Riechmann - Wunderbar (Bureau B) [Full Album]

[@gabrielle8252]

1978, I was at my grand parent's place somewhere near Duesseldorf, I had just watched "time machine / Zeitmaschine" by H. G. Wells on tv then listened to this wonderful song on my analogue cassette recorder. I was 13, life was exciting, now it's 2022 and I still love this song

[@dirkdietrich7759]

Einfach ein Stück Musikgeschichte ..... Wunderbar ..... es verliert nie an Faszination ...!!!!

[@guillaumesaes4942]

One of my favourite albums, a real masterpiece o prog rock and german eletronic music.

[@frankdomel26]

Hypnotisch und sphärisch: das einzige Soloalbum des Düsseldorfer Elektronikers. Die Musikerlaufbahn von Wolfgang Riechmann (1947-1978) begann in den 60er Jahren. Er arbeitete u. a. schon 1967 mit Michael Rother (Neu!) und Wolfgang Flühr (Kraftwerk) in der Schülerband Spirits Of Sound, später in der Düsseldorfer Amateurband Phön-x und mit der Gruppe Streetmark. 1977 begann er sein erstes und leider einziges Soloalbum aufzunehmen. »Wunderbar« enthält Elemente der Berliner (Tangerine Dream) und der Düsseldorfer Schule (Kraftwerk, La Düsseldorf, Neu!). Trotzdem kreiert der Multiinstrumentalist seine eigenen hypnotischen und sphärischen Qualitäten.

[@enzogalli5506]

Awesome!!! A sublime masterpiece album!!!

[@wastl700]

Das waren noch Zeiten, als analoge Syntheziser solche Klänge erzeugen konnten.Super gemacht.... Mit viel "Herzblut"

[@wellenstrom]

Das können sie auch heute noch.

[@TheCarismaStudios]

Elektronische Grüße aus Düsseldorf

[@aremissomar459]

excellent album.. Just Great!

[@carlosisais3952]

What a wonderful forgotten gem. I had this on vinyl many years ago... I thought of it today.. Thanks KZbin for helping me to rediscover this!

[@paulf.5261]

Carlos Isais Beautiful album, I still have my copy on record, don’t know if it’s available on CD? I should have a look! But for now, this is going on my playlist 😁👍👍

[@faboroma]

just in this date i could get the DG pack CD version

[@billareaband1]

@@paulf.5261it was reissued on vinyl a few years ago on Bureau B

[@vladimirkapralov]

Замечательная работа

[@SlimyboyDave]

This is a very underrated album!

[@vitordarksider]

What a gem. So distant and cold but warming at the same time. A shame he died too young, had potential to be giant in the 80s considering this is from late 70s.

[@zonesquestiloveunderworld]

Absolutely phenomenal record! Kosmische of the highest calibre!

[@fvazquez64]

I always had the feeling that somehow Tangerine Dream, Kluster or Edgar Froese were behind Wolfgang Riechmann... very interesting record... thanks for sharing

[@nicholasdollmont5752]

always liked him

[@GrahamByrne63]

I regretfully don’t have my synthesizers no more,wish I did as I’d be composing a piece in memory of this young talented musician,I hope some electronic musicians get together to record something for this man R I P I’ve shared your beautiful music

[@neilpenny5475]

First record I ever bought

[@fanfanfanfanpiche3446]

Ashra, ,curved air,tangerine dream,Edgard Froese,Thomas Dinger,Renaissance,Amon Dûûl,jean michel Jarre, Klauss Schulze,Herald Groskopf,Camel, and others..no? how much do you love me? "number de grain of sand in the desert"..... mesure the norm of the sea with a tea spoon,....."impossible? you say??....(too lovers sit on a park beach..olding hands in the moonligth..very closed each others and watching the stars in the sky)...sudenly she spoke... do you love me Jhon?...and restness and restness and restness ..j'ADORE aussi Phill Glass.."there"s no bisness like show bisness tartatatattata taratatataratata ta ta taaaaaaaaadum dududum dum

[@ruby-bj6um]

Beautiness - Schönheit

[@meryseconde283]

"Wunderbar" sounds warm and cold, snowy and sunny. In between fields and territories. And all the rest is majectic, beautyful, visionnary humble... The ones who stabbed him shut off a precious flame. His "lalala"coming on top at 34 :00... i dont even have words to express what i feel. Love maybe. Friendlyness.

