Roedelius - 90 4xLP

Label: Groenland

Limited edition box set celebrating Hans-Joachim Roedelius' 90th birthday includes four LPs of previously unpublished material.

The music on 90 originates from Revox 2-track recordings from 1968 to 1980. The Revox tapes – created with Roedelius' Echolette tape delay and Farfisa organ, the same equipment used to record his beloved Selbstportrait albums and much of his seminal work with Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother – document the processes and sounds that continue to inspire generations of music lovers and sonic adventurers.

90 is in no way intended as the exhaustive retrospective of the oeuvre of an important artist. The actual chronology of these pieces, and in some cases who might have collaborated with Achim on them, remains a mystery. But the historical context of this music is undeniably compelling – it doesn't feel like hyperbole to suggest that these cascading, hypnotic cycles equal the best of contemporaries like Terry Riley, working half a world away on their own minimal masterpieces.

For now, a celebration is sufficient – the portrait of an extraordinary life at 90, narrated in beautiful, intimate, innovative music.