Best of Electronic Music Podcasts 

Episode 15 - In this Eurock Live! special video podcast, Archie spotlights the music of Hungarian tribal rock guru, Atilla Grandpierre, and his bands Galloping Coroners (VHK) and Galloping Wonder Stag (VCSSZ). In a candid video interview, Atilla offers his thoughts on the role of cosmic connections and consciousness in his music, drawing inspiration from Hungarian composer Bela Bartok's classic definition of the roots and nature of folk music. Featured are music and early protopunk performances by VHK, along with selections from more recent, transcendent folk music and performance video by VCSSZ. A cosmic classic time capsule! Enjoy. - Download Episode 15 (128 MB) -

Episode 14 - We celebrate the second anniversary of Eurock Live! with a special video podcast featuring the art, music, and video of modern Russian composer, Mikhail Chekalin. Archie launches us with a brief recount of Chekalin's pioneering 1970s music performances and underground Electronic Light and Sound Studio, through his days with the Soviet-oppressed dissident artists of the Moscow 20. Featured are selections from Chekalin's Eurock CD releases, his Video History of Light & Sound 1970s-1980s, Volumes 1 and 2 DVD's , as well as some of his many paintings and photographs. See the Eurock home page, column left middle, for links to an interview with Mikhail and a gallery of his artwork. Enjoy!. - Download Episode 14 (96 MB) -

Episode 13 - Our journey through aural space and time begins with Stephen Hawking's black hole warning from the new Eurock release, Analog Planetfall. Archie then offers up a sonic time capsule of German impressionist electronic music, with selections from Human Being (Live at the Zodiac 1968) and 2 new Conrad Schnitzler releases Kluster 2008 (with a K) and his new solo disc Windvogel. The segment concludes with excerpts off the brand new Cluster (with a C) album. It’s their first studio release in 14 years. Next up are "Taste It" and "Fruits of Fantasy" the two new projects by Robert Schroeder. They are followed by selections from 2 different and unique electronic works (Radiate) by Jeffrey Koepper and (Shade) by Parallel Worlds. In a more melodic, romantic mode, Archie features music from new discs by former Supersister front man Robert Jan Stips: "Rond" and "Was It Love?" The last musical segment of Eurock Live Podcast #13 features Germany's Embryo, world touring masters of ethnic fusion for over four decades. The program closes with a final selection by Doktor Bob from "Analog "Planetfall". - Download Episode 13 (62 MB) -

Episode 12 - Archie's current tour of new world electronica begins with Eurock Live's own Doktor Bob and selections from "Analog Planetfall", his new ambient-techno space disc from Eurock Records. Next up are 2008 concert tracks from "Rheingold" by klangmeister Klaus Schulze with DCD diva, Lisa Gerrard, followed by the Moog-driven resonances of Redshift's latest, "Turning Towards Us". Our sampling of neo British electronica winds up with Ian Boddy's "Slide", followed by "Voices of Dawn", the most recent release by Germany's Axess. Melodic keyboard master Robert Fox next presents ethereal atmospherics from his 2009 release, "Evergreen". For our final set of new music, we return to the good old U.S. of A, with "Ambient Elsewhere", from the Ministry of Inside Things and Jeffrey Koepper's all-analog virtuosity on "Luminosity". We bid farewell (until next time) with a final rumbling phaseshift and groove from "Analog Planetfall". Enjoy! - Download Episode 12 (47 MB) -

Episode 11 - Archie's latest sonic tour blasts off with master guitarist Manuel Gottsching and bonus tracks from his newly remastered "Belle Alliance". Next travel through time with veteran U.S. space rocker Ian Tescee, with interludes from Io, Continua, Breathworks, and his 2008 Traveler's Guide to Mars. We then head back to Europe for more soaring sounds from 4 favorite Eurock artists. The U.K.'s David Wright returns with a selection from his latest, Dreams and Distant Moonlight, Robert Schroeder then presents another tasty treat from his Food for Fantasy project - Fruits of Fantasy. Following up, Krautrockers, Electric Orange, go Floyd-in-space with their latest - Fleischwerk. We close with a rock-out cut from Live at Heart, the lastest concert album from Finland's Hidria Spacefolk. - Download Episode 11 (49 MB) -

Episode 10 - This Eurock Live Special podcast features the music and wisdom of Conrad Schnitzler, an early member of Tangerine Dream. In his own words and sonic wizardry, Con tells of his personal approach to creating with sound in his pioneering group Kluster. Archie has chosen interludes from a number of Con's albums, including some of the latest from Kluster 2007 with Michael Thomas Roe and Masato Ooyama. Be sure to check the Online Historical Addendum to this Eurock Live time capsule. - Download Episode 10 (42 MB) -

Episode 9 - This anniversary podcast takes off with the ethereal vocals and electronic atmospherics of Farscape, the new double CD from Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance) and Klaus Schulze. Next, we soar on to some more classically styled electronica with Instant Enlightenment (by Frank Fiedler with Guido Hieronymous, ex-Popul Vuh) and Inlandish (by Cluster's Joachim Rodelius with Tim Story). Then on to even more orchestral work from Serge Blenner, Musique de Chambre, and the new release, Music of the Spheres, from Mike Oldfield. Following up with more new and classical is Now, the latest from Jade Warrior, and Early Beginnings, previously unreleased early tracks from Johannes Schmoelling, formerly of Tangerine Dream. We wind up with several quintessential krautrock tracks from Agitation Free (Malesch and 2nd) and the remastered Made in Germany, the space opera by Amon Düül II. Enjoy! - Download Episode 9 (33 MB) -