The Universe is unfolding as it should.....

Well, here we are, in Cyberspace, reviving a concept that became a Radio Show for 18 long years on CFRO 102.7 in Vancouver , Canada, called ALIEN SOUNDTRACKS.
Most likely the first show in Canada which in the mid seventies to the late mid nineties brought "non commercial" sounds to the airwaves.
It's first incarnation was actually called "New Music from Europe" and heavily featured the emerging new scene in Germany, France & England, steering away from the then popular "beat music", ie: Blues and Rock and all manner of "schlock" in between....

Peter Moser, ( that would be your's truly) started playing early Tangerine Dream, Can, Neu, Klaus Schulze, Faust, Magma, Heldon, Univers Zero and all manner of progressive and psychedelic stuff like Amon Düül 2, Gong, Hawkwind etc....every saturday night between 7 and 9 pm the airwaves would be filled with strange sounds not found elsewhere on the FM dial.

These were indeed humble beginnings which would lead to newfound Friendships and relationships that endure to this day. So consider this part one of a journey which through music, became a Forum for sharing music and ideas, forging Friendships, helping musicians find a home and an outlet. Perhaps one day Peter, Alex & Mariano will revive the actual show itself, perhaps on line perhaps on the analog or digital airwaves, for now the dialog is open, the links to where we found our music, what we are listening to now is a good start. We may even re-connect with friends who used to send us the music we played or whom we interviewed on the air....quite the number of people over the course of 18 years.

Today a show like ours is not nearly as unique as it was when we started in the mid seventies, but we have been told that we were truly ground breaking in our mix, our presentation and feeling. In a nutshell, we really did not focus on one genre of music, the criteria was more along the lines of bringing in the new stuff we had just aqquired and then "chomping at the bit" to share it with people over the air..you know, the feeling you get when you tell a friend : "you gotta listen to this, man, ultracool...!!

So, consequently, a show could start off spacey and electronic, subtly fuse in to some avant garde stuff, some prog, some folky stuff like Pearls before swine for example or Nick Drake, to Throbbing Gristle and neo chamber music like Univers Zero, to World music and back in to the cosmos again....it was always great to have people calling in to say..: "what the hell is that ???" and of course digging it and wanting more.....none of us got paid for what we did, we just did it for the love of the music and the thrill of sharing it.

Part 2 coming soon.....

best,

Krautrock1 a.k.a Peter