Cosmic Hoffmann - Beyond The Galaxy

Cosmic Hoffmann - Beyond The Galaxy from the album "Beyond The Galaxy" (1999) - Klaus "Cosmic" Hoffmann-Hoock / guitar, Mellotron, electronics - Stephen Parsick / synthesizer, sequencers, electronics - Ron Boots / synthesizer More spacey music by COSMIC HOFFMANN can be found at www.cosmic-hoffmann.de https://www.facebook.com/pages/COSMIC-HOFFMANN/257113654301741 Cosmic Hoffmann is the pseudonym of Klaus Hoffmann-Hook from Mind Over Matter. Klaus started with music in the early 1970's, mostly in rock. He was deeply influenced by Genesis' live mellotron use and by the sounds this legendary instrument could produce. He later bought himself a mellotron and a minimoog, gradually expanding his setup and adding more 'trons and synths. He also played keyboards in a rock band called Alma Ata but parallel to that he recorded solo spacey Electronic Music with his synths and mellotron. His first vinyl single, released in 1982, is similar to the last two albums by Peter Baumann or Telex, while the flip is in the style of Space. The full-length albums are classic cosmic Teutonic electronics, very similar to Tangerine Dream from circa 1974-1977. If you can’t get enough of those driving sequences and mellotron voices with a great bit of space guitar, this is for you. The above discography contains both the Cosmic Hoffmann albums and those released as "Klaus Hoffmann-Hook". [reviewed by Yuri Pugachov for Encyclopedia of Electronic Music - http://www.pugachov.ru/eem/]