Karl Bartos – Atomium (single, Bureau B)
In which the ex-Kraftwerk man takes a base of kosmische, sprinkles a dash of Peter Gunn and a smidgin of avant garde tendencies, to make something glorious, and fit for the dancefloor. *But don't mind me, here’s the accompanying blurb, which is too good not to include, and also says far more about this tune than I could ever add. Imagine this! Square de l’Atomium, Brussels, Belgium. Some time ago in late summer Lotte Reiniger, Walter Ruttmann, François Truffaut, Jean Giraud and Quentin Tarantino held a conference in the upper sphere of the Atomium. The main topic of their meeting was film editing. Eventually Walter raised a question about rhythm: "When is a cut rhythmically interesting and right?", he was asking. Subsequently the conversation went on and on. After a while it was getting dark and it started raining outside. Lotte looked out of the window and through the pouring rain she noticed a black Citroen "Berline" in the distance. The limousine was dr...