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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Amon Düül – Paradieswärts Düül
Amon Düül records are known to be snapshots from chaotic freak-outs: “Disaster / Lüüd Noma”, “Collapsing / Singvögel Rückwärts” and “Psychedelic Underground” – each one a glorious racket, a whirlwind made of distorted guitars, bass, drums, piano, bongos and tambourine. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1971, Christian Thiele, Dadam, Ella Bauer, Hansi Fischer, Helge Filanda, John Weinzierl, Julius Schittenhelm, Lemur, Noam, Ohr, Ulrich Leopold
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Ash Ra Tempel VI / Manuel Göttsching – Inventions For Electric Guitar
First of all: that cover! Look at that flamboyant personality looking back at you, smiling! The self-assured saint of the electric six string, the gong behind him twining around the iconic guitar player like a halo. People tend to praise … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, Holger Adam, Kosmische Musik, Manuel Göttsching
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Can – Monster Movie
It kicks off with ‘Father Cannot Yell’, every moment of the Mark E Smith back catalogue crushed into seven glorious minutes, only with clearer vocals. There are whole albums by lesser bands in there – soft jazzy shuffling drums being … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Malcolm Mooney, Michael Karoli, Music Factory GmbH, Stuart Douglas
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Gila – Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Originally based in Stuttgart Conny Veit’s Gila had already recorded a more rocking psychedelic first album with a different line-up when Veit was invited to Munich to record “Hosianna Mantra” for Florian Fricke’s Popol Vuh. Hanging around frequently at Amon … Continue reading
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Tagged 1973, Conny Veit, Daniel Fichelscher, Florian Fricke, Holger Adam, Sabine Merbach, Warner Bros
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Kalacakra – Crawling To Lhasa
The duo of Heinz Martin and Claus Rauschenbach recorded and released “Crawling To Lhasa” in 1972. It is the only album the duo recorded and it’s a very funny experience to listen to it. Musically it sits somewhere between early … Continue reading
Roedelius – Selbstportrait
In the 2006 German TV documentary “Kraut & Rüben”, Hans-Joachim Roedelius talked about how certain frequencies (and loud volumes in general) once affected his health. In his early days as a musician (starting out with Kluster) he didn’t know anything … Continue reading
Can – Tago Mago
As I’m sure you all know, “Tago Mago” is a damn strange album. Strange in context (both then and now), strange in concept and also strange looking. Originally intended to have been a single album, new manager Hildegard negotiated … Continue reading
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Tagged 1971, Damo Suzuki, Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Michael Karoli, United Artists
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Peter Michael Hamel – Hamel
Having already released a first record with his world music/fusion/whatever group Between, Peter Michael Hamel dropped this stunning body of work. Musically it’s covering a lot of styles without falling apart into its diverse pieces. It is instead a cohesive … Continue reading