STERNZEIT

Adelbert von Deyen's musical backstory follows a less than

typical path. He recalls: "To make the best use of my evenings, I

finally bought a second-hand synthesizer, various electronic

keyboard instruments and a tape machine, plus a few bits and

pieces you need to make music. If I didn't have enough money, I

asked the bank. During the day I worked as a retoucher for a

newspaper and in the evenings, I composed my celestial elec-
tronic sounds, invariably deep into the night. It took me around

eight months to finish my first compositions. I made tape copies

which I sent out to various record companies. I struck lucky

straight away: Sky Records in Hamburg were interested in my

music and my first record was granted a worldwide release in

1978. I called it Sternzeit and I painted the cover myself"