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This is composed of three parts:
a) little tornadoes
b) o...
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Uploaded by Rich at http://aftersabbath.blogspot.com the blog for 60s-70s heavy obscurities.
This is composed of three parts:
a) little tornadoes
b) overheated tiara [02:09]
c) the flyweighted five [03:54]
The band were in a bit of a shambles by this point; old members long gone, new ones in, some old ones only half-there.
Renate Knaup only sings on one song, and under an assumed name at that, to give you a bit of a clue. For all that, it's a surprise this album's as good as it is. Actually, it allowed for the greatest amount of pure, flowing creativity of any of their releases. In short, it's quintessential Krautrock.
Each side of the original LP offered a different conception of the band. "Syntelman's March Of The Roaring Seventies" is as close to "conventional" prog as they've come, with folkish layered guitars and Mellotron.
"Restless-skylight-transistor-child" isn't a suite so much as a collection of songs, riffs, electronic effects and musical ideas strung together through the magic of tape-editing.
It's their "anything goes" side, from the monstrously distorted guitar rock of "Overheated Tiara" to the sitar/Mellotron mayhem of "A Short Stop At The Transsylvanian Brain Surgery".
They even manage to find room for a touching duet between Renate and new bass-player Lothar Meid...and then cap it all off—appropriately—with "H. G. Wells' Take-off", a showpiece for guest performer Rolf Zacher, performing some truly bizarre avant-garde expressionistic vocalizations.
Disc Two of the original vinyl release was music used as the soundtrack for Veit Relin's film CHAMSIN. "The Marilyn Monroe Memorial Church" finds our intrepid travellers heading for deep space.
Probably more like "Yeti" than "Phallus Dei" in that it's totally unstructured improvisation, but it remains compelling due to the incomparable mood established with the piece.
The album closes with a trio of spacy guitar-rockers.
One of the touchstone Krautrock releases. Highly recommended to all aural adventurers (review by Progbear from progarchives.com).
Tracklisting :
Syntelman's March of the Roaring Seventies
01. In The Glassgarden
02. Pull Down Your Mask
03. Prayer to the Silence
04. Telephonecomplex
Restless Skylight - Transistor - Child
05. Landing In A Ditch
06. Dehypnotized Toothpaste
07. A Short Stop At The Transsylvanian Brain-Surgery
Race From Here to Your Ears
08. a) Little Tornadoes
09. b) Overheated Tiara
10. c) The Flyweighted Five
11. Riding On A Cloud
12. Paralized Paradise
13. H. G. Well's Take Off
Chasmin Soundtrack
14. The Marilyn Monroe-Memorial-Church
15. Chewinggum Telegram
16. Stumbling Over Melted Moonlight
17. Toxicological Whispering
Amon Dull II:
*Karl-Heinz Hausmann / electronics
*Chris Karrer / acoustic & electric guitars, violin, vocals
*Peter Leopold / drums, percussion, piano
*Lothar Meid / bass, double bass, vocals
*Falk U. Rogner / organ, electronics
*John Weinzierl / acoustic & electric guitars, vocals, piano
*Al Gromer / sitar
*Jimy Jackson / organ, piano, choir
*Henriette Kroetenschwanz / vocals
*Rolf Zacher / vocals
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Uploaded by Rich at http://aftersabbath.blogspot.com the blog for 60s-70s heavy obscurities.
The band were in a bit of a shambles by this point; old...
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Uploaded by Rich at http://aftersabbath.blogspot.com the blog for 60s-70s heavy obscurities.
The band were in a bit of a shambles by this point; old members long gone, new ones in, some old ones only half-there.
Renate Knaup only sings on one song, and under an assumed name at that, to give you a bit of a clue. For all that, it's a surprise this album's as good as it is. Actually, it allowed for the greatest amount of pure, flowing creativity of any of their releases. In short, it's quintessential Krautrock.
Each side of the original LP offered a different conception of the band. "Syntelman's March Of The Roaring Seventies" is as close to "conventional" prog as they've come, with folkish layered guitars and Mellotron.
"Restless-skylight-transistor-child" isn't a suite so much as a collection of songs, riffs, electronic effects and musical ideas strung together through the magic of tape-editing.
It's their "anything goes" side, from the monstrously distorted guitar rock of "Overheated Tiara" to the sitar/Mellotron mayhem of "A Short Stop At The Transsylvanian Brain Surgery".
They even manage to find room for a touching duet between Renate and new bass-player Lothar Meid...and then cap it all off—appropriately—with "H. G. Wells' Take-off", a showpiece for guest performer Rolf Zacher, performing some truly bizarre avant-garde expressionistic vocalizations.
Disc Two of the original vinyl release was music used as the soundtrack for Veit Relin's film CHAMSIN. "The Marilyn Monroe Memorial Church" finds our intrepid travellers heading for deep space.
Probably more like "Yeti" than "Phallus Dei" in that it's totally unstructured improvisation, but it remains compelling due to the incomparable mood established with the piece.
The album closes with a trio of spacy guitar-rockers.
One of the touchstone Krautrock releases. Highly recommended to all aural adventurers (review by Progbear from progarchives.com).
