The Vision Quest Of Hans Edler

Space disco? check. Space funk? check. Space rock and space jazz? check and check. but let’s also not forget all manner of electronica, pop, ambient, dark ambient, electro, techno, exotica, psych, hip hop, post-punk, post-rock, and a lot more besides. we’re talking kosmische musik in its full glory here…

With releases from the likes of Polypores and Concretism, Castles In Space is one of the UK’s most essential independent labels. And it all started in the unlikely setting of the bar at Barrow Association Football Club

With the imminent release of a bumper box set of his solo work, one-time Can man Irmin Schmidt looks back over his illustrious career and talks about fleeing war-torn Berlin as a child, learning his trade under Stockhausen, and his sonic adventures in the worlds of classical music, experimental electronics, film soundtracks and fantasy operatics