Hardy Kukuk - Atemnot (Vinyl)

Hardy Kukuk - Atemnot (Vinyl)One of the biggest rarities from the cosmische kraut underground scene has to be Hardy Kukuks lost 1981 top Berlin School electronic masterpiece Atemnot. Kukuks synth explorations take the adventures of masters of the genre like Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze one step further into the early eighties. Kukuk is joined on these recordings by Andreas Schneider on guitar and congas and Klaus Bloch (of A La Ping Pong fame) on guitar and tape effects.

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A band known to be at home in a broad spectrum of venues and contexts – as proficient at nailing epic progressive arrangements for summer street festivals in the Latinx culture hub of Pilsen as they are at extended improvisational

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