The Dark Side of the Moog

The Dark Side of the Moog is Berlin School's founder meeting Fax's, Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook launching a series that would run for a decade. It's the sound of two generations of ambient meeting, the sequencer tradition and the digital ambient scene finding common ground, and this first installment set the template. It ranks at a hundred and ninety-three because it's the opening of a long series rather than a self-contained peak, but the meeting of minds is genuine, and the music is patient and deep.