Friday, January 26, 2018
Zeus B Held Zeus Amusement 1978 Germany Krautrock Electronic
Zeus B Held Zeus Amusement 1978 Germany Krautrock Electronic

You see, Zeus solo debut ZEUS AMUSEMENT was a bizarrely wide-ranging potpourri of styles, from a corny vocoder version of "The Fool On The Hill" via Kraftwerk style electro-pop, progressive rock, spacey synth music, etc., on to some really good Kraut jazzy fusion. As such it amounted to a good CV demo of all the types of music he was capable of.
Released as a single "The Fool On The Hill" seemed to dictate his new style would be electro-pop, and thus his next album EUROPIUM focused on the Kraftwerk-like and synthesized styles more. As a less patchy release, however, it never contained any of the excellent fusion of the debut. The third album we havent heard.
Zeus B. Held also went on to be a producer and engineer. He produced Die Krupps 1984 album ENTERING THE ARENA, amongst others.
The Fool On The Hill / Off The Cuff / Goodbye Europe / Italian Items / Claude / Madmens Rag / Why Cant I Be A Singer / LAs OK / Space Cake / Sagenhaft
LP Brain 60.120 (1978)
Zeus B. Held (keyboards, vocals, vocoder, flute, alto saxophone, percussion),
+ Manfred von Bohr (drums, percussion), Horst Stachelhaus (bass), George Fisher (vocals), Christoph Noppeney (viola), Claudia Simeaux-Levy (vocals)
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