Date: Wed, 29 Oct 97 20:30:45 EST
From: Steven Feldman <ar402004@brownvm.brown.edu>
Subject: The Nightcrawlers: the Whole Story
To: Golden Triangle mailing list <goldtri@aracnet.com>,
Space Music Mailing List <space-music@cs.uwp.edu>,
Tangerine Dream Digest <tadream@cs.uwp.edu>,
Peter D. Gulch <pgulch@snip.net>,
Manikin Records, Germany <ManikinMS@aol.com>,
Archie Patterson, EUROCK <apatters@teleport.com>,
Chuck van Zyl <chuckv@p3.net>,
Chuck van Zyl <chuckv@starsend.org>
Sigh,
I realize that the following lengthy post will probably annoy some,
but seeing as it will probably do more good than otherwise, here it is.
[You can blame the fact that the first-ever Nightcrawlers CD, TRAVELLING
BACKWARDS, just came out as the reason for my posting this *now*.]
Twice in 1993, I listened to all of the Nightcrawlers' output back-
to-back in an attempt to write a comprehensive review on them for Elana's
i.e. Electronic Dreams' newsletter, DREAMS WORD, but it never happened.
I feel this lengthy post belongs on this list because the Nightcrawlers
bears much in common with Tangerine Dream's output between 1971 and 1975,
Klaus Schulze's early material, and even Conrad Schnitzler's, in places.
Those who like Klaus Schulze a lot (I'm not among them) will probably
like the Nightcrawlers even more than me, in a lot of cases.
As for connections to Brian Eno . . . MIDWINTER DAYDREAM, SHADOWLESS
VEIL, FORBIDDEN MONASTERY, EVENING REPOSE, 2031 A.D., and CYBERSUN 231
are reminiscent of both THE SHUTOV ASSEMBLY and the Misha Mahlin & Lydia
Theremin piece, "For Her Atoms," on MUSIC FOR FILMS, VOLUME III.
I'd say that my personal Nightcrawlers favorites are the cassettes
MIDWINTER DAYDREAM, SHADOWLESS VEIL, FORBIDDEN MONASTERY, EVENING REPOSE,
2031 A.D., CYBERSUN 231, SPACEWALK, SPACE RITUAL I, THE LARGO TREE, and
PARTICLE MIST; and the LP SHADOWS OF LIGHT. The fact that my first six
choices are the "Crawlers' most Eno-esque recordings is no accident, as
I adore really good space music (Jonn Serrie or Robert Carty, anyone?).
Here is a list of what the Nightcrawlers i.e 'Crawlers head-honcho
Peter D. Gulch i.e. Synkronos Music had for sale as of 10/22/93.* Each
recording's original description is followed by a corresponding capsule
review by yours truly, so that the format of each entry is: title, year,
number of tracks, length of tape housed in the cassette shell, original
blurb as assigned by the band, and then my capsule review. First, let me
say that the Nightcrawlers were a three-man band, comprised of members
Peter Gulch, Tom Gulch and Dave Lunt. *Some post-1993 items have been
added in to the list for convenience's sake.
AVAILABLE NIGHTCRAWLERS RELEASES (10/22/93):
[KEY: title, year, number of tracks, length of cassette blank, blurb]
The majority of these tapes are available in the USA for $4.00 each
postpaid. Buy any four tapes and get one free. An amazing bargain! To
order, contact: Peter Gulch; 1493 Greenwood Avenue; Camden, NJ 08103-2929
CRYPTOSPHERE (1980) 2, C48 Lost in a misty labyrinth at dusk
Review: By "Goricon," an earlier line-up of the band. Side 1 is spacey,
like the sound effects in a 1960s sci-fi show. Side two has acoustic
piano over a drone and a synthetic vocal murmur. Good.
PLANETARY EXPEDITION (1980) 4, C48 Four-part interstellar adventure
Review: "Phase II" is great, like the music to "Forbidden Planet" (movie)
THE FALLEN SPARROW (1980) 2, C62 Meditative free-from collage
Review: Like slower Tangerine Dream circa 1971-73, with violin on side 2.
Good.
HALLUCINATORY EXECUTIONS (1981) 8, C62 Six chapter nightmare vision
Review: Horror-movie creepiness (no slashing violin shrieks or suchlike).
Good.
POLTERGEISTS (1981) 5, C48 Five impressions of the elfin underworld
Review: The band's 1st sequencered release. Side 1 is sorta Klaus
Schulze-ish. So-so.
