ZUSAMMEN! by MICK CLARKE

Lush orchestrations and beautiful synth pads contrast against hypnotic rhythms and delicate melodies on this first release on new Berlin-based label Per Musica Ad Astra. The record comes in a beautiful sleeve with notes from the label, and comes free with a nice space insert!Its the follow-up after many years to his debut solo release ‘Games’ on German label Blubberlips in 1979. A pioneer of UK electronic music, Mick was also in legendary synth-wave band Naked Lunch, and apart from producing music under a few different aliases over the years he also finds time to run the Flight Recorder label and is a regular programmer on Intergalactic FM, hosting both the Radio Oscillations and Magic Waves shows. The music here is very much in the spirit of the label’s kosmische/space Berlin-school agenda, both reflecting his earlier work and exploring new territory simultaneously.