[@naranjo99]

a gem !

[@dogus.utoopia]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@dirkschaelicke5233]

Riechmann - Wunderbar (1978) Ένα υπέροχο «διαμάντι» της γερμανικής ηλεκτρονικής μουσικής που δεν χωράει τόσο υπό την ομπρέλα του krautrock, αλλά σίγουρα αντλεί αρκετά στοιχεία από το όλο είδος. Στο εκλεκτικό «Wunderbar» διακρίνεται ο απόηχος από τη λεγόμενη «Σχολή του Βερολίνου» (Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze κ.ά.), καθώς και η σαφής επιρροή της λεγόμενης «Σχολής του Ντίσελντορφ» (Neu!, Kraftwerk, La Düsseldorf), ενώ την ίδια στιγμή ο δίσκος αυτός αποτέλεσε και την βασική επιρροή για πλείστα άλλα συγκροτήματα που ξεκινούσαν τότε την καριέρα τους, όπως οι Human League της εποχής του «Reproduction» και οι Ultravox της εποχής του «Vienna». Ένα άλμπουμ, όμορφο και τραγικό εξίσου, καθώς ο Riechmann έπεσε θύμα επίθεσης με μαχαίρι μόλις τρεις εβδομάδες πριν από την κυκλοφορία του LP και πέθανε προτού προλάβει να το δει στα δισκοπωλεία.

[@clearviewmind]

Only just discovered, and there is nothing on Wikipedia about him.

[@meryseconde283]

It is on german wiki

[@deetsepnopoulos3122]

he was in a group called Streetmark before going solo

[@MrBenmanning]

He needs an English page

[@davewalktight5849]

R.I.P.🫡✌🤎

[@temerdesouzacurifilho7939]

Tema do programa de como porque e para que da transtel-alemã e passou na tv-brasileira tv guaiba,tv-cultura de sp e tve-rio a faixa 3- Riechmann Weltweit

[@natfletcher1445]

unbelievableGREAT Music

[@альфредпетрович-д7р]

одним словом, дюссельдорф.

[@andreaswetzke855]

Leider wurde erschossen, auf` m Kiez ---- einer der genialisten der Syns-mucke... Klaus Schulze; Tangerine Dream, Janeund dergl. and Itrauern

[@hankbannister]

Erstochen, in Düsseldorf.

[@simoninterdit5197]

Anyone know a similar album like this ? With, approximately the same ambiance, mood ? Not Tangerine Dream, i found it too slow, except Ricochet live album.

[@abdallateefschannel6206]

You need to be listening to neu!, cluster, la dusselorf, michael rother, asmus tietchens, .....

[@crimsonwolf9099]

Try Harald Grosskopf's "Synthesis" LP... and explore more Tangerine Dream & solo releases by Edgar Froese, Peter Bauman's first two LPs, Christopher Franke.

[@alexlozven]

Zodiac - Disco Alliance - Lativian Band 1980

[@ymotechnopopfan]

RIP. I wonder what happened to his killers?

[@bartyorton9278]

they both got life imprisonment, or so it is stated in Electri_City: The Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music by Rüdiger Esch

[@MrBenmanning]

Julian cope is a fan ... Wunderbar is a wunderful album. If you like Man Machine era Kraftwerk then you'll love this. Wolfgang looks extremely cool on the cover despite wearing blue lipstick (I kid you not !) In the 60's Wolfgang was in Spirits of Sound with Wolfgang Flur later of Kraftwerk. In the 70's Wolfgang played a major role in Streetmark's classic album 'Eileen'. However, 'Eileen' was not a huge commercial success and so Wolfgang was full of doubts about his own abilities when he set about recording Wunderbar. The opening track of the album is the title track 'Wunderbar' which is ultra-catchy. They must put something in the water in Dusseldorf which results in superb melodies. Another standout track is 'Siberland' which is effectively a slowed down version of Kraftwerk's 'Metropolis' from Man Machine. The parallel here is interesting as Man Machine and Wunderbar were both recorded in 1978, although I don't know which one hit the shops first. Who is copying who ? 'Himmelblau' would not sound out of place on a La Dusseldorf album. Clearly Dinger and Rother have based their whole career around songs which feature the words 'La' and 'Dusseldorf'. In the case of 'Himmelblau' Riechmann goes one step further by only using the word 'La' in the lyrics. Simplicity is best. The album finishes with a short omninous sounding instrumental. Sadly, shortly after Wunderbar was recorded Wolfgang was murdered (having been stabbed in a Dusseldorf barroom brawl). This is a great shame as judging by the evidence of Wunderbar, Wolfgang could have gone on to great things.

