PING PONG RECORDS ***************** Distr. : NE - Shiny Beast/ Style : 60's / psychedelic / prog. rock / PPR 1001 A LA PING PONG : EXTREM MUSIK A LA PING PONG PHASE 1 LP 01.2018 Warehouse find copies of this rare official reissue from 1999, made in Germany. First album by Klaus Bloch, originally released in Germany in 1980 as a private pressing. Atmospheric kraut/kosmische sounds with electric guitars, bass, gongs, bells, drum machines and Bloch's original "ping pong" system (treated tape loops/delay, as heard on Hardy Kukuk's 'Atemnot' album), vocals. Recommended if you like Manuel Gottsching, Fripp/Eno, early Kraftwerk, Günter Schickert, Cluster, Harmonia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PPR 1002 KLAUS BLOCH GNOMANIA LP 01.2018 Warehouse find copies of this self-released solo album from 2000 by A La Ping Pong mainman Klaus Bloch, which was never properly distributed at the time. Recorded in 1999, this could be considered the third A La Ping Pong album, a great kraut/ambient /experimental offering, featuring Klaus on e-guitars, e-bass, e-percussion, bag-pipe guitar and his ping-pong system (similar to Frippertronics or Manuel Gottsching's treated sounds). ======================================================================================= www.shinybeast.nl