{"product_id":"kajem-church-organ-synthesizer-rhythm-ariola-deutsche-austrophon-ca-1980","title":"Kajem – Church Organ + Synthesizer + Rhythm (Ariola \/ Deutsche Austrophon, ca. 1980)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"1023\"\u003e A fascinating album between \u003cstrong data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"552\"\u003eclassical music and electronic experimentation\u003c\/strong\u003e : On \u003cem data-start=\"558\" data-end=\"595\"\u003eChurch Organ + Synthesizer + Rhythm,\u003c\/em\u003e baroque organ works by \u003cstrong data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"670\"\u003eBach, Mozart, Handel and Beethoven\u003c\/strong\u003e merge with the futuristic sounds of analog synthesizers.\u003cbr data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"726\"\u003e The \u003cstrong data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"747\"\u003eKajem\u003c\/strong\u003e project stages well-known works such as \u003cem data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"797\"\u003eToccata in D minor\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"830\"\u003eAdagio (Moonlight Sonata)\u003c\/em\u003e in a mix of sacred spatial sound and electronic rhythms – a mixture of \u003cstrong data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"972\"\u003echurch organ, drum machine and synth-pop pioneering spirit\u003c\/strong\u003e that seems unusually modern then as it does today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1058\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1058\"\u003eHistorical background\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1634\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1075\"\u003eKajem\u003c\/strong\u003e was the brainchild of musicians \u003cstrong data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1110\"\u003eRene Moser\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1130\"\u003eEmile Elsen\u003c\/strong\u003e , who experimented with electronic organ arrangements in the early 1980s. 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