SYNTHIMANIA (1981) 8, C62 8 varied aural tonescapes
Review: All tracks are sequencered with solos. Not so great.
SYSTEMA NATURAE (1982) 6, C48 Portrayal of the living earth systems
Review: Side 1 is generator-like; side 2 has sequencer with solo and is
somehwat Klaus Schulze-like. Not so great.
HORS D'OEUVRES (1982) 4, C62 Sampling of various aural palettes
Review: Good solos over evocative tones. Fairly good.
NARCOLEPSIS (1982) 2, C48 Waves for the alpha and beta state
Review: Side 1 is especially good, structured space. Fairly good/Good.
MIDWINTER DAYDREAM (1982) 4, C46 Mental wandering through a snowstorm
Review: Spooky drone. One of the best if you like ambience/atmospherics.
TANZWUT (1982) 4, C46 Four multifaceted dancing tone clusters
Review: Side 1 is a mixed bag (so-so); side 2 has lots of sequencer and a
Klaus Schulze-like interlude (over-long; the 1st LP remakes, shortens and
improves this side-long track). All told, not too great.
SHADOWLESS VEIL (1983) 2, C48 Ethereal drifting through spacetime
Review: Spacey with etherel solos. One of the best.
SUBLIMINAL SAILING (1983) C48 Streams of consciousness
[I Haven't heard this yet]
FORBIDDEN MONASTERY (1983) 2, C62 Two-part invocation of spirits
Review: Side 1 is great space; side 2 is space with a solo. Very good.
SPRING HOLIDAY (1983) 2, C46 Two works of evolutionary complexity
Review: Side 1 is like Wavestar's "Voyager;" side 2 has a boring solo
over sequencer (remade better on 1st LP). Not so hot.
EVENING REPOSE (1983) 2, C46 Asleep in a meadow full of crickets
Review: Side 1 is like Tangerine Dream's RUBYCON with crickets underneath
and side 2 is great space. A must. . . . especially for Eno fans.
TRANSLUMINANCE (1983) 2, C62 Contrasting images of light and dark
Review: Side 1 has bassy sequencer with a solo. Bleh. Side 2 is slow
with no perks to speak of. So-so, but almost a downer.
CRYSTAL LOOPS (1983) 2, C26 Twinkling interplay of ice particles
Review: Both sides have sequencer with a solo. Each side is fairly good,
but the cumulative effect renders it merely fair.
NIGHTCRAWLERS (1984) 4, C48 Cassette version of 1st LP
Review: Fairly good or fairly bad, depending on your mood. Similar to
Tangerine Dream's 1971-1977 work in feel if not execution or sound.
2031 A.D. (1984) 2, C62 Floating journeys into the future of time
Review: Side 1 is brilliant evocative space; side 2 is loose space. Good
but not like side 1. Overall, one of the best . . . but ephemeral.
SPACE SHUTTLE (1984) 2, C46 Music for repairing space vehicles
Review: Side 1 has pleasant sequencers; side 2 has sequencer and space.
So-so.
OMBRA (1984) 2, C74 Pathways into other dimensional realities
Review: Side 1 is sequencer with hyper, repetitive solo; side 2 has
multiple sequencers & a fast solo in its 2nd half. The beginning of side
2 is the 2nd track on the 2nd LP. Almost a chore to get through; lengthy
NIGHTWALK (1984) 2, C48 Twilight excursions into wild forests
Review: Side 1 is interesting space; side 2 is similar to Tangerine Dream
track "Logos, Pt. I" minus guitar and is great. Pretty good, overall.
CYBERSUN 231 (1984) 2, C48 Time warping into distant galaxies
Review: Side 1 is good semi-experimental space; side 2 is great space.
Interesting, atypical stuff: almost unique. A favorite of mine.
SPACEWALK (1985) 4, C62 Cassette version of 2nd LP
Review: Side 1 is very professional and terrific. Side 2 is a lengthy
extended space voyage that ultimately proves taxing if you listen too
intently. Overall, a very good offering, though. Get it for side 1.
SPACE RITUAL I (1986) 2, C62 Live concert sets from an ancient church
Review: aka SPACE RITUAL AT ST. MARY'S. Side 1 is psychedelic, while
side 2 has hot guitar. Both sides have guest (guitarist) Darren Kearns
(who recorded an excellent solo LP called OPTIMAL BEING). Great Stuff.
