unique looking (and I guess, also sounding) compilation! Best, TC
Hi The Chairman,
DeleteThanks for sharing your memories and experiences. That is kind to do and always adds a unique flavour to what we are about to listen to. Thanks for that.
I hope you enjoy the music posted .
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Hi BB, Thanks for introducing me to me this great stuff! Always greatly appreciated being introduced to new sounds and styles!
ReplyDeleteHi Bonita,
DeleteThis is quite an old post so I am happy to see you looking through whats on offer.
Enjoy this and others that you will find.
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I'm getting an error on the Kraken files. Could you re-up it, please?
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DeleteI have tested the file link and it is working fine. Please try again or you may like to try another browser.
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