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Earthstar: Collected Works – Proper Music

Collected WorksMiG Music • 2023
Available from numerous retailers and streaming platforms

Play Sleeper The Nightlifer by Earthstar on Amazon Music

Sleeper the NightliferMiG Music • 1979/2023

Discography

Salterbarty TalesMoontower Records • 1979/2023

French SkylineSky Records • 1981/2023

Atomkraft? Nein, Danke!Sky Records • 1982/2023

Humans OnlySky Records • 1982

Picture Music Vol. III Sky Records compilation • 1980
Sky Records LP sampler featuring Earthstar, Brian Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, a.o.; track: "French Skyline Suite; Movement 1: Morning Song"

SchwingungenSky Records compilation • 1986
Sky Records CD sampler featuring Earthstar, Brian Eno, Cluster, Harald Grosskopf, Adelbert Von Deyen, a.o.); track: "White Cloud"

Schwingungen Vol. II Sky Records compilation • 1986
Sky Records CD sampler featuring Earthstar, Brian Eno, Cluster, Serge Blenner, Nik Tyndall, a.o.); track: "Latin Sirens Face The Wall"

 

Wikipedia entry on Earthstar

 

Craig Wuest, Rixforde, Germany 1979

Dennis Rea, Sleeper the Nightlifer session at IC-Studio, Winsen an der Aller, Germany 1979 (Klaus Schulze's face can be dimly descried in reflection)

L-R: Craig Wuest, Melanie Coiro, Tim Finnegan, Daniel Zongrone, Donna Malara

L-R: Daniel Zongrone, Dennis Rea, Craig Wuest, Rixforde, Germany 1979

Dan Happ

Daniel Zongrone and Craig Wuest

Earthstar headquarters, Rixforde, West Germany 1979-80

Earthstar UNICEF benefit concert, Utica, NY 1981

Earthstar UNICEF benefit flyer; artwork by Craig Wuest

Earthstar + Zuir concert poster by Daryl Trivieri

Daniel Zongrone (obscured) and Dennis Rea at Earthstar show in Utica, NY circa 1977

Zuir, Utica NY circa 1978: Daniel Zongrone (drums), Dennis Rea (guitar); not pictured: Norm Peach (bass)

About

Earthstar founder Craig Wuest in 1977

CORE MEMBERS

  • Craig Wuest (1977–1983) – founder
  • Daniel Zongrone 
    (1977–82) 
  • Dennis Rea (1977–81) 
  • Dan Happ (1981–83) 
  • Tim Finnegan 
    (1977–79) 
     CONTRIBUTORS
  • Klaus Schulze (1979-80) 
  • John Bunkfeldt (1979–81) 
  • Richard Hooker (1977) 
  • Daryl Trivieri (1977–81) 
  • Louis Deponté (1978–81) 
  • Dirk Schmalenbach (1979) 
  • Phil Novak (1978–79) 
  • Marla Thomson (1978–79) 
  • Norman Peach (1977–79) 
  • Martin Burdette Martinez (1979–80) 
  • Larsine Greene, Sara Burdette, Joan Novak, Meredith Salisbury – vocals
  • Melanie Coiro (1979–81) 
  • Eberhard Panne (1979) 
  • Rainer Böhm (1979–81)
  • Christoph Lagemann (1979–81) 
  • Gert Anders (1979–80) 
  • Andy Rebscher (1982) 
  • Bob Mishalanie (1982) 
  • Mark Rowe (1982) 
  • Kathy Fusco (1982) 
  • Anne Hacker 
  • John Leogrande (1982) 
  • Bob Yeager (1982)

Earthstar: A personal recollection by Dennis Rea