COSMIC HOFFMANN

Cosmic Hoffmann biography
Cosmic Hoffmann is Klaus Hoffmann Hoock from Mind Over Matter. During the years 1976-1978 Klaus joined the German band Alma Ata as keyboard-player, guitarist and lyricist. In the early 1980s Klaus was joined by keyboard-player Georg Mahr and lyricist Andreas Hub and established a band called Cosmic Hoffmann. After several but not very convinced essays, Klaus records more spacey /synth albums as "Music for Paradise" (1987) or "The colour of life" (1988). Recorded in 1992, "in search of eternity" is an epic symph-cosmic incarnation, featuring Cheriff Khalil (drum overdubs), Andreas Besler (bass guitar) and the Belgian electronic musician Patrick Kosmos. After those rather successful studio albums the band records "Live in Concert" (1993). The end of the 90's will mark a discreet new musical direction with more emphasis on electronic technologies. "Beyond the Galaxy" is an astonishing essay in dreamy soundscapes with long lost seventies analog synthesisers and Mellotron. The result is closed to Tangerine Dream and Edgar Froese's "analog" abstract electronic excursions. Released in 2000 "Shiva Connection" is a luminous semi-ambient work with many sequencers and spacey guitars. This one is considered as Cosmic Hoffmann's absolute masterpiece.