About this item

Most of the music on '90' comes from the 2-track Revox tapes (1968 – 80).  Working with his Echolette tape delay and Farfisa organ - the equipment on which Achim recorded his beloved Selbstportrait records and much of the seminal work with Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother - the Revox tapes document the processes and sounds that continue to inspire generations of music lovers and sonic adventurers.

'90' is in no way intended as the exhaustive retrospective of the oeuvre of an important artist. The actual chronology of these pieces, and in some cases who might have collaborated with Achim on them, remain a mystery. But the historical context of this music is undeniably compelling - it doesn’t feel like hyperbole to suggest that these cascading, hypnotic cycles equal the best of contemporaries like Terry Riley, working half a world away on their own minimal masterpieces.

For now, a celebration is sufficient - the portrait of an extraordinary life at 90, narrated in beautiful, intimate, innovative music.

TRACK LISTING

1. 322 40
2. 221 37
3. 217 09
4. 54 30
5. 443 09
6. TB13 16 37
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9. 357 41
10. TB36 2 14
11. 3704 90
12. TB34r 13 37
13. TB6 25
14. 332 05
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22. 352 30
23. TB11 34 20
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25. TB6 43 47
26. TB4 8 57
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28. TB6 101 30
29. Moebi Speaks
30. 774 02
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34. 647 32
35. 131 33
36. 792 43
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41. 633 09
42. 384 57
43. 1027 35
44. 934 19 
45. 154 32
46. Fostex 58
47. 430 15 
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49. 897 00
50. 663 20