Schaltkreis in new book PopBasel
Journalist Marc Krebs has written the history of pop music in the Basel region with his new book PopBasel.
The book PopBasel
Schaltkreis Wassermann as the oldest electronic music group of the region is featured on one and a half pages with a nice historic foto but unfortunately the text remains quite superficial and doesn’t even mention the deep connection with psychedelics that Schaltkreis had right from the beginning. (More about this in my blog LSD and musical creativity.)
Also the text in the book gives the impression that Stella & PJ Wassermann stopped making music after their hits with Matterhorn Project which couldn’t be farther from the truth with nearly ten albums between then and now. You can see the currently available albums on the hypermusic website.
Apart from that the book is very nicely designed with lots of photographs and gives a great overview of the many facettes of pop music in and around Basel and the musicians that made it come to life. The book is accompanied by a CD that also features the track “Zeit und Raum” by Schaltkreis Wassermann.
Maybe future historians will dig deeper…
