domenica 13 novembre 2011

German psychedelic underground 1968-1974 - Vol. 1 (Kraut! Demons! Kraut!)/Vol. 2 (Hungry krauts, Daddy!)/Vol. 3 (Obscured by krauts)/Vol. 4 (Kraut-bloody-rageous)


Queste quattro raccolte (denominate da distorsioni di titoli famosi ed opera personale di un meritorio blogger, cfr. http://spurensicherung.blogspot.com/, autore anche di altre belle compilazioni) offrono un variegato florilegio della psichedelia tedesca meno nota (e, finora, assai ben nascosta). Le compilazioni hanno il merito di delineare una scena secondaria (pochi i nomi noti) vivissima, e rendere, quindi, ragione della nascita dei maggiori gruppi tedeschi come Faust, Can, Popol Vuh, finora considerati separatamente da un alveo musicale, come detto, davvero fertile. 
Parte del materiale raccolto è certamente derivativo dalla scena di lingua inglese (a volte sembra di sentire cascami di lavorazione di Morrison, Led Zeppelin, Cream ...), ma le sorprese sono parecchie e, in qualche caso, lasciano presagire produzioni di notevole livello (Staff Carpenborg, ad esempio). In generale un amante dei Settanta, tra organi, chitarre fuzzy, spruzzate orientali e deviazioni bislacche ha molto da godere.
Il paragone con il panorama italiano di allora, anche rispetto a questi minori, è impietoso; per la varietà, l'intelligenza, l'apertura mentale, le capacità vocali e strumentali. Lo dico per farmi amare sempre più da (alcuni) proggaroli italiani, che passano la vita a sentire e risentire e risentire Impressioni di settembre, credendola la canzone più bella del mondo.

Volume 1: Kraut! Demons! Kraut!

01. Aero Sound - Ready for Take Off
02. Staff Carpenborg & The Electric Corona - Shummy Poor Clessford Idea in Troody Taprest Noodles

03. Margaretha Juvan & Can - I'm Hiding my Nightingale

04. Trash - Living in a Garden

05. Motherhood - Negresco #4
06. Exmagma - It's So Nice
07. Guenther Kaufmann - Our Love
08. Heart Of Blues - Smoking Takes You Faster to God
09. Jo Hamann - Give Me All Your Love
10. Checkpoint Charlie - Feeling Sad

11. Just We - Something Like It

12. Shanandoa - Dies Irae
13. Giants - He He Ho
14. Elegy - No Direction
15. Limbus 4 - Kundalini
16. Les Etoiles Filantes - Something
17. The Magic Group - Magical Land
18. Electric Sandwich - China
19. The Uncertain Midnight - Leaving the World
20. Can - Kama Sutra

21. Exmagma - Zink Tank

Volume 2: Hungry krauts, Daddy!

01. Old Lumber – Water Sprite
02. Staff Carpenborg & The Electric Corona – The Every Days Way Down to the Suburbs         

03. Hide & Seek – Crying Child

04. Sound Machine – Woman     

05. Lepra – Sesam, Sesam
06. Coram Publico – Bodensee
07. Motherhood – Negrito
08. Gash – In the Sea

09. Gottfried Von Hüngsberg – Die Insel

10. Caleidoscope Inc. – Kind of Sadness

11. Thanes – Beginning Word12. Giants – Broken Earth
13. Those – Orion 2000
14. Bokaj Retsiem – I'm So Afraid
15. Golgatha – Dies Irae
16. MG Improvisation – Improvisation #2
17. Club 13 – Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General
18. John Bassman Group – His Name Was Tom     
19. Tuning Fork – I'm A Dreamer
20. Inner Space – Agilok and Blubbo

Volume 3: Obscured by krauts

01. Faust – Extract 7
02. Staff Carpenborg & The Electric Corona – Lightning Fires, Burning Sorrows      

03. Seffil – When to You Come, I'm Wait for You       

04. Jam – Friends     

05. Inner Space – Coitus, Ergo Sum  
06. Mother Sunday – Midnight Graveyard    
07. Blackmann Lane – Hunger    
08. Proud Flesh – Devil Flight   
09. Live Experience – Before Dead a.k.a. Cry for Betty    
10. Swinging Safari – Toccata    
11. Tyll – Tim    
12. Trafo – Auto-Bahn    
13. Yet – Try to See Her Again    
14. Anima Sound – Trinity 2     
15. Lony & The Misfits Ltd. – Birthday        
16. Tomorrow's Gift – At the Earth (Part 1)    
17. Slut – Heavy Surf Sound Blues   
18. Michael Anton & Amok – Jesus Makes You High (Part 2)        
19. The Dave Pike Set – Mathar        
20. Exmagma – Marylin F. Kennedy     
21. Trede Selection – Sound Too       
22. Dr. Timothy Leary – I'm Timothy Leary and I'm... Dead         

Volume 4: Kraut-bloody-rageous

01. The Ravers – Turn In
02. Blackbirds 2000 – Let's Do It Together       

03. Jo Hamann – Wild Woman       

04. Haboob – Israfil Part 1    

05. Big Bertha – Munich City
06. Barney Wilen & His Amazing Free Rock Band – Dear Prof. Leary
07. Cannock – Wild Man
08. The CT Four Plus – Exodus II          

09. Staff Carpenborg & The Electric Corona – Let the Thing Comin' Up       

10. Mike Lewis & Conny Plank – Voodoo Woman      
11. Drum – War Child         
12. The Speeders – I Can't Get It       
13. Karl Lenfers & Peter Janssens – Jesus and the Rockers     
14. Andorra – On my Way         
15. Jam – World Is Satisfied         
16. Don Paulin – Don't Forget to Love          
17. Tusk – Child of my Kingdom          
18. The Monks – Please, Please Love Me          
19. Can – The Million Game     
20. Al Capone – Demon's Dance         
21. Florian Schneider – Gedicht Für Den A100


2 commenti:

  1. I'm one of the compilers of these CDs. It's good to see our old work available in one place again. If you're interested in more volumes of the series, go to: spurensicherung.blogspot.com I've compiled 3 more editions called "Kraut Mask Replica", "Tune In, Turn On, Drop Kraut" and "Get Off Of My Kraut". These were never commercially available in shops or mailorders, but are online-only downloadable as a gift to collectors of extremely rare Krautrock singles there. The Lolly Pope.

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  2. ...and of course, as far as I can give it as the compiler of other peoples music, you've got permission to post these compilations on your blog. I've already answered that question in the comments at spurensicherung-roots and traces. Lolly Pope

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