{"product_id":"gunter-shickert-uberfallig-lp","title":"Gunter Shickert - Uberfallig LP","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180 gram LP version. Bureau B reissues \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGünter Schickert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eÜberfällig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, originally released in 1979 on Sky Records. \"No sooner had electronic music broken through in Germany, principally aligned in the two schools of Düsseldorf and Berlin, than Günter Schickert also began his first musical experiments. Although \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGAM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the group he founded in 1973, did not then release a record, he did issue his first solo effort, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSamtvogel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, a year later -- an album which was eagerly snapped up and re-released by the Brain label. It would take five years for Sky Records to release his next LP, entitled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eÜberfällig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (trans. \"Overdue\"), which proved to be the last for a number of years. This album, as its German title suggests, was long overdue. Günter Schickert had developed his own unique, forward-looking type of music, assuming an exceptional position in the concert of German electronics. In spite of the clearly discernible influence of music from the so-called Berlin school (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTangerine Dream\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAsh Ra Tempel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e etc.), Schickert is anything but a copycat. Schickert concentrated on pursuing his own ideas and pushing the boundaries of his remarkable aural creations. He is at pains to emphasize that, unlike almost all of his contemporaries, he did not use any synthesizers; his instruments are the electric guitar, his own studio with a multi-track tape machine and a comfortable arsenal of effects. Similar experiments had also been attempted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eManuel Göttsching\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInventions For Electric Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAchim Reichel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA.R. \u0026amp; Machines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDie Grüne Reise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), but without stretching the multifaceted nature of their music to the point of microtonality, as Schickert dared to do on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eÜberfällig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. His own take on minimalism places him closer to the likes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteve Reich\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGlen Branca\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, free from the reach of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKlaus Schulze\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and Tangerine Dream. Schickert's use of concrete sounds and his completely autonomous way of working in his own studio presaged a stage of development more readily associated with the early 1980s. In 1979, the album was a statement of a virtuosic outsider, a guitarist and sound sculptor whose musical visions transgressed the level of expectation of a potential audience, detached from the electronic mainstream. Günter Schickert was one of the protagonists who furthered the development of experimental pop music from the outer margins. The reissue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eÜberfällig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was, in a word, overdue.\" --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAsmus Tietchens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; Liner notes by Asmus Tietchens.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40148567982288,"sku":"","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/4201\/4416\/products\/uberfallig.jpg?v=1630535073","url":"https:\/\/www.grapefruitrecordclub.com\/products\/gunter-shickert-uberfallig-lp","provider":"Grapefruit Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}