Tonight's show features the music of Michael Hoenig (b. 1952). Who dat? Well, he was the keyboardist in Agitation Free, a great German band from the early 70s who mixed together cosmic meditation and almost Grateful Dead style psychedelic jamming.
After Agitation Free broke up, he briefly joined Tangerine Dream in 1975 while Peter Baumann was away from the group, and toured about with them.
He then collaborated with Manuel Göttsching (see two shows ago) on an album called Early Water, which was not released until the 90s. It is a seminal piece of 70s electronic music.
1978 saw the release of the Berlin school masterpiece Departure from the Northern Wasteland.
He has been less prolific since the 1980s, but in addition to some solo work he has branched into soundtrack work for video games and TV. His soundtrack for Baldurs Gate is prized by nostalgic gamers, who often had no idea he had a previous life in head music.
| You Play For Us Today Agitation Free - Malesch - Spalax |
| Laila Part 2 Agitation Free - Second - Spalax |
| Soundpool Agitation Free - Last - Made in Germany |
| Royal Albert Hall, 2nd April 1975, Part Three Tangerine Dream - The Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1 - Reactive |
| Early Water Hoenig / Göttsching - Early Water - Spalax |
| Departure from the Northern Wasteland Michael Hoenig - Departure from the Northern Wasteland - Celestial Harmonies |
| excerpt Michael Hoenig - Soundtrack from Baldurs Gate |
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12:45 AM, March 15th, 2018