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
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
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
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
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
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
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
06. Coram Publico – Bodensee
07. Motherhood – Negrito
08. Gash – In the Sea
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
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
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
06. Barney Wilen & His Amazing Free Rock Band – Dear Prof. Leary
07. Cannock – Wild Man
08. The CT Four Plus – Exodus II
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
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.
RispondiElimina...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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