THE LARGO TREE (1986) 4, C74 Interceptions of signals from space
Review: The middle of side 1 is great; side 2 has an evocative solo over
a wash, then an excellent inverse of Tangerine Dream's HYPERBOREA title
track, and then a lame title cut. Good overall, despite the dips.
PARTICLE MIST (1986) 2, C62 Modern particle physics at its best
Review: Side 1 starts off great, but builds to nowhere; side 2 is good
(and is appropriated on the 1st 3rd of side 2 of the 3rd LP). Good.
SHADOWS OF LIGHT (1987) 2, LP runs 47:58 [$7.00; on vinyl only, then]
Review: Terrific stuff. Buy this! Here is a list of the instruments on
this dynamite LP> Oberheim: Matrix 12, Matrix 6, 2 Expanders; Korg: Poly
800, SQD-1, DW-8000; Casio: CZ-101, CZ-5000; Yamaha: DX-21; Sequential:
Prophet VS; Crumar: DS-2; Ensoniq: ESQ-1, DSk-1; Roland: Super Jupiter,
JP-6, JX-8P, MSQ-100, TR-707, MKB-1000, SRV-2000. A real must-have.
ENERGY TRANSFER (1988) C48 Contrasting energy patterns
[I Haven't heard this yet]
ALONE AFTER DARK (1988) C74 Solo Anthology [of various band members]
[Haven't heard this yet]
FLOATING PREMONITIONS (1989) 2, C30 Peter Gulch solo tape
Review: Fair-to-Good. No comments one way or the other other than that.
BARRIERS (1991) 12, two-C60s Not $4.00, but $15.00; 2 chrome tapes in
an oversized 4.5" x 5.5" plastic cassette box with accompanying artwork.
Review: More professionally recorded than most everything else they've
done (excepting SHADOWS OF LIGHT). Rather interesting, but not dynamic.
TRAVELLING BACKWARDS (1997) 10, 2-CD Set Contains all 3 Nightcrawlers
albums: The Nightcrawlers, Spacewalk, and Shadows of Light. Pressed by
Manikin Records, Germany, and available from: Manikin Records, Postbox
450274, d-12172 Berlin Germany; http://www.manikin.de; manikinms@aol.com;
tel/fax: +49 30 7121540; and from Archie Patterson at EUROCK, POB 13718,
Portland, OR 97213; http://www.eurock.com; apatters@teleport.com; tel/fax
503-2810247, as of 10/29/97. Pictures of this CD, along with full track
listing can be found at the <http://www.voicenet.com/~pgulch> website.
<http://users.snip.net/~pgulch/tbsnd.html> has seven 2-min sound samples.
OTHER NIGHTCRAWLERS ITEMS OF INTEREST:
[Please note that CHOP'N'HOP, MEMORY BUBBLES, STELLAR--TUNNEL,
and SPACE RITUAL II are available, but the master tapes have
glitches in them, and hence their withdrawal from the list.]
CHOP'N'HOP (1984) 2, C26 [deleted tape]
Review: Side 1 is sequencer with a solo. Feh. Side 2 has a repetitive
sequencer but a nice solo on top. So-so.
MEMORY BUBBLES (1984) 2, C26 [deleted tape]
Review: Side 1 has innocuous sequencer and a solo; side 2 has a fairly
aggressive solo over sequencer and is good. Fairly good.
STELLAR--TUNNEL (1985) 2, C30 [deleted tape]
Review: Not by the Nightcrawlers, but by Peter Gulch and a Canadian named
Steve Brenner. One could say that side 1 is Tangerine Dream's RICOCHET-
meets-Klaus Schulze's TRANCEFER! The other side is very good also.
SOMNILITY (1985) 2, C38 Tom Gulch solo album [write & ask about this]
Review: Side 1 is great, and side 2 is very good. More like actual songs
than just side-long sequencer'n'soloing. Like SHADOWS OF LIGHT, this is
more professional and "normal" than most Nightcrawlers releases.
SPACE RITUAL II (1986) 3, C80 [never offered on a list; features Xisle]
Review: Side 1 has Xisle and the Nightcrawlers together. This is a long
tape with only about 7 (admittedly great) memorable minutes at the end.
