Musik Department

Winter’s Going

Musik Department — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:04:53 +0000

for sure not the next days

– Winters Going, 1968 CD Reissue by

– Bird of Space

another fine CD Reissue

– These Moments, 1978 by

– Just Love

fantastic 2nd Album from swedish sisters First Aid Kit. Our favourite from this folky pop pearl

– In the hearts of Men, 2012 by

– Blue

– I Can’t Move No Mountains, on vinyl

or CD Reissue

and finally 2times Berlin – Cuetec meets F.Kalkbrenner, superb

– Facing the Sun – Cuetec Edit

ALI !

Musik Department — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:52:15 +0000

– from the album

Flowers never bend

Musik Department — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:40:27 +0000

with the rainfall

– Flowers never bend with the rainfall, 1966 by

the whole weekend rain here in Berlin. You can leave the city

– Fahrt zum Meer, 1969 by

or stay at home and watch videos about rain, or with a windmachine

MUSIC makes people forget their pain

Musik Department — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:00:53 +0000

– true words by Alice Coltrane

this year - the same release overkill. Our job – sieving

there will be a new project by Nicolas Jaar called Darkside, together with Dave Harrington

– A1

– A2

another young man, this time from Great Britain

– Seod, by Kindness

Reminiscences

– Lung Shadows, 1993 by

– Planet Caravan, 1970 by

– 2HB, 1972 by Roxy Music

Guten Tag – 2012

Musik Department — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:35:26 +0000

Welcome in 2012 !

– Ether by Solid Doctor, 1995 Pork Rec.

Slam Dunk the Funk

Musik Department — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:51:49 +0000

– Slam Dunk the funk, 1982

– Basketball, 1984

Converse commercial classic

– outtake

– final version

or optional

Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll

– Vaughan Mason & Crew

– Skateboard Shuffle by

there will be in 2012 a documentation about skateboarding in the GDR/DDR. We will let you know, when there are more informations, about the final movie

– Ketchup by Key, DDR 1985

Fluffy Tunes

Musik Department — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:39:08 +0000

– Gowla, 1969

another fantastic reissue in 2011

this is just another version of a popular classic, but we like this one

– Mas que nada, 1972 from the album

next tune is from a 70s anglo/indian fusion album. Stupid Cover, but the music is nice & fluffy.

– Becky’s Dance, 1972 from

and when you are in any kind of holdup, next tune will help you for sure

– Harp & Soul, 1966 from

Merry Christmas

Musik Department — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:46:14 +0000

– Christmas time is here

Sun Ra – Mr. Myster-y

Musik Department — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:29:02 +0000

to find the personal key, to open the window – the door – the gate to this very special personality can be a quite long way.

Born as Herman ‘Sunny’ Blount (* 22. Mai 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama; † 30. Mai 1993 ) Sun Ra was mystical, unknown, misunderstood and admired in one person.

– the Sun One

again a BBC dokumentary is more than helpful

enjoy !!

Sentimental Favourites

Musik Department — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:28:14 +0000

this release from november is one of our favourites in 2011

– The Twilight of your smile

Sentimental Favourites is Andrew Pekler’s first album for Dekorder and his first solo release since 2009′s Entanglements

-Everybody’s Raindrops

– Music to sleep walk on by – Vinyl only

one of our favourite reissues in 2011 is this mellow chocolate

– People like you , 1976 from the album

– I am the Moonlight

since hours it’s raining here in Berlin. We and maybe you, too need tunes to caresses our souls

– Love theme from Fuzz, 1972 from the album

– Nubian Lady

and finally the perfect sound for being almost horizontal

– Albatross, 2010 from the album

Plinth – Albatross CD on Deadslackstring Records.

Woke up this Morning

Musik Department — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:30:42 +0000

with a video in my head

video directed by Wong Kar – Wai, Music by DJ Shadow with friendly assistance from Dennis Olivieri

– I cry in the morning, 1968

our single tune of the week

– Cos-Ber-Zam – Ne Noya , Edit by Daphni aka Caribou

and finally, after the release of his first 12Inch on the Rotating Souls Label our man – the Jupiter Tuning Center did again a fantastic ! job – enjoy here or there

– Martian Peace Treaty by JTC, 2011

NY’77 – The Coolest Year In Hell

Musik Department — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:57:20 +0000

New York City, 1977 – It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered – via

This is much more than a fantastic documentary about a historical date, looots of music and just 87min. of pour pleasure.

enjoy !!

