Great music few are aware of. Any genre.

Hey whart, did you see The Nice in their one N. American tour? Must have been in '68 I saw them, at The Fillmore in SF. I was into that kind of thing at the time, had their debut album. They were a quartet, right? Keith Emerson on organ, of course. Around the same time I saw The Vagrants, with Leslie West playing guitar and singing---his first "national" band.

@ghosthouse Yeah, it's funny about that label name. The Ulrich Schnauss album came out before the record label existed.. not sure about the connection.

It's great to meet another member who appreciates electronic listening music. If you like a bit more movement to your chill electronic music, check out djrum. His ep 'mountains' strikes a great balance between calm and energetic. The tracks and nice and long too, so they develop at a stately pace. 

I'll certainly be checking out 'a closer listen'. Thanks for the tip!

@inna holy crunk man! That (The Umbersun by Elend) was epic! I can't say I've ever heard such a combination of styles/textures/sounds. Let the darkness in!

I think, it's their best album. Neo-classical dark wave par exellance. Quite different from what Malmsteen sometimes plays. But at times he does play great stuff.

@bdp24 - nope, didn't even know of Emerson 'til the first ELP record. Emerson was an amazing pianist and keyboard artist. There are video clips of him performing works of a classical nature. The whole "prog rock" thing got overdone, and lost traction, but I still listen to early ELP, I have a couple of The Nice on early UK pressings. 
Leslie West- a whole other story. Lon-guy-land boy as I remember. I first saw him and Mountain (with the great Felix Pappalardi) open for Tull right before Aqualung was released. (I think Glenn Cornick was still playing bass). Leslie was a tone monster. No shredding, no impeccable fingering technique, but he could pull more soul out of a few notes than many more technically proficient guitarists. (The leads in Theme for an Imaginary Western come to mind). 
FWIW, we went to hear Crimson a couple weeks ago. I wasn't a long time fan, only really cared about the first album, though I had passing familiarity with Red, Larks Tongue and a few other tracks from the Wetton era. (Greg Lake's voice on the first album was gorgeous, but got lost in the mix). This band put on one of the best shows I have ever attended- well produced, no sonic overload, tighter than hell- three drummers, everybody, from the woodwind player to the bassist, played dead on--
Very few "old" acts that are still around can even approach what they did in their heyday. These guys, from what I gather, are in better form than ever. Fripp, of course, was as inscrutable as ever- looking like a retired haberdasher or banker, sitting on a stool, conducting and occasionally playing these psychotic, psych fills on vintage Les Paul's that were run through synthesizers. Crazy good show if you can catch it.