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Volume Three

by Kosmischer Läufer

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geniusjones
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geniusjones I lived and worked in Berlin the 80s. West Berlin. The legendary Hansa Studios. Heard rumours about Martin’s studio, and snippets of music. I never managed to connect with him though. So it’s a delight that his catalog is now being shared with the world. Sounding simultaneously timeless and futuristic. Thank you.
Micky68
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Micky68 Another must have Album from Kosmischer Läufer :) The whole lot of Album is amazing and I will get all one by one ! I hope this was not a one time project.
utdgrant
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utdgrant A wide diversity of track styles, from Motorik beats to more impressionistic ambient dreams. Beautifully crafted, as we have come to expect from all KL releases. Favorite track: Jenseits des Horizonts.
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    Comes with PDF sleeve notes and a Bandcamp exclusive bonus track 'Cues, Drones & Loops', a cassette dub of the musical sketchbook Zeichnete made for the 'Traum von der goldenen Zukunft' project.
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    Heavy, HEAVY 180G BLACK 12" vinyl album with full colour sleeve and label artwork. Has the vinyl only bonus track 'Die Turnerin' plus a different bonus track with the download.

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    Only 160 available. As well as the 180G vinyl and edition card you also get three sweet Kosmischer Läufer A6 postcards and a press only promo CD.

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  • 180G Heavy Yellow Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Heavy, HEAVY 180G YELLOW 12" vinyl album with full colour sleeve and label artwork. Has the vinyl only bonus track 'Die Turnerin' plus a different bonus track with the download.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Volume Three via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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about

This third collection of Martin Zeichnete's secret work for the DDR's athletic elite comes in two parts. First, a running program (Tracks 1-3) at 164BPM finds Zeichnete at his most hypnotic, particularly on the motorik, rolling 'Jenseits des Horizonts'. This set ends with the elegiac 'Für Seelenbinder', a song dedicated to Olympic wrestler and communist hero Werner Seelenbinder.
Particularly exciting is the second part (Tracks 4 - 10), a soundtrack to a lost animated film UCR obtained only a few months ago.
In the spring of 1976 Zeichnete learnt that the NOK der DDR hoped to launch a bid to bring the 1984 Summer Games to East Berlin. Excited, he returned to DEFA in Dresden where he and an animator colleague conceived ‘Traum von der goldenen Zukunft’ (Dream Of The Golden Future), a 20-minute cartoon they hoped could be used to promote the bid. An inspired Zeichnete composed the music in a week. The bid and thus the film were abandoned and the music was cast aside where it lay hidden and forgotten. Until now.

‘Traum von der goldenen Zukunft’ — May 1976 — SYNOPSIS

We meet 13-year-old Werner who lives in East Berlin and 10-year-old Sabine who lives in the countryside. Through their eyes we see different aspects of life in the socialist idyll of the DDR — farming, busy factories, strong families etc. They are both members of sports clubs. Werner wants to be a runner and Sabine aspires to be a gymnast. We see them going to their beds and we enter their world of dreams.
These dreams take them to the year 1984 and the Olympic Games which are being held in East Berlin. They fly over the city in ‘energy globes’ and see the incredible, futuristic stadiums that have been built. They begin to explore. Werner hovers above the stadium and watches the athletes of all nations parade around the track. Sabine's energy globe is floating under the Olympic pool. She looks up in wonder to see the swimmers glide above her. Werner is now looking down at the 100-metre final. The race is won by a DDR athlete. He realises it is his 21-year-old self. Sabine is above the gymnastics arena. She sees a DDR athlete score a perfect 10 on the floor. It is her at 18. Both children are now above the main stadium to see Werner receive his gold medal. We see that athletes from across the world have come together in peace through sport. The children see each other in this shared vision and wave. In a swirl of colour and sound they awaken back in 1976. Inspired by their dreams they go to train. The sunrise is golden — END

credits

released November 30, 2015

Music by Martin Zeichnete.
Curated & Mixed by Drew McFadyen.

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Kosmischer Läufer Berlin, Germany

For the first time since it was recorded in East Berlin over 40 years ago the music of Martin Zeichnete can finally be heard.
A disciple of the Kosmische Muzik of the likes of Kraftwerk, Can and Neu! that was drifting across the Wall from the West, Martin's idea of using the motorik, hypnotic beat of krautrock in the training of athletes was taken and exploited by the DDR's Olympic Committee.
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