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Andreas Werner is one of today’s most prolific figures in the incredible Techno universe of Cologne. He encapsulates a delicate rhythmic sound and expression that is best exemplified in his 12” Zwrtshak Drive—a favourite among artists such as Guido Schneider, Richie Hawtin or Ricardo Villalobos on his most recent tour. It was also a #1 selection in the German publication Groove Magazine. Supported over the last few months by Triple R (head of the Traum label) under his pseudonym Audio Werner, Andreas has developed a sound that has renewed and continued the refined Techno tradition in Cologne—the flagship European city...

After playing in each other's bands, songwriters Jaye Muller and Ben Patton decided to join forces and create this very beautiful 10 song album, "Muller and Patton". Clearly audible in these tracks are the influence of the Beatles, Queen, Brian Wilson, David Bowie, the Zombies and other melodic and arranged pop-rock, but the end result is a genre of their own. Muller and Patton's self titled debut album was released in 2005. On the recording Jaye and Ben play most of the instruments themselves. The music was entirely a joint effort, with Ben penning the lyrics on his own. .

Wegmuller was a mystic, artist and eccentric Gypsy. A sort of Swiss new age hippy. Some of the best artists of the cosmic Krautrock era backed him up on his one album, 'Tarot', which is generally considered a masterpiece of the genre. It pre-dates the releases of The Cosmic Jokers by a year or two; having been recorded before those sessions. A contemporary and friend of Sergius Golowin and visual artist H.R. Giger, he met and hung out with Timothy Leary in the early seventies when Leary was hiding from U.S. authorities. Around this time Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, head of a...