Tracklisting :
Syntelman's March of the Roaring Seventies
01. In The Glassgarden
02. Pull Down Your Mask
03. Prayer to the Silence
04. Telephonecomplex
Restless Skylight - Transistor - Child
05. Landing In A Ditch
06. Dehypnotized Toothpaste
07. A Short Stop At The Transsylvanian Brain-Surgery
Race From Here to Your Ears
08. a) Little Tornadoes
09. b) Overheated Tiara
10. c) The Flyweighted Five
11. Riding On A Cloud
12. Paralized Paradise
13. H. G. Well's Take Off
Chasmin Soundtrack
14. The Marilyn Monroe-Memorial-Church
15. Chewinggum Telegram
16. Stumbling Over Melted Moonlight
17. Toxicological Whispering
Amon Dull II:
*Karl-Heinz Hausmann / electronics
*Chris Karrer / acoustic & electric guitars, violin, vocals
*Peter Leopold / drums, percussion, piano
*Lothar Meid / bass, double bass, vocals
*Falk U. Rogner / organ, electronics
*John Weinzierl / acoustic & electric guitars, vocals, piano
*Al Gromer / sitar
*Jimy Jackson / organ, piano, choir
*Henriette Kroetenschwanz / vocals
*Rolf Zacher / vocals
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Taken from the 2nd and final Strider album "Misund...
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Uploaded by Rich at http://aftersabbath.blogspot.com the blog for 60s-70s heavy obscurities.
Taken from the 2nd and final Strider album "Misunderstood" (1974)
Strider were a UK blues/rock outfit of tremendous potential. They were formed by guitarist Gary Grainger, keyboard player and lead vocalist Ian Kewley, bassist Lee Hunter and drummer Jimmy Hawkins. They spent their early days supporting the likes of Humble Pie, Status Quo and Deep Purple. Their debut album, ''Exposed", was released on Phillips Records in 1973, and it featured Babe Ruth's Jennie Haan on backing vocals. A second album, "Misunderstood", was released in 1974, which featured a mostly new lineup including lead vocalist Rob Elliott and drummer Tony Brock. Just as it seemed as if this great band were going places, they split, with Grainger going on to feature in Rod Stewart's band and Tony Brock moving on to The Babys.
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The band, mainly inspired in DEEP PURPLE with a clear S...
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Uploaded by Rich at http://aftersabbath.blogspot.com the blog for 60s-70s heavy obscurities.
The band, mainly inspired in DEEP PURPLE with a clear Symphonic structure and style was originally formed by Eduardo Frezza and Willy Gardi in 1970 from the ashes of two bands called "LAGRIMA" (Tear) and "LOS ANGELES SALVAJES" (The Wild Angels) from a small city called Rosario, EL RELOJ made their debut in a movie theater called "El Monumental" with the record of 1,100 seats and a lot of people in the street who wasn't able to reach a ticket.
The original lineup was formed by Luis Valenti (Keyboards and vocals), Willy Gardi (Guitar), Osvaldo Zabala (Guitar), Eduardo Freza (Bass and Vocals) and Juan Espósito (Drums), soon joins Eduardo "Tucata" Suarez as second guitar who leaves the band and is replaced by Gregorio Felipes.
Before a very importants concert in the Olimpia Theater, Gregorio Felipes is killed in a car accident by a drunk policeman officer who escapes, despite their grieve, the band still makes the show as a tribute for their partner before 1,500 souls and abandon the stage for a long period of time.
Is not until 1973 that they release their first single "El Mandato" (The Commandment) and "Vuelve el Día a Reinar" (The Day Reigns Again) which was a moderate success. The next year they release their biggest hit "Alguien en Quien Confiar" (Somebody Else To Trust In) and "Blues del Atardecer" (Sunset Blues) that sold more than 100,000 copies, a record for a native Rock band in those days.
In 1975 they release the first LP called "El Reloj" with clear Deep Purple influence but listening again after some years I noticed they had more of the Uriah Heep's mystic and proggy sound, even Luis Valenti sounds pretty much like David Byron.
This album contains old and new material by the band but as in most South America it was hard to get sponsored when you were a local band, so that's the reason it had to wait so much, the budget was so tied that they couldn't afford the art cover with "The Melted Clocks" by Dali.
In 1976 their style changes dramatically and they approach to a Symphonic sound with their second LP called "El Reloj II" which rises the popularity of the band incredibly but also is the starting point of tensions inside the band so after two concerts in a full "Luna Park" and long tours through Argentina they dissolve.
In 1983 they join again to release a new LP called "La Esencia es la Misma" (The Essense is the Same) but the band was not accepted this time so they decide to split again but not for ever because in 1989 they join again for a short period and again the economic problems cause their separation.
Anybody else would have quitted but the guys were really stubborn and in 1993 they reunite the original lineup and release the LP called "Santos y Verdugos" (Saints and Hangmen) with a clear Iron Maiden influence but adding old hits.
In order to make the story short, after several periods of activity and separations they managed to release two more albums "Hombre de Hoy" (Man of Today) in 1999 and "Mercado de Almas" (Market of Souls) in 2003, all oriented towards Prog Metal but with less success than their early albums.
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