REGENERATION MODE by [Chuck van] Zyl and [Peter D.] Gulch (1995) 5, CD
Review: Released in the US on Chuck and Pete's own indy label, Synkronos,
and available via Eurock, Backroads, Windspell Music, Minette Music, Of
Sound Mind, or Synkronos. Go out of your way to get this! It's as good
or better than SHADOWS OF LIGHT! Amazingly odd sounds and textures.
Below is the band's own copy which appeared at the bottom of their
photocopied 1992 tape list:
"The Nightcrawlers (Peter Gulch, Tom Gulch and Dave Lunt) have been
experimenting with synthesizers and space music since 1980 and continue
to do so today. Drawing on works by the influential pioneers of the
genre (Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream), The Nightcrawlers have
produced a wealth of music both live and in the studio. Dreams,
nightmares, time travel, signals from space, interstellar travel and
portrayals of our own living earth are inspirations for the trio.
"The above cassettes are live, real time recordings made over open
air microphones on location, or at the Nightcrawlers' studio. They are
one-to-one copies from the master tape. All cassettes are $4.00 U.S.
Postage and handling are included. Please note: foreign correspondents
please add $1.00 per item for postage and handling. Payment in U.S. funds
is appreciated. Buy any four tapes and get one of your choice free.
Recordings are available by mail. Contact: Peter Gulch; 1493 Greenwood
Avenue; Camden, NJ 08103-2929" [Pete's net address: <pgulch@snip.net>]
Below is an excerpt from a snail mail letter Peter Gulch sent me,
dated November 2, 1987:
"First of all I would like to explain briefly about the sound
quality on the tapes. You are not the first person to object to the
overall sound quality on the tapes. You are absolutely correct. The
sound is deficient in many ways. Every single one of the live tapes was
recorded on a portable cassette deck and it has built in limiters which
can't handle the total energy of the raw live sound. So every time we
get powerful or bassy, the limiters would cut in and trim the volume
down. We probably will not be using that particular deck anymore since
it is broken.
"My philosophy with the tapes was: "Did they for the most part sound
listenable?" If they did, I put them out. They are not studio tapes
and are not up to that quality. Why? Our original emphasis as a group
was not on recording but on playing music together live. At the time,
we didn't really plan on releasing any tapes for anybody to listen to.
When we got more serious about recording, we started to do albums. Then
the sound quality was infinitely better. The huge tradeoff is that to
get superior sound quality on a tape also takes inifinitely more time.
We just didn't have it. So in the earlier days (up to last year) we
ignored doing studio work.
"In the future, since we are always being criticized for sound
quality on the cassette-only releases, we have decided to go in the
direction of the studio only. This will probably mean that we may do one
cassette a year. So this will probably mean no more cassettes, only
albums.
"On to another subject. I am aware that in Germany and Europe
someone is bootlegging all of our tapes. That is okay. At least people
will know about us.
"We have just received the reference lacquer for the third LP, which
means that on the current schedule, we should have the album out in
January 1988. We took a long time with this album to get good sound
quality. It took almost 14 months, working on and off when we could. I
think that you'll like it."
Below is a rather sad note I got from Peter Gulch (dated 8/24/92),
when I received the BARRIERS double-cassette set:
"This is probably the last Nightcrawlers work. Dave got married
and is raising a family. Tom has osteoporosis of the spinal cord and is
not doing well. There were no other NC tapes or anything since SHADOWS
OF LIGHT. So you missed nothing.
"I am still active as Synbion and work with Xisle. I think the NC's
are dead as a group. BARRIERS was our last jam together. But who knows."
Well, there you have it, folks. The lowdown on my favorite group
after Tangerine Dream. I love Brian Eno's work dearly, but my love for
weird sounds and atmospheres is better sated through the Nightcrawlers
by virtue of their sheer output alone.
Following my sig are reviews of SHADOWS OF LIGHT and REGENERATION
MODE, followed by a note from Chuck van Zyl.
Steven Feldman -- 33 Brook Street, Apt. 3, Brookline, MA 02146; INTERNET:
<ar402004@brownvm.brown.edu>, and BITNET: <ar402004@brownvm> DREAMS WORD:
Electronic Dreams, POB 42385, Portland, OR 97242. The Nightcrawlers, c/o
Peter D. Gulch -- 1493 Greenwood Avenue, Camden, NJ 08103-2929. PERSONAL
FAVES: Tangerine Dream, Nightcrawlers, Ozrics, Jonn Serrie, Robert Carty.
