167N - Peter Michael Hamel: Nada - 1977

Peter Michael Hamel
Nada Wergo ‎SM 1807-2, 1977

1 - Nada
Synthesizer – Anatol Arkus, Ulrich Kraus
Synthesizer, Electric Organ – Peter Michael Hamel

2 - Silence
Prepared Piano – Peter Michael Hamel

3 - Slow Motion
Piano – Peter Michael Hamel

4 - Beyond The Wall Of Sleep
Synthesizer, Electric Organ – Peter Michael Hamel

A student of Indian raga and the avant garde , Hamel's work is not just pretty electronic music as Nada's second track "Silence", a piece for prepared piano can attest. Nada's highlight is the sidelong "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" : featuring four synthesizers and an electric organ that come together to create deep harmonic space complete with a dizzying bass gurgle and shot through with melodic rays.