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Forever Dolphin Love

It's Choade My Dear

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru

Song Of Abayi

Saâda Bonaire

Your Touch

Flamenco Fusion Vol.01 Dragon Strings

Dances on Rice Paper

Rain  ( Korg PA5X + YAMAHA Genos 2 )

The deliciously off-kilter and wholly unique musical oeuvre of Connan Mockasin stands defiantly alone in the current musical landscape. Exploring the furthest flung horizons of pop music on his critically acclaimed album “Forever Dolphin Love”, the New Zealand born, current London resident synthesises the playful aural experimentation of pop mavericks past and present like Joe Meek, Brian Wilson and Ariel Pink but pushes the boat our even further, dissecting, inverting, and dissembling the very structures of the pop song itself, creating something endlessly inventive and completely beguiling, all at the same time.

This willingness to toy with the edges of musical convention is showcased to startling effect in “Faking Jazz Together”, its typically opaque title belying a gorgeous, leisurely amble through an enchanted forest of lush psychedelia, complete with dreamy guitar licks, liquefied salsa rhythms and Mockasin’s trademark alien vocals, sounding like a transmission from another cosmos, ghostly yet strangely affecting all at once. Tom Furse from The Horrors, meanwhile, extrapolates the beats from the original and relocates them in a wide-eyed, sprawling dub epic akin to Screamadelica-era Primal Scream, and renowned German producer (and Kompakt lynchpin) Michael Mayer builds a propulsive, tropical-flavoured anthem around Mockasin’s unusual vocals, with delightfully unpredictable results.

Even better, you can see Connan Mockasin in glorious live action this autumn, when he and his band embark on their own headline tour of the UK, playing dates across the country at the end of September. 

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Faking Jazz Together

The Mix

Trans-Europe Express (1991 Remix; 2009 Remaster)

Computer World

Computer World (2009 Remaster)

Music Non Stop (2009 Remaster)

Ralf Hütter sings a portuguese version of Les Mannequins (Os Manequins), only for São Paulo.

Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies (Sao Paulo, Brazil - 03.22.2009)

Mother Earth's Plantasia

Rhapsody in Green

A Mellow Mood for Maidenhair

You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia

Dragonfly

A radio interview with Kraftwerk's Ralf Hütter on Radio 2, hosted by Mark Radcliffe, on 6th of July, 2009


Kraftwerk Ralf Hutter interview 2009

Tezeta

You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia

Mort Garson

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