I was daydreaming as I mowed the grass this morning…
Picture the scene, a few decades into the future. An respected ethno-musicologist revisits the homeland of the music he loved during his youth. No English-speaking westerner has been there since the political upheavals of the mid 2010’s. He tracks down his heroes and gets them into a vintage recording studio for one final album of long-forgotten hits.
[Picture goes all wobbly at this point, to indicate time travel]
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to 2050…
Moby presents Das Kling-Klang Sozial Klub, featuring nonagenarian Ralf Hutter with some old fellas from Can and Tangerine Dream [fix this later – Ed].
Performing for the very last time… Autobahn.
My grandchildren are in for such a treat.
They are actually called “The Wandering Stars”, and here they are on TV: