Various Artists - Silberland, Vol. 3 - The Ambient Side of Kosmische Musik 1972-1986 (2025)

Bureau B continues its journey through kosmische with Silberland Vol. 3: The Ambient Side Of Kosmische Musik 1972–1986, shifting away from the motorik pulse of earlier volumes to explore the genre’s more reflective terrain. This edition highlights ambient-leaning tracks by both pioneering names and lesser-known figures from Germany’s electronic underground.

Drawing on minimalist composition, tape experiments, and the expansive possibilities of synthesisers, these works map out a sonic landscape of introspection, natural wonder, and outer-space reverie. The compilation opens with Cluster & Eno’s contemplative ‘Ho Renomo’ and journeys through the pastoral textures of Roedelius, the cinematic sound design of Der Plan, and the mesmeric sequences of Rolf Trostel and Serge Blenner. Alongside these are rarities and lesser-heard gems from the likes of Vono, Lapre, and Thomas Dinger.

From the serene waters of Harald Grosskopf’s ‘Oceanheart’ to the sculptural electronics of Pyrolator and the spectral beauty of Rudiger Lorenz’s ‘Southland’, this collection showcases the quiet radicalism at the heart of kosmische’s ambient frontier. A rich, transportive survey of a side of German electronic music too often overlooked.

Tracklist:
1-1 Cluster;Brian Eno - Ho Renomo [5:12]
1-2 Roedelius - Veilchenwurzeln [5:04]
1-3 Der Plan - Die Wüste [1:26]
1-4 Rolf Trostel - Hope Is the Answer [4:38]
1-5 Vono - Hitze [2:41]
1-6 You - E-Night (bureau b edit) [4:00]
1-7 Serge Blenner - Phrase IV [4:03]
1-8 Moebius - Falsche Ruhe [1:56]
1-9 Harald Grosskopf - Oceanheart [5:00]
1-10 LAPRÉ;LAPRÉ - Tedan (bureau b edit) [4:23]
1-11 Riechmann - Abendlicht [4:22]
1-12 Adelbert von Deyen - Per Aspera Ad Astra – Mental Voyage (bureau b edit) [3:56]
1-13 Faust - Lampe an, Tür zu, Leute rein! (bureau b edit) [2:46]
1-14 Conrad Schnitzler - Electric Garden (bureau b edit) [5:30]
1-15 Moebius;Plank - Nordöstliches Gefühl (bureau b edit) [4:24]
1-16 Deutsche Wertarbeit - Unter Tage (bureau b edit) [3:49]
1-17 Asmus Tietchens - Räuschlinge [4:09]
1-18 Pyrolator - Minimal Tape 1/8 [3:33]
1-19 Rüdiger Lorenz;Rüdiger Lorenz - Southland (bureau b edit) [4:16]
1-20 Thomas Dinger - Alleewalzer [3:04]