Neumusik: The Complete Edition
V/A
soft cover, 425 pp, 17 x 24,1 cm.
"Book containing all six issues of the Neumusik fanzine which David Elliott edited between 1979-82 while at university. The 'zine focussed on European, electronic and experimental music which had come out of krautrock, French progressive rock and the more esoteric side of British post-punk. David travelled extensively meeting musicians in Germany and France, and for a year was based in Strasbourg. Interviews and articles range from Conrad Schnitzler and Richard Pinhas to Florian Fricke and Chris Carter. Most issues were 60-80 pages long so, together with new text and photos, this compendium weighs in at a chunky 425 pages. It also touches on the parallel YHR label." / David Elliott: "Inspired by punk, it seemed everyone in late 70s UK was producing music fanzines. I was less into punk but loved the weirder, electronic, industrial end of new wave and particularly the more experimental, electronic, post-krautrock stuff coming out of Germany and France. I'd written a few reviews while still at school, but on arriving at Sussex University in September 1979, the sense of freedom, free time and full grant, encouraged me to produce my own fanzine. It was called Neumusik, more to represent a wide sweep of European music than any particular homage to Neu! I'd been inspired by other fanzines like Aura, Face Out and Mirage in the UK and Eurock in the US - pretty much the only sources of information (bar the odd album review in Sounds or NME) on an exciting, expansive scene. Occasionally Peel would play something: I remember hearing Conrad Schnitzler's Ballet Statique one night, Schulze's Body Love, some Popol Vuh even, but it was the tip of the iceberg. It was a life-changing first term. Aside from the zine, I hosted a campus radio show (also called Neumusik), formed a 'group' (MFH) with fellow student Andrew Cox, and a label (YHR) to release the weird bedroom doodlings that resulted as well as cassettes by other artists (see YHR page). Neumusik lasted just six issues, though each was quite chunky, the last of which came out in April 1982."
"Book containing all six issues of the Neumusik fanzine which David Elliott edited between 1979-82 while at university. The 'zine focussed on European, electronic and experimental music which had come out of krautrock, French progressive rock and the more esoteric side of British post-punk. David travelled extensively meeting musicians in Germany and France, and for a year was based in Strasbourg. Interviews and articles range from Conrad Schnitzler and Richard Pinhas to Florian Fricke and Chris Carter. Most issues were 60-80 pages long so, together with new text and photos, this compendium weighs in at a chunky 425 pages. It also touches on the parallel YHR label." / David Elliott: "Inspired by punk, it seemed everyone in late 70s UK was producing music fanzines. I was less into punk but loved the weirder, electronic, industrial end of new wave and particularly the more experimental, electronic, post-krautrock stuff coming out of Germany and France. I'd written a few reviews while still at school, but on arriving at Sussex University in September 1979, the sense of freedom, free time and full grant, encouraged me to produce my own fanzine. It was called Neumusik, more to represent a wide sweep of European music than any particular homage to Neu! I'd been inspired by other fanzines like Aura, Face Out and Mirage in the UK and Eurock in the US - pretty much the only sources of information (bar the odd album review in Sounds or NME) on an exciting, expansive scene. Occasionally Peel would play something: I remember hearing Conrad Schnitzler's Ballet Statique one night, Schulze's Body Love, some Popol Vuh even, but it was the tip of the iceberg. It was a life-changing first term. Aside from the zine, I hosted a campus radio show (also called Neumusik), formed a 'group' (MFH) with fellow student Andrew Cox, and a label (YHR) to release the weird bedroom doodlings that resulted as well as cassettes by other artists (see YHR page). Neumusik lasted just six issues, though each was quite chunky, the last of which came out in April 1982."