– It’s In Your Blood

– My Mind Is Hazy

Waxpoetics No.49 and Saul Bass

Musik Department — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:12:52 +0000

Waxpoetics No.49 will be not in stock this week !

something for the christmas list of wishes ,

via

timeless, wonderful autumn to winter tunes

– Welcome

– Maxine, 1995 from the album

– Wild Horse Annie

– Student Bashing at the seaside

– Electric Campfire, from Jorg Burger aka Bionaut aka Burger/Ink aka Modernist

smaaart cars for foggy days

Weekend Tunes

Musik Department — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:09:44 +0000

Saturday Evening and Night

– 1980, Stereotype, from the album

– 1979, Let me be good to you, from the album

– 1982, Keep the fire burning, from the 12Inch

– 2009, Nonagon by Dubatech, from the 10Inch

Sunday Morning and Evening

- 1964 , And i love her, from the album

– 2011, Desert Raven, from the album

– 1984, The World Is as soft as Lace by Felt, from the album

– 1970,2504 Cliffborne Pl. from the album

we wish you wherever a peaceful and sunny weekend

Brazilian Break

Musik Department — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:43:08 +0000

ahhhh, mmmmhh

have a break, have a nice video

Inge Brandenburg

Musik Department — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:43:41 +0000

Inge who ?

The unbelievable story of a woman, the greatest european jazz voice in the sixties. In the US she was named – the european Billy Holiday.

Her story, the biography is more than heavy. Born in Nazi Germany, both parents died in concentration camps. Started singing to survive and grew from a little pearl to the biggest jazz diamond West Germany ever had.

– Temptation

– Moonglow

Problem – wrong time , wrong place, that means West Germany preferred different music at that time. The record companies calculated Schlager, with a whiff on jazz.

she couldn`t get along with it. Frustrated, with wrong partners and huge alcohol problems the career stopped in the 70ies and finally she died poor and forgotten in munich, Germany in 1999. Her whole live, her legacy was found on a flea market in munich in 4 cardboards. The guy who found it, made it available to berlin based fim maker Marc Boettcher, who already did fantastic documentaries about Alexandra, Bert Kaempfert and Gitte Haenning. He needed five years to make his best work so far.

Yesterday was preview here in Berlin for

It was a very special evening, not only, because of the location

and sitting next to Emil Mangelsdorff and Gitte Haenning.

This movie starts the upcoming weekend in Germany. The Soundtrack CD with unreleased tracks from Inge Brandenburg is fantastic and the DVD will be released in about five months and you can preorder it here at the Musik Department.

One last note. The big Record Company Universal, home of Impulse, Prestige, ECM Records and CDs was asked for releasing the soundtrack CD – Answer !!!!! not interesting for us !!! NOTHING LEARNED from history

We say – shame on you - ignorants

– Love for sale

Black Friday

Musik Department — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:04:10 +0000

Dear music lovers,

no, there will be NOT another Record Store Day this year

but there will be a Black Friday on Nov.25

On the list for the limited releases we found from 58 products, 28 for the US only. We will let you know, which items we can order.

Todays sound is nothing rare, unknown, limited, hip, you never heard before, fresh, pre whatever

just music we enjoy and wanna let you know (and hopefully enjoy, too)

from the compilation

from the album

Blue Afternoon

Musik Department — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:11:38 +0000

– Tim Buckley, Happy Time

you love Brian Eno’s Discreet Music ?

or the Constellation Label, then maybe this release, too – Vinyl & CD

– We played some open Chords

– Requiem for the static King

and these are for mellow evenings the perfect soundtracks

old sounds – CD only

– God bless the Child

new sounds – Vinyl & CD

– Worship

Heiss means HOT

Musik Department — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:06:42 +0000

today some nice hot video classics from different times

next is austrian born Udo Jürgens. Some kind of YeYe boy at this time. We love his jazzy beat arrangements and his smart look in the 60s

next is Katja Ebstein looking for someone – He is back again

from her first album in 1968

Studio 54 fits

Musik Department — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:13:37 +0000

No, there will be no limited Musik Department collection. We will keep on our main business – selling timeless healing music !

– Spank from

– The World Is A Ghetto [Special US Disco Mix] from

What we like –

Musik Department — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:49:04 +0000

what we listen to, what we enjoy

Gene Redding, Blood Brother from 1974

– I can see the lovelight

– Blood Brother

Stepkids , same on Stones Throw Label 2011

– La La

Nils Frahm & Anne Müller, 7Fingers on Palmetto Records

– 7 Fingers

Raffaela Carra, 1970

– Conta Su Di Me ( Footprints on the Moon )

Troy Davis – Just Because

Musik Department — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:41:53 +0000

Troy Davis - * 9. Oktober 1968; † 21. September 2011

last night they killed Troy Davis. We are no political blog, but we have CONSCIOUSNESS

more than a sad day

– Just because, 1970 from the album

- Strange Fruit, originally from Billy Holiday.This version from

FREE Leonard Peltier , FREE Mumia Abu-Jamal

If You Think You’re Groovy

Musik Department — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:56:23 +0000

pass by – have a look, have a talk, have a listen – enjoy healing music

Summer’s Almost Gone

Musik Department — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:06:08 +0000

Germany based Thallus with his new project Ritmo Sportivo – FANTASTIC !

– Summer’s almost gone from the album

Soundtrack for a mellow weekend – Jono McCleery – There is on Counter Records, CD only

– Wonderful Life, nice version from Black’s original from 1987

– Tomorrow

– Stand Proud feat. Fink

Bild & Ton

Musik Department — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:18:39 +0000

– Night Glider, Collin Walcott from the album Cloud Dance on ECM 1975