Pyrolator - Wunderland

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/381209587_29d11d95a4.jpg

Pyrolator's third album, released in 1984 and very unlike his two previous albums (the synth drone/noise of Inland and the skewed German New Wave weirdness of Ausland and it is by far my favorite of the three (anything after Wunderland seems impossible to find!).

I guess the sound could be described as early sampling synths (I remember reading somewhere that he was using Buchla gear, but that could've been for another album, can someone verify this?) and early digital FM sounds playing wistful and childlike melodies. Pretty much every track evokes a certain feeling of nostalgia I find hard to pin down. It's definitely one of my favorite electronic pop albums ever.

Has anyone else heard this?

Also, I can send this to anyone that wants to hear it.

Have a youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKnUKQFfpwo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WNBOF3kXs

(idg the video image)

Also the audio in that video seems to be played at a slightly higher speed than on the album. Odd.

that's some great cover art! i will have a listen later. there is a pyrolator song on my ipod i quite like, i have forgotten the title though. or was it a song by der plan?

I think something from Ausland was in one of the NDW compilations, but I don't really like that album and don't know which track it is. Maybe I need to give it another listen.

Inland is really neat though (and also has great cover art)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-mOiBl3PNw

Also the Slitherhen from MOTHER 3 is an almost exact copy of the snake/duck thing at the bottom of the Wunderland cover.

http://walkthrough.starmen.net/mother3/image/enemies/slitherhen.png :D

love this album

bonus tracks on the bureau b reissue are excellent too. "abschied von einer schoenen zeit" sounds kinda like a n64 game channeling one of the first few tracks from gas' pop.