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AERA Personnel: • MUCK GROH g • KLAUS KREUZEDER sax, flt • (PETER MALINOWSKY b) A • DIETER BAUER b B,C • (WOLFGANG TESKE d) B • LUCKY SCHROLDT d C • CHRISTOPH KNEGER vln C ALBUMS: (up to '76) (B) "Humanum Est" (Erlkonig ERL 2001) 1974 (C) "Hand Und Fuss" (Erlkonig ERL 2002) 1976 Aera were a jazz rock group founded by guitarist Muck Groh after he left Ihre Kinder in 1972. In 1974 they recorded Humanum Est at the local Studio Hiltpoltstein in Nuremberg. It was released on the Erlkonig label, operated by the Ihre Kinder'smanager Jonas Porst. The six tracks included on the album were all written by Groh. The musical quality was acceptable, but little of their material can be described as better than just 'good'. On the improved second album Hand Und Fuss (1976) the band had changed considerably: the driving force of the group was now Klaus Kreuzeder, who was confined to a wheelchair and paralysed in both legs. Teske was replaced by Lucky Schroldt, previously the drummer of the legendary early seventies group Wind. Another new member, Christoph Kneger didn't make much of himself on the album. This time some tracks included vocals, but again most of the material was instrumental jazz rock fusion - fairly good, but lacking a bit of invention. Apparently Aera disbanded after this, but was reformed by Kreuzeder in 1978. They managed to release quite a few albums during their lifespan, but none of them are really essential listening. Merely interesting for the jazz enthusiasts. AGITATION FREE Personnel: • LUTZ 'LUUL' ULBRICH g • MICHAEL 'FAME' GUNTHER b • (LUTZ KRAMER g) A • (AX GENRICH g) B • (JORG SCHWENKE g) C • (STEFAN DIEZ g) D,E,F • GUSTAV LUTJENS g F • MICHAEL HONIG kb C-F • (CHRISTOPH FRANKE d) A • (GERD KLEMKE d) B • BURGHARD RAUSCH d C-F • (DIETMAR BURMEISTER d) D ALBUMS: (C) "Malesch" (Vertigo 6360 607) 1972 (E) "2nd" (Vertigo 6360 615) 1973
(D,F) "Last" (Barclay 80612 (F)) 1976 NB: Originals of (1) & (2) have the "swirl" Vertigo label. All Albums are now available on CD (re-issued by the French label Spalax). Fragments (featuring previously unreleased material) was due for release on Musique Intemporelle in 1995. In 1967 two beat groups from Berlin were on the verge of splitting up. The leading forces behind these groups were Lutz 'Luul' Ulbrich and Michael 'Fame' Gunther. They decided to join forces, and with some other remaining musicians they took the name Agitation Free. Agitation Free were probably the first German group to use slide projectors and a multi-media show during their live appearances. For this reason they were engaged as the household band at the Zodiac, Berlin's answer to London's U.F.O., where the psychedelic underground was literally flowering. Such later famous groups as Tangerine Dream and Curly Curve (well, not so very famous in this case...) also appeared at the Zodiac regularly. In early 1968 Agitation Flee were expanded by John L. on lead vocals. Not exactly a gifted vocalist, he sometimes entertained the audience by walking around naked with a painted penis on stage! He was fired about a year later, apparently the rest of the group had grown tired of this particular (peculiar) Stage Show. His voice was luckily preserved for later generations when he "sang" on Ash Ra Tempel'sbrilliant Schwingungen album in 1972. 1970 was a very erratic year for Agitation Free. Lutz Kramer quit, and was temporary replaced by Ax Genrich, soon to be a member of Guru Guru. Agitation Free shared a practice room at the Wilmersdorf music academy with Ash Ra Tempel and Tangerine Dream at (his time, and many experiences and ideas were swapped. There was also quite an exchange of members between these groups. Agitation Free's instructor was Thomas Kessler, a German avant-garde composer. He taught them to play with notations, composition and harmony learning. When Genrich joined Guru Guru, he was replaced with Jorg Schwenke. Chris Franke then accepted Edgar Froese's offer to be the new drummer in Tangerine Dream after Klaus Schulze quit. Gerd Klemke stepped in as Agitation Free's drummer for some months of the last half of 1970. Finally a quintet was stabilised in 1971. At the beginning of 1972 the group went on an expanded tour to Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Greece, sponsored by The Goethe Institute. Michael Gunther recorded local musicians they met and jammed with on the tour. Extracts of these recordings were included on Malesch (released Summer 1972), which collected the impressions from their eastern travels. This excellent album revealed a very talented and competent young group, and it was dedicated to their teacher Kessler. "You Play For Us Today" opened with a short dialogue, before a deep, majestic organ tone created a trance-like mood. Gunther came in with a great, steady bass riff, flavoured with eastern rhythms (Uli Popp guested here on bongos). "Sahara City" started with a long and floating guitar glissando, but had a fast, heavy finale. "Ala Tul" and some other tracks featured the leader of Between, Peter Michael Hamel, on hammond organ. "Pulse" was an early experiment with electronic sequencing. "Khan El Khalai", "Malesch" and the short 'Ruckzuck" gave plenty of time for Schwenke and Ulbrich to show off on guitar. An immaculate record! In March 1973 Jorg Schwenke had to quit due to his increasing drug habits. His replacement was Stefan Diez. A second drummer was also added to the line-up: Dietmar Burmeister who had recorded on Seven Up with Ash Ra Tempel. A 90 minutes long production for radio, consisting of edited live performances (made during a ten days live session in a house in the German countryside) was broadcasted in April 1973. The six-piece group went on a very successful two months tour in France. Recordings for radio were also taped during this tour. Parts of these finally made it to vinyl on Last three years later, namely "Soundpool" (renamed version of "Ruckzuck" from Malesch) and a 17 minute long version of "Laila" (a composition included on their forthcoming second album).
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EMBRYO Personnel: • CHRISTIAN BUR
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Friedhof were a basic heavy progres
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considerable cult status. They star
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had grown to 13 minutes long and be
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interesting album with an uncommon
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floating and relaxing music with so
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album as their favourite by Jane. A
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guitars. The aforementioned "King A
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violin). This resulted in their alb
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and David Kalckreuth (organ). The a
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Personnel: • MICHAEL HOFFMANN flt
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was a more spacious and atmospheric
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THINK Personnel: • RODRIGO RAMOR
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and heavily painted. This was quite
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participating musician worth mentio
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