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darkstar

(5,819 posts)
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:50 PM Oct 2025

For fans of psychedelic/prog (especially the German variety), check this out

Warning: given the looks of the players, you might get contact high all these years later. This whole thing appears to be drenched in acid.

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For fans of psychedelic/prog (especially the German variety), check this out (Original Post) darkstar Oct 2025 OP
K&R!!! burrowowl Oct 2025 #1
Wild, right? darkstar Oct 2025 #4
Some of it reminds me of Popol Vuh. bif Oct 2025 #2
Yeah, I kind of hear that too. darkstar Oct 2025 #5
Not German, but LSD was certainly involved in the making: LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #3
Wow. darkstar Oct 2025 #6
Worth The Listen ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #7
There are a few still around, but not easy to find. LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #8
Cool, Thanks ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #9
I'm pretty sure it's only slightly older brother in the EMS darkstar Oct 2025 #10

darkstar

(5,819 posts)
5. Yeah, I kind of hear that too.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:12 PM
Oct 2025

Maybe not a sedate throughout as PV, but certainly droned out at times.

darkstar

(5,819 posts)
6. Wow.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 07:27 PM
Oct 2025

So outside and whack but so damn tight! I have a couple of Mahavishnu records and JM playing with Miles, but had no idea this lineup existed until today. Thanks a ton!

ProfessorGAC

(77,277 posts)
7. Worth The Listen
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 08:07 PM
Oct 2025

Definitely psychedelic, but I don't hear the precision & technique I associate with prog. Trippy, but a bit sloppy.
I am fascinated with that synthesizer he was using.
Don't believe I've ever seen that one, and I've seen a lot of them. Geez, I owned a bunch of them!.

ProfessorGAC

(77,277 posts)
9. Cool, Thanks
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 09:47 PM
Oct 2025

I actually have heard of the EMS line. Either I've never seen one, or did and don't remember it.
I believe that was what Eno used.

darkstar

(5,819 posts)
10. I'm pretty sure it's only slightly older brother in the EMS
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 10:34 PM
Oct 2025

line was the main synth on “On the Run.” And while I’m no synth historian, I think it’s innovative pin-matrix approach to patching was unique and allowed the unit it to be a portable alternative to full-on Moog systems (the Mini Moog lost most of the routing options that EMS still provided).


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