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| "THE KEEP" SOUNDTRACK CAME OUT IN 1984. THREE TD FANS CAN'T BE WRONG! |
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[From DREAMS WORD 8, Summer 1990, page 11:]
THE NIGHTCRAWLERS "Shadows of Light"
Synkronos Music - LP - 1987
by Steven Feldman
This is a dynamite and dynamic LP, with two long (23:00 and 24:50)
pieces. They run the gamut from baroquely gradiose sonorities, draining
Klaus Schulze-esque synth solos, and psychedelic soundscapes, to esoteric
noodlings. Imagine a cross between Tangerine Dream's STRATOSFEAR, LOGOS,
and the long opener from WHITE EAGLE, "Mojave Plan," and you'll get the
idea. SHADOWS OF LIGHT shows Nightcrawlers members Dave Lunt, Peter
Gulch, and Tom Gulch in top form. This astounding record, which provokes
highly visual daydreaming, is the 'Crawler's third (and last?) vinyl
release. Much more polished than their cassette releases, it should be
bought both by the idly curious and long-time fans who might have given
up on them, as well. Few electronic albums make me feel as much like
I've been put through the proverbial wringer as this one does after a
listening. This is an absolute must for Tangerine Dream fans who pine
for the long blowouts the band used to make. The Nightcrawlers are not
preeminent musicians, but what they lack in ability they make up for in
fervor.
[From DREAMS WORD 19, Fall/Winter 1995, page 38:]
VAN ZYL AND GULCH "Regeneration Mode"
(Synkronos) -- CD #SYNK024 - 1994
by Steven Feldman
Chuck van Zyl's music tends to sound like that of 1970 Klaus Schulze
and Steve Roach. Nightcrawlers founder Peter D. Gulch tends to make
music that sounds like 70s Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno circa 1978-1983
(from MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS to APOLLO) and--sometimes--70s Schulze. Chuck's
strength is his solos, while his weakness lies in his overreliance on
sequencer runs. Peter's strengths are his ambiences, phrasing, timbres,
and unique sound constructions, while his weakness reveals itself in his
soloing. With the addition of one D. Andrew Rath, van Zyl and Gulch make
up the band known as Xisle, an ensemble that does not always mesh as well
as it could. It is perhaps surprising, then, that sans Rath, van Zyl and
Gulch accentuate each other's strengths and all but eliminate their
weaknesses on this release--which marks their first outing as a duo.
Tracks 2-4 meld into each other, so it is not wholly inaccurate to say
that of the 5 compositions, there are basically 3 pieces--or units of
sound, if you will--lasting 29:32, 22:32, and 10:48, respectively. So
varied and wonderful are these pieces that it is difficult to choose a
favorite. The first recalls Tangerine Dream's RUBYCON and POLAND albums,
with the airiness of the quieter passages from "Madrigal Meridian"
(CYCLONE) and the sound effects in between "Le Parc" and "Hyde Park" (LE
PARC). The second sounds like a cross between the Nightcrawlers at peak
form and TD's STRATOSFEAR minus the neo-Classical trappings. The third,
which is the title track, sounds like van Zyl's solo work more than
anything else, but uncharacteristically devoid of any overt Schulze
influence. This track starts off slow, builds in power, and then ends in
an upbeat manner, like TD's "Underwater Twilight" (UNDERWATER SUNLIGHT),
leaving you wanting more. This is an exceptional effort by two veteran
synth players, ultimately even more rewarding than the excellent recent
releases from Chris Franke (BABYLON 5) and Johannes Schmoelling (SONGS NO
WORDS) insofar as much of what one hears here defies description. A very
loosely structured affair, one could perhaps categorize it as Dark
Ambient, making for a logical progression from the epochal Nightcrawlers
LP, SHADOWS OF LIGHT. Available from Synkronos, POB 22, Upper Darby, PA
19082-0022.
[From 1995 Synkronos snail-mail flyer announcing REGENERATION MODE:]
"Two stalwarts of the East Coast E.M. scene team up on this classic
excursion into the realm of deep space electronics. The series of 5
compositions explore all aspects of space music from ambient, to low
intensity noise, sequencer patterns, and experimental sound scapes. They
incorporate the multiple elements into arrangements that transform
smoothly and shift dramatically to form a wall of sound that ebbs and
flows beautifully. This is light years away from all the current play by
the numbers electronic machine music."