[@theweirdo8622]

I heard he died. If not, hope he's ok.

[@petermerl7600]

Tragically, he died 1978 in Düsseldorf. He was stabbed by some Lushes.

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

Before this album was released.

[@Cosmicprog2012]

It's so nice to steal KRAFTWERK's "METROPOLIS" on the track starting at 17.07 and nobody sue you for it!

[@andredufour5785]

bienvenu mes ami(e)s de Wolgang.

[@RustyEgan]

THIS WAS RECORDED IN DUSSELDORF IN 1978 AND SO WAS DIE MENCH MACHINE .Kraftwerk were very private .I am sure they did not let anyone hear the album before it was released and even so .... they were BOTH pioneers

[@kevinwilson598]

They'd have had an hardjob he got murdered about a week after recording it

[@myaphextwin807]

It does not sound anything like Metropolis by Kraftwerk!

[@tonyc2479]

rusty is right...just enjoy its beauty

[@myaphextwin807]

Sounds like he borrowed Jean-Michel Jarre's equipment

[@flowerbedmusic2674]

I'm sorry everyone but after finding this incredible pre-Numan/Berserker picture sleeve, I'm thinking no way should this be mentioned in the same breath as the great Kosmiche Music artists. It's not stark enough to be robotic, nor empty enough to be ambient but certainly it's derivative and dispensible. To describe the bloke as a virtuoso is a joke. It sounds like he's crept into Kling Klang and dicked around playing pentatonic scales ad lib on Kraftwerk's instruments while they're out on their lunchbreak. No I won't be buying this one.

[@MrBenmanning]

Very unfair review

[@billareaband1]

no-one here claimed he was a virtuoso, only that the mood is cool & the melodies are lovely. Kosmiche did not emphasize proficiency, tho some had great players (Can). it’s prog that gets into the diddley stuff.

[@dwightpeters]

@@MrBenmanning seriously. this has its own vibe, which is why it is great. coming up with narrow boxes to suffocate enjoyment in is missing the feeling

[@ixglocTV]

The 1st piece features a catchy melody, but all the rest is very amateurish and dull.

[@deetsepnopoulos3122]

but you listened to it in its entirety anyways.

[@ypejager2869]

mr. or mss. ichlotzTV....with all do respect.... wether you think this music is boring or not I do not want to argue... I only want you to consider this....this music was composed and played in a area when there was little understanding about electronic music... the most prominent figures in those days took it from a ( lets say) symphonic angle...Mr Riechmann explored a more minimalistic way, which (in hindsight I dare to say) went shoulder to shoulder with the punk attitude in rock music ( like Neu, Cluster)...Now..I do not want to lecture you in what you should or shouldn't like....music is (and must stay) a personal experience.... but I would like to state that Mr Riechmann deserves a place in ( musical) history......................love you anyways

[@Lightrunner.]

@ichglotztv,,, Couchpotatoes haben keine Ahnung,, Wolgang Riechmann (der wegen 20 D Mark sterben musste in Düsseldorf )und Kraftwerk waren Weltweit die ersten Künstler dieser Scene und haben die Gegründet. Dank ihnen haben wir von Tekno ,Schranz,D&B,Acid,Trance und leidlicherweise auch sogenannte Künstler die meinen welche zu sein, die Dank der Frequenz Synthese alles abträllern was Geld bringt .

[@MC-jv6fs]

@@Lightrunner. DieDummheit einiger Mitbürger ist beängstigend. Gut ,wenn diese leute nicht in die Altstadt gehen..... Damals war die aber auch tagsüber rappelvoll. Wilde Zeiten....

[@billhaleyrock2471]

Sehr gut gemacht.