Eighties match-up b-side distressed finish

[hirez]

Being a bit of a treatise on the entirely random nature of Ver Interweb.

So. PH-R was poking about on Youtube, looking for G*thtalk episodes. I poke about for a bit, looking for 'Great white north (eh)' (You hoser!) and Sprockets footage. Instead I found a thing grabbed off German telly and entitled 'the real sprockets' by some clue-free Septic oik. It was a very early Palais Schaumburg video, and just a jolly good and angular racket featuring earnest chaps with Synthare haircuts. Gripped by the spirit of curiosity, I poked about a little more in an effort to find out what the various Schaumburgs were up to these days.

You may imagine my joy (and the naked terror of my plastic) when I discover that Thomas Fehlmann is making the same sort of storming glitched-out techno that make me gibber at length about Akufen a while ago, although at least one of his albums is firmly into Pole territory. Further digging reveals that there's thing called 'Schaffel' and there's a thumping great list of things to go and look for. The Rachel Stevens and Goldfrapp remixes are especially choice.

G*ths with guitars? Fuck 'em. Retro scum.

Comments

[amanda-pink.livejournal.com]

Thomas Fehlmann used to make some nice sounds with Alex Paterson and Kris Weston under the 'FFWD' moniker, before it all fell apart and Thrash n' Alex started their mahoosive feud.

I wouldn't mind hearing what he's up to these days... Fehlmann that is. I know what Patertson is doing ;)

[hirez.livejournal.com]

The MP3 bits on Juno sound jolly fine.

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

Thomas Fehlmann... very mellow... not hard enough ;-)

[hirez.livejournal.com]

:p

Hard house, eh? (http://shop.fairylove.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=40&CFID=976768&CFTOKEN=60784830)

http://www.legendsmagazine.net/148/various.htm

[echo-echo.livejournal.com]

A name I haven't heard in some time. I remember accidentally ending up with a copy of Sun Electric's Kitchen album a while back and it becoming the soundtrack to that summer. Must dig it out.

[(Anonymous)]

In the small-world-but-I-wouldn't-want-to-paint-it vein, read this post, knew nothing about this Fehlmann geezer and after a fruitless search for freebie downloads, gave up. Mere minues later, I was scouting through iTunes-US list of new releases for this week (got to find stuff for the radio show, Brierly Hill 90210, www.live365.com/stations/323450) and came across the new release by The Orb and, from the review, I quote (oh bugger I'm going to have to type this... drunk fingers, start typing):
Absurd title aside, Okie Dokie marks the Orb's absolute absorbtion into Cologne's Kompakt label. The principal factor is Thomas Fehlmann, a longtime associate and Kompakt elder statesmant whose presence is felt on every track.
... It goes on.