PETER BAUMANN - What Is Your Use (1981)

Peter Baumann - keyboards, synthesizers, computer synthesizer programming, vocals / Carsten Bohn - keyboards / Mike Dawe - drums / Ritchie Fliegler - guitar / John Tropea - rhythm guitar / Linda Kay Brynan - backing vocals Baumann needs no intro, being one of the electronic music greats after his work in Tangerine Dream and beyond. His 1981 album Repeat Repeat is a standout crossover between electrobotica and mainstream rock, with live drums and some American pop-issue guitar work alongside the dynamic hypersequencing of Andreas Bahrdt's 'Le Bart' computer sythesizer - also heard on Patrick Mimran's (Axxess) Novellas For the Moons album. Repeat Repeat was produced by Baumann and Robert Palmer, who had some major chart hits in the late 70s/early 80s and who also worked with Gary Numan. It was recorded in New York, London and the Bahamas, and one of the engineers was Jan Hammer - who later made his own big splash in film soundtracks.