ElectroWhat? - Rock Infusions: Berlin School
Berlin School of Electric rock was named thus because its pioneers, which included Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and Ashra, were based in Berlin and became known simply as Berlin School. It was known for its “spacey” sounding tracks, tracks that usually filled up an entire side of a vinyl record as they ran anywhere from twenty to thirty minutes. The style was popular in the 70s but eventually died off in the 80s when the bands, in general, cut down the length of their tracks, moving away from the long tracks they were identified with. The style subsided until the 90s when some bands decided to throwback to the Berlin School style, and with the new technology of the 90s, they weren’t limited in how long they could make their tracks and some retro artists even made single tracks that ran up to eighty minutes in length.
Ashra - Don’t Trust The Kids & Blackouts (1977)
