Tag Archives: Ohr

Bernd Witthüser – Lieder von Vampiren, Nonnen und Toten

Posted on July 31, 2013 by YorkshireNed

“If I’d perform in front of miners and sing about how we’d sweat because of the exhausting mining-work the miners they’d laugh about me, since I haven’t gone to work for more than two years.” Bernd Witthüser refused to be … Continue reading →

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Ash Ra Tempel – Schwingungen

Posted on July 29, 2013 by YorkshireNed

“Schwingungen”, released in 1972 on Ohr, is an exceptional Ash Ra Tempel record. Especially the guest-vocals by John L. make a big difference – and the record has sort of a concept or at least a leading theme to itself. … Continue reading →

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Tangerine Dream – Electronic Meditation

Posted on May 29, 2013 by YorkshireNed
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Limbus 4 – Mandalas

Posted on April 17, 2013 by YorkshireNed

Bernd Henninger, Gerd Kraus and Gerd “Odysseus”Artner recorded as Limbus 3 (“New Atlantis“, 1969) before releasing “Mandalas”as a quartet with second percussionist Matthias Knieper. In 1971 the project fell apart. The music on both records is heavily influenced by ethnic … Continue reading →

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Tangerine Dream – Zeit

Posted on April 3, 2013 by YorkshireNed

“György Ligeti on tranquilizers” – That’s the catchphrase I’m returning to when I think about or listen to Tangerine Dream’s “Zeit”. There is this celestial quality to the music, but the heavens above are just a cosmos full of black … Continue reading →

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Amon Düül – Paradieswärts Düül

Posted on January 18, 2013 by YorkshireNed

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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Anima Sound – Stürmischer Himmel

Posted on December 17, 2012 by YorkshireNed

When Julian Cope presented his Krautrocksampler back in 1995 Anima Sound was not included. Looking back Cope’s book is lacking a lot music that nowadays is common to the digital informed cosmic voyager (from Siloah to German Oak or even … Continue reading →

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Guru Guru – UFO

Posted on November 16, 2012 by YorkshireNed

 

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Klaus Schulze – Irrlicht

Posted on November 15, 2012 by YorkshireNed

I first found this record for 50p in a wicker basket in a pub, built 1610, up on the desolate Pennines in Winter. With a start like that, how could I go wrong? Well, apart from accidentally buying a reissue … Continue reading →

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Witthüser Und Westrupp – Trips Und Träume

Posted on September 29, 2012 by YorkshireNed

The combination of singer-songwriter Bernd Witthüser and multi-instrumentalist Walter Westrupp with Rolf Ulrich-Kaiser on production creates a union of esemplastic power. “Trips Und Träume” is the most overtly psychedelic folk entry in the krautrock cannon. The vocals are loud and … Continue reading →

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