cromie@gondor.UUCP (05/18/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** groups reissued : Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Can, Amon Duul TANGERINE DREAM- see other postong on electr, exptl, cosmic music ASH RA TEMPEL - most if not all of their lps have been reissued in the 80's and some are available as overstocks. Klaus Schulze played on some early ones. The ones that are group leader Manuel Gottsching multitracked are recomended: "Inventions for Electric Guitar", "New Age of Earth", and "Blackouts". The other lps are good (except for "Correlations", which is like easy listening club music for the most part). The "Seven Up" lp features Timothy Leary and some good space jams on one side and basic blues rock interspersed with synth sound on the other. "Starring Rosi" is the only one with a lot of songs rather than lengthy instrumentals. "Ash Ra Tempel", 1st lp, is recommended for fans of Hendrix and Pink Floyd. "Ash Ra Tempel" and "Join Inn" feature Klaus Schulze on drums and synth and keyboards. CAN - a sort of fusion group- very eclectic, sometimes rather free improvization with spacey sections. Recomended: just about anything. "Ege Bamyase" has some psychedelic blues jazz rock. "Monster Movie" and earlier lps have more air of psychedelic rosk primitivism and some great inspiration to go with it. "Vive La Trance" and "Soon Over Babaluma" have more space sound and some more polished technique. AMON DUUL-- pounding percussion and eclectic tribal jams "This IS" chaotic collage of shock waves , jams with electronic cosmic sound thrown in here and there with a couple familiar tunes utterly destroyed by the chanters. Heavy guitar sound, folk rock, Velvet Underground feel, and even some classical motifs. mind expanding!! "Disaster" is not that much more listenable, but it doesn't have a skip recorded right into the music as "This Is" does on side two. "Experimente", "Collapsing", and "Para Dies Warts", and "Minilied" are their other lps. AMON DUUL II -- the commune split up in the early Seventies to form Amon Duul and Amon Duul II. Amon Duul II is much more listenable, or not nearly as challenging, which ever way you wish. Early AD II has good space and eclectic jams. Some lps have a lot of pop/rock tunes. OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS fans of Tangerine Dream might like Ash Ra Tempel's lps. partcularly "New Age of Earth". Fans of Free form Improv should get the Can lps listed above. Fans of early Pink Floyd might like early Ash Ra Tempel and early Amon Duul II. If you want revenge on your roommates, play Amon Duul for them LOUD. But I love Amon Duul, please don't get me wrong. Amon Duul is like hardcore punk in some ways and stands on its own as experimental music, also. I would post more on Amon Duul II, but I am currently uncertain about the availability of any of their lps right now. Yes, even more from the Galaktik Arkivz the cozmik one