“…Embedded in the grooves is the passion and hope of modernist architects, imparted through 1970′s style synthesizer warmth and considered strings. Some argue that the modernist experiment was a failure, Roland Sebastian Faber’s Gropiusstadt is the polar opposite…”

by Robbie Geoghegan

…Faber uses original analogue synthesizers to create his sound, and they’ve long been a part of his life: he received his first synthesizer as a present from his parents when he was 15; and he’s gone on to master their use on both a technical and musical level. Some of the best elements of his music are his key changes; the subtle use of little ‘sound effects’ to enhance the atmosphere; and his ability to keep the listener engaged in a progressive musical experience – the trademark of his idol Klaus Schulze.

His new EP ‘Gropiusstadt’ takes its name from a housing estate district within Berlin, designed by the late German architect, Walter Gropius, who was the founder of the Bauhaus school…

Enter the cosmic world of Roland Sebastian Faber.

Audio-Podcast created by Ian J. Wilson, Australia.

Thank you Ian.

HOUSE OF KIDS « Dix filles difficiles »
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cover illustration by Emil Schult

Roland Sebastian Faber – Gropiusstadt ep

February 2010 and Roland Sebastian Faber is back at last with another slice of his trademark expansive and filmic kosmische musik on the Gropiusstadt EP (aube009).

As usual RSF brings his unique blend of the mechanical woven in perfect unison with the psychedelic as drum machines and sequencers intertwine into space along side guitars and soulful vocals.

The whole 3 track EP is sounding like a lost TATORT gem from the late 70s. A soundtrack of the early hours in a lonely grey concrete Berlin.

Comes in premium packaging with cover illustration from Emil Schult (Kraftwerk) and 180 gram vinyl pressed with the highest analog perfection.

Buy it here (Vinyl & mp3)

aube009 by aube records

The Fascination Movement

(Chop Suey, Seattle) Eighties nostalgia seems to have begun in earnest sometime around January 1, 1980, and hasn’t let up since-understandable, given that decade’s great leaps forward in synthesizer technology (and excellent club drugs). Seattle act the Fascination Movement take a reverent (and sober) approach to recreating that golden age of new wave, with neat arrangements of perfectly plinking synth arpeggios, hollowed-out keyboard pads, and vocals that alternately recall Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and New Order (weirdly, on “Runaway,” the vocals sound like nothing so much as contemporary revivalist Paul Banks of Interpol). The Fascination Movement’s is a classic sound done with impeccable care. … by ERIC GRANDY/ the Stranger

Tickets at Chop Suey

83mb, 1:00:25 min – tracklisting (DL link below)

1.  Tom Hooker – Charleston
2.  Rudy & Co. – Mama Radio
3.  Meccano – Activate My Heart
4.  RAF – Self Control
5.  Skatt Bros. – Walk The Night
6.  Fun Fun – Color My Love
7.  Angie St. Philips – Light Up My Heart
8.  Scotch – Money Runner
9.  Midnight Passion – I Need Your Love
10.  A Ha – The Sun Always Shine On TV (what mix?)
11.  Vera – Baby Won’t You Dance With Me
12.  Lime – On The Grid (remix)
13.  Paul Rein – Lady O
14.  People Like Us – Heart In The Night

DJ Sets v.2 by The Fascination Movement

Son of Sam – Nature Makes A Mistake
Original from the “sex and bestiality” tape (1984), Code# K23

The Fascination Movement – Bringing down the walls

1) Bringing Down The Walls
2) Bringing Down The Walls (Instrumental)

Moody, intense, sultry, with a driving bassline and a killer wordless refrain: It may be coming to you in the crisp first days of September, but “Bringing Down the Walls” was forged in the sullen heat of summer.

It’s insistent and humid like a packed dancefloor but there’s a nocturnal, reflective side to “Bringing Down the Walls” that gives it more depth than you might expect from such a sleek, compelling club anthem.

Once again the Fascination Movement has threaded the tricky path between melancholy and propulsion and came back with a song that possesses the best qualities of both sides.

The new digital single is out now exclusively via Amazon MP3 @ 265kbs (US, UK, France, Germany)
and Aube Records @ 320kbs (Everywhere)

Listen in full on their myspace HERE

Or SoundCloud here:

Bringing Down The Walls by The Fascination Movement