Cosmic Dreams at Play - Stoned Circus radio show - Free

• NICOLA PANKOFF kb
• WOLFGANG SCHOENE b
• HERMANN-JURGEN NIENHAUS d
• (JUTTA NIENHAUS v) A
• ROCCO ABATE flt B
ALBUM: (up to '76)
same (Ventotto) (ITA) 1972
Re-issued in 1990 on CD by Vinyl Magic (VM 017). The orogonal vinyl issue is extremely rare and copies sell for 2,000 DEM!
This band was based in Italy and had an Italian keyboard player. They formed in 1970 under the
name The Yoice. A single ("Sold Out" coupled with "God's Own Land") was released in 1971,
gaining the young group some attention in Italy. They gradually developed a more "progressive"
and experimental style and changed their name to Analogy in 1972. In Milan they recorded their
self-titled first album. It was released by the Produzioni Ventotto label in a cover that pictured
the group nude out in the fields! Included were magnificent songs as "The Year's At The Spring",
"Dark Reflections" and "Analogy". The album is a masterpiece of progressive rock comparable
to Circus 2,000, Julian's Treatment, Sandrose or Earth &Fire. Analogy's distinctions were Jutta
Nienhaus' unique, vicious vocals, Thurn's and Pankoff's impressive instrumental skills on guitar
and organ respectively and the overall dark atmosphere of their music. All people with a keen
interest in early seventies progressive rock will love this album.
Strangely enough, the band remained practically unknown outside of Italy. In 1973 their stunning
female vocalist left and was replaced by a classically trained flute player named Rocco Abate.
Shortly thereafter Martin Thurn composed a 30 minute set of thematically-linked musical pieces
simply entitled "The Suite". In this work the classical music of the Renaissance-period was
combined with progressive rock. Analogy played this work several times live and received good
reviews. In spite of this, they failed to attain support from any record labels and duly disbanded
in 1974. Their album is indispensable and highly recommended. ("The Suite" was at last
completed and recorded in 1980).
ANDROMEDA
ALBUM:
same (Vogue LDVS 17205) (F) 1970
A little known early progressive group who released an album on the French Vogue label in
1970. Their style has been compared to Nosferatu and the Belgian band Waterloo.
ANIMA
Personnel:
• PAUL FUCHS fuchshorn, voice, perc
• LIMPE FUCHS voice, perc
• J. A. RETTENBACHER b
• FRIEDRICH GULDA piano
ALBUMS: (up to '76)
same (Pilz 20290972) 1972
"It's Up To You" (private) (AUT) 1974
Anima Sound was the title of Paul and Limpe Fuchs' album on Ohr, released in 1971. The year
after they were joined by J. A. Rettenbacher (bass) and Friedrich Gulda (piano, a well known