Code III - Planet Of Man LIM 500 RE GATEFOLD SLEEVE + INSERT

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Code III - Planet Of Man

Still sealed, comes with release sticker. Limited edition 500 copies

Brothers Manfred and Wolfgang Schunke were pioneers of the Kunstkopf Stereophonie (artificial head, dummy head) binaural recording system.
This recording technique was created in the Technical University of Berlin in 1974 with the aim to reproduce real stereo sound as the human ears perceive it.
Human ears listen to the sounds in a concrete way that is affected not only by the sound frequencies themselves
but also by the position of the listener in respect to the different sound sources.
The Schunke brothers wanted to experiment this recording technique, and as early as 1974 they set their own kunstkopf recording studio,
Delta Acustic, with the help of Klaus Schulze.

Code III was the vehicle for Manfred Schunke to explore the possibilities of kunstkopf recording.
To do so, he joined forces with two Berlin-resident americans: Ed and Mary Key.
Lyrically, Planet Of Man verses on the big theme of the creation of Earth, as The Crack In The Cosmic Egg book details it:
"The music on PLANET OF MAN is a sonic depiction of the history of the Earth, from the void of empty space, via the formation of the planets,
the evolution of life, through to man's domination of the planet, and ultimately back to the void.
The opening and closing excursions, involving atmospheric electronics, injections of a dreamy folk song,
and disembodied resonant female voice, hint a little at Brainticket's CELESTIAL OCEAN, although the mood is much spookier.
Confusingly "Dawn Of An Era" (the lyrics are sung in the previous track) involves what sounds like demented Neanderthals
involved in some weird drum ritual. "Countdown" adds up to a blend of atmospheric electronics with abstract use of voice collage and effects
(and Indian music), onto a remarkably clever accelerating space-rock burn-out featuring Klaus Schulze at the drum stool!
Returning to weird space music at the end, it all adds up to a remarkable and unique album."

Planet Of Man was one of the six releases on the Delta Acustic label (among them there was the legendary Sand Golem LP),
all recorded using the Kunstkopf Stereophonie techniques. After that, the Schunke brothers would quit the studio and move to new adventures.
Manfred continued experimenting with dummy head recording, he would work, among others, on albums by Can and also use his binaural engineering
experience on Lou Reed's 1978 Lps Street Hassle and Take No Prisoners, among many others.
There were originally two different versions of the album, the Wah Wah edition reproduces the longer, uncut one.

First ever official vinyl reissue, with remastered sound and an insert with liner notes curated by Wolfgang Schunke for the occasion.

Label: Wah Wah Catalog: LPS135 Format: LP
Country: Spain Released: 1974/This RE 2014 Style: Krautrock, Electronics, Folk Tracklist
Formations / The Genesis (17:48) A1a Codes A1b Evolutions Dawn Of An Era (6:42) A2a Drohung A2b Der Mensch Kommt Countdown (11:25) B1a Hope B1b Disillusion B1c Escalation Of Violence Phoenix Rising (14:01) B2a Germination B2b Nova Vita

Credits

Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Mary Key (tracks: A1b, B2b)
Composed By – E. Key, M. Schunke
Cover – Silvia Christoph
Drums – Klause Schulze (tracks: B1c)
Performer [Compositions, Vocals, Instrumentals], Vocals – Ed Key
Performer [Concept, Instrumentals, Electronic Effects, Environmental Sounds], Voice – Manfred Schunke
Remastered By – Roger Prades
Vocals, Tambura [Tanbura], Harmonium – Aparna Shakravarti (tracks: B1)