Peter Baumann - Repeat Repeat (c) 1981 Virgin
Artist....: Peter Baumann
Album.....: Repeat Repeat
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 10
Genre.....: New Wave
Label.....: Virgin
Catalogue#: CDV2214
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.discogs.com/release/1196289
Tracklist:
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01 Repeat Repeat 03:47
02 Home Sweet Home 03:47
03 Decadance 03:01
04 Realtimes 03:38
05 M A N Series Two 03:42
06 Brain Damage 02:49
07 Kinky Dinky 03:16
08 Daytime Logic 02:54
09 Playland Pleasure 03:30
10 What Is Your Use 03:33
Total:47,9 MB / 33:57 min
Release Notes:
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A longtime member of the groundbreaking electronic group Tangerine A
bit of Electro (ala Gary Numan), New Wave and very early synthpop sound
Peter Baumann flirts with the modern New Wave style on this record:
actually, he sounds like many of the New Wave/Synth Pop bands of the
early 80's. However, his tracks here are not really catchy and
accessible: the compositions are well made and quite structured, but we
feel a very typical German coldness, characterized by emotionless lead
& backing vocals and straightforward repetitive keyboards & sequencers.
This album is thus full of sequencers in the New Wave style of the
80's. There are many discrete sequenced keyboards sounds. There are
also some good electric guitar notes. The album title is well chosen:
''Repeat Repeat''. Do not expect another Tangerine dream's ''Ricochet''
here! This record is DEFINITELY different from his previous ''Romance
76'' album. The best track is definitely ''Playland Pleasure'', being
quite more catchy and addictive than the other ones: one even can
recognize in it some elements inspired from the Tangerine Dream's
''Stratosfear'' album
Dream, keyboardist and composer Peter Baumann was born in Berlin on
January 29, 1953. A classically-trained performer, he formed his first
rock band at age 14, appearing in a series of short-lived groups before
joining Tangerine Dream in 1971; Baumann remained with the project for
seven years, during that time greatly expanding the parameters of
electronic music through his contributions to landmark records
including Zeit, Atem and Phaedra. Although he officially left Tangerine
Dream in 1978, Baumann mounted a solo career two years earlier with the
release of Romance 76, which heralded a move towards electronic pop
structures. In the wake of its 1979 follow-up Trans Harmonic Nights, he
relocated from Germany to New York City and began work on 1981's Repeat
Repeat, his most club-oriented effort to date. Upon completing 1983's
Strangers in the Night, Baumann formed his own label, Private Music,
which later emerged as a major New Age outlet thanks to signings
including Yanni, John Tesh and Shadowfax. The label consumed much of
his energy for the remainder of the decade, but in 1990 Baumann
appeared poised to return to performing as a member of Blue Room
alongside Paul Haslinger and John Baxter; after the group's planned
debut was scrapped two years later, however, a disheartened Baumann
sold his interests in Private Music and retired from the music business
altogether.