-- Archie Patterson, EUROCK
"Chuck (who released CELESTIAL MECHANICS on Centaur 1993) and Peter
(from the top-rated American synth band Nightcrawlers) have achieved what
must be termed as a real artistic accomplishment, with a long (one cut
almost hits the half-hour mark!) and varied CD that covers a lot of
ground for just one album! They've hit on several different electronic
styles to make this disk and they have done it very well indeed, mixing
pure Traditional Electronic, Space Music, Ambient, New Age (if you could
call it that?) and some of the more esoteric stuff montaged together into
a future age music masterpiece that they can be really proud of!"
-- Dave Shoesmith, C&D COMPACT DISC SERVICES
"Chuck has been on the electronic scene for many years, releasing a
number of fine tapes, but never having a 'proper' release until now.
REGENERATION MODE pairs him with the equally excellent Peter of The
Nightcrawlers. It's obvious that a lot of work went into this and as
Chuck says, it doesn't sound like someone cranked it out in just one
afternoon."
-- Steven Feignbaum, WAYSIDE MUSIC
[From the REGENERATION MODE web page at Peter Gulch's 1997 website:]
"This impressive release casts its spell with dark synthetic hues, a
few industrial references, and plenty of space. We can think of more
than a few artists on bigger labels who could learn something about
timbral combination and free compositional structure from this duo."
-- Robert L. Doerschuk, KEYBOARD MAGAZINE
"[They] have proved they can combine electronic, progressive,
ambient, space and sci-fi music together better than anyone else around
today. Eno, TD, and Schulze *wish* they could come up with stuff as
good as this."
-- Jason Marcewicz, SYNTHESIS
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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:16:50 -0400
From: space-music@cs.uwp.edu
Really-From: chuckv@p3.net (Chuck van Zyl)
Subject: KLEM Dag Pt 2: Travelling Backwards
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|The Nightcrawlers|
Although there are many things to tell about KLEM Dag '97, I want to share
with you one of the main reasons I went to the event this year.
Manikin Records of Germany is one of Europe's many Electronic Music labels
that wait until KLEM Dag to release new CDs. Several months ago my friend
Peter Gulch was contacted by Mario Schonwalder about re-releasing the three
legendary Nightcrawlers LPs as a double CD retrospective on Manikin. An
agreement was struck and Peter sent copies of the master tapes to Manikin
and waited.
As planned, on October 11th, at KLEM Dag '97, The Nightcrawlers CD
"Travelling Backwards" was released and for the first time their music is
available on CD. It is hoped that now The Nightcrawlers will get the
recognition they deserve and their place be known in the history of
Spacemusic.
The group began as two brothers who, in the '70s, were so influenced by the
then new Electronic Spacemusic coming out of Germany, that they gave up all
other pursuits to focus attention on searching out more music by the heroes
of the day: Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Popol Vuh, Ash Ra Tempel,
Cluster and even Kalheinz Stockhausen.
Upon aquiring their own means of expressing themselves musically in the
German School mode, The Nightcrawlers formed and began taping jam sessions
in their garage, ultimately producing 35 cassette releases and almost
single handedly launching the cassette underground.
Throughout the '80s The Nightcrawlers were prolific concert perfomers and
should be given credit for contributions to the then new Electronic Music
scene here in Philadelphia. Before the introduction of MIDI and today's
more stable and compact music equipment, perfoming Spacemusic live was a
considerable task. Always showing up at concerts with a truckload of gear,
The Nightcrawlers would take hours to set up. Through their efforts in
concert, The Nightcralwers influenced many individuals to explore the idea
of making their own music, helped develop new venues and brought to the
attention of an unaware public that Electronic Music existed and is more
than just a studio art.
At the time of their first self titled LP, The Nightcrawlers were one in a
group of only about three or four American Spacemusic artists who
independently released their own music on vinyl.
A total of three LPs were released by the Nightcrawlers: "The
Nightcrawlers" (1983), "Space Walk" (1985) and "Shadows of Light" (1987).
All tracks from the three LPs fit onto the "Travelling Backwards"
retrospective.
Thanks to Mario Schonwalder of Manikin Records for working hard to bring to
light a piece of Spacemusic history.
........................................................................
Chuck van Zyl
Host: Star's End, WXPN Philiadelphia
http://www.starsend.orgchuckv@starsend.org
This page first constructed by Steven Feldman
<scfeldman@juno.com>
12/11/98. Last update: 10/17/01.
