Pit Budde in Saitensprünge (1978) and Der Puma Zieht Nach Norden (1983)

A member of the dreadful German ethno-political band Cochise, who if you don't yet know I recommend you continue in that general direction, Pit Budde's two solo works are worth hearing for their delicacy and meditative atmosphere.  Note the shockingly large discography on wikipedia.

The first album from 1978 is actually quite disappointing, surprisingly for something rooted in the seventies, but he achieved masterpiece level by the time of Der Puma, despite the overamplified 80s over-stringy sound of his acoustic guitarwork.  As a first example, the title track:





Some quite surprising diminished chords appear in there, augmented by the addition of chamber instruments and, unusually for this kind of new agey guitar album, electric guitar solos and percussion.  The track called Saimaa is blissfully reminiscent of the above image of rowing a boat down a beautiful calm river full of fish (and free of pollution):




Made all the more interesting by the addition of the woodsy oboe and flute.  I love the way the chords slowly move upwards over the sustained tonal bass until towards the end when, as if hitting turbulence in an eddy, the guitar assertively makes an alternative statement.  So evocative.