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1.	Good Things Out Of Nothings 06:00	buy track
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7.	The Blue Shell 05:15	buy track
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„There is no such thing as a road map. Without firm plans or arrangements we enter the stage. So we play each piece only once in life. We just never find time to rehearse.“ (Stefan Krachten)

Re-issue of the 2015 album

g o l dman live at the Blue Shell

In summer 2014 the band recorded two concerts at the legendary live club in Cologne „Blue Shell“. Our plan was to produce a live album with some excerpts from those gigs. That did not happen until today, as our drummer and dear friend Stefan Krachten, passed away in September of the same year.
Stefan was the g o l dman founder, bandleader and mastermind. Dedicated to his memory these last official recordings are now ready to be presented to the public, a limited vinyl edition containing 45 minutes of essentials chosen from the footage, painstakingly edited and finally mixed. No overdubs were added in the studio. We decided to make this release a privately organized charity campaign to the benefit of the Elisabeth Hospice in Lohmar, Stefan’s home during his last weeks on earth. All revenues from this album shall go to their future projects.
We are absolutely sure that this will be the very best Stefan’s last album can achieve.

Thomas Kessler, June 2015

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released November 13, 2015

Stefan „Goldman“ Krachten (drums, loops)
Mel Collins (saxophone)
Thomas Kessler (synth, electronics)
Helian Schulte (turntables, kaoss pad)
Konstantin Wienstroer (upright bass)
Helmut Zerlett (keyboards)

Recorded live at the Blue Shell, Cologne, June 18/19, 2014 /
live sound and recording by Chris Mock /
mixed by Thomas Kessler /
mastered at TKaudiotreatments, Düsseldorf /
produced by Thomas Kessler /

Helian Schulte’s scratched samples provided by Jan Rosenberg, Simon Harris, Richard Rogers/Oscar Hammerstein, Serge de Fries – thank you!

photography © Johann Zambryski /
package design Atelier LMP, 51.117°N/6.5°E /
scans, lithography Jan Scheffler + team, Berlin /
printed in Germany by DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH /
paper Aspero white, Geese Papier, Henstedt-Ulzburg

Special thanks to Friedel Muders at FUEGO, Michael Weber, Rolf Kistenich, Prof. Jono Podmore, Stefan Winterstein, Renata Kolwicz, Bettina Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Arnulf Muhl, Lars Luedemann and everone else at Muhl Audio, Olaf Muhl, Jörg Steinmetz, Isis Rosenberg, Till Kniola

Our warm regards go to all fellow musicians of the g o l dman family: Jürgen Dahmen, Rosko Gee, Dirk Herwig, Tobias Kroemer, Rubina Klask, Isis Zerlett, Hans Maahn, Rüdiger Elze, Reiner Linke, Matthias Keul and everyone we might have forgotten.

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Thomas Kessler Düsseldorf, Germany

Thomas Kessler's solo piano pieces are largely inspired by the works of early 20th century impressionists such as Debussy and Satie, translating their atmospheric images into a contemporary form of intuitively composed music.

He has collaborated with artists from all continents and fellow musicians from bands such as Dissidenten, King Crimson, Can, and Kraftwerk. ... more

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