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The Nightcrawlers began as two brothers who, in the '70s, were so influenced by the then new Electronic Spacemusic coming out of Germany that they gave up all other pursuits to focus attention on searching out more music by the heroes of the day: Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Popol Vuh and even Kalheinz Stockhausen.

Upon acquiring their own means of expressing themselves musically in the mode of the German School, The Nightcrawlers formed and began taping jam sessions in a spare bedroom, and then in their garage, ultimately producing 35 cassette releases and almost single-handedly launching the cassette underground.

Soon joined by Dave Lunt, throughout the '80s The Nightcrawlers were prolific concert performers and should be given credit for contributions to the then new Electronic Music scene here in Philadelphia. Before the introduction of MIDI, and today's more stable and compact music equipment, performing Spacemusic live was a considerable task. Always showing up at concerts with a truckload of gear, The Nightcrawlers would take hours to set up.

Through their concert efforts, The Nightcralwers influenced many individuals to explore the idea of making their own music, helped develop new venues and brought to the attention of an unaware public that Electronic Music existed and is more than just a studio art.

At the time of their debut self-titled LP, The Nightcrawlers were one in a group of only about three or four American Spacemusic artists who independently released their own music on vinyl.

A total of three LPs were released by the Nightcrawlers: The Nightcrawlers (1983), Space Walk (1985) and Shadows of Light (1987).

On 22 May 2016 Peter D Gulch of The Nightcrawlers submitted to an interview with long-time friend Chuck van Zyl, to reflect on The Nightcrawlers' music and times.

For more on The Nightcrawlers, please access: http://www.synkronosmusic.com

For more about The Gatherings Signal, please access: http://www.thegatherings.org

This video was produced by Chuck van Zyl for The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of PA

Thanks to Tom Masapollo and Jeff Towne