Peter Baumann
Trans Harmonic Nights

A break from the experimental electronic sounds coming from Germany, we remain in Berlin but this time we let ourselves be enveloped by the catchiness and harmonies of harmonic progression on chords, and I even say, what's wrong with it given that even Kraftwerk recorded Radioactivity. Peter Baumann was born in January '53 and besides having played with Tangerine, he is also a philosopher and founder of the well-known label Private Music in the New Age scene. A musician with commendable technical instrumental skills, and I love to remember that his work was used by Antonioni in his film "Identification of a Woman." Many melodic and original ideas and a pleasant use of heavily filtered voice, sometimes even on 3/4 themes linked to classical structures for a pleasant mazurka and "in the corner" Ligeti smiles. A pop-oriented album that deviates from what he composed with Tangerine, steering towards more melodic paths with references that make me think of Cluster, Kraftwerk, and Jean-Michel Jarre, in short, a landing at a safe, warm, and romantic port seeking to establish a relationship with a broader audience. Unbridled optimism with evening sprinkles from a sunset forest, some key moments for an interesting release for lovers of vintage electronic music and for those who cannot do without Tangerine.