The second Be With foray into the archives of revered German library institution Selected Sound is one of our favourites, Sound Inventions from Klaus Weiss Rhythm And Sounds, originally released in 1979. From the notoriously strong mind of Niagara drummer / library-funk overlord Klaus Weiss, Sound Inventions is loaded with tripped out studio funk-freakery, mad samples and swaggering abstract funk grooves. From dramatic deep disco with dark Italo/Moroder leanings to heavy German funk breaks, this is absolutely sensational. Absolute synth-and-string-drenched magic. Born in 1942 in Gevelsberg, Germany, Klaus Weiss began his career as a jazz drummer at sixteen (with a group called the Jazzopators) before working with the internationally successful 60s groups the Klaus Doldinger Quartet and the Erwin Lehn Big Band. In 1965 he formed his own trio, the first of many groups to bear his name, and as his renown as a bandleader grew over the next decade it naturally lead to working in production music. About as cult as it gets when it comes to library music legends (German or otherwise), he produced essential records on German library labels Coloursound, Selected Sound and Sonoton.

Trackliste

A1 Graceful
A2 Drumcrazy
A3 Giants
A4 Sound Inventions
A5 Glide
A6 Greenwich Street
A7 Stretching Out
A8 Air Space
A9 Statements
A10 Don't Stumble
B1 Beauty
B2 Rhythm Function
B3 On Disco Street
B4 Fidget
B5 Waves
B6 Funky Art
B7 Rainbows
B8 Uncertain
B9 A Few Cuts
B10 Hot Chocolate
B11 Sections
B12 Early Start