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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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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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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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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Sand – Golem

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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

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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

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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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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

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