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01. HARALD GROSSKOPF - Eve on the Hill
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02. HARALD GROSSKOPF - While I'm Walking
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03. HARALD GROSSKOPF - Oceanheart
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04. HARALD GROSSKOPF - Coming Out
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05. HARALD GROSSKOPF - Pondicherry Dream
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06. HARALD GROSSKOPF - Minimal Boogie
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ARTIST
GROSSKOPF, HARALD
TITLE
Oceanheart
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BUREAU B
CATALOG #
BB 157LP
BB 157LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
9/2/2014
LP version on 180 gram vinyl. "Tired of the rock format and excited by the freedoms promised by electronic music,
Harald Grosskopf
quit
Wallenstein
, a conventional rock band, in the mid-'70s to turn his attention to electronica. Grosskopf thus became the first drummer to specialize in the electronic music field. He played drums on
Klaus Schulze
's
Body Love
album and on
YOU
's
Electric Day
. When
Manuel Göttsching
from
Ash Ra Tempel
asked him if he would consider enrolling as the regular drummer in the group now rechristened
Ashra
, he did not need to think about it for long. Grosskopf changed course again in the '80s, this time in pursuit of commercial success: he played in the NDW (Neue Deutsche Welle) group
Lilli Berlin
and backed
Joachim Witt
on his best-selling
Silberblick
LP, which featured the hit 'Goldener Reiter.' Sky, the record company, were more than a little disappointed with the performance of Grosskopf's first solo effort
Synthesist
, so there was no great sense of urgency as far as its successor was concerned. 'They even halved my advance!' Grosskopf recalls.
Oceanheart
was released some six years after
Synthesist
. 'The album title reflects my love of transcendental meditation, of course it might be taken for watery esoterics.' (A similar vibe was evident in the cover art, hence fresh artwork has been created for the reissue). Musical equipment for the production was limited by the label's ongoing thrift program. The first
Oceanheart
recordings took place 'under the roof' in the Lilli Berlin Studio, Kreuzberg. They were completed at the Spandauer Studio by former
Tangerine Dream
member
Christoph Franke
. 'We mixed everything down and recorded the drums there.' Harald Grosskopf again played everything himself, except for the tablas. In keeping with its predecessor,
Oceanheart
was no best-seller, but, like
Synthesist
, it attained cult status, rediscovered in recent years through the internet by a younger generation. Harald Grosskopf himself needed time to appreciate the work: 'I only really discovered the musical quality of
Oceanheart
years later. I finally realized that I had created something quite special.'" --
Christoph Dallach
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