La Düsseldorf – La Düsseldorf (1976, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Düsseldorf 13:17
A2 La Düsseldorf 4:28
B1 Silver Cloud 8:01
B2 Time 9:24

Musicians:
Guitar, Vocals – Klaus Dinger
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Nikolaus van Rhein
Percussion, Electronics – Hans Lampe
Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer – Thomas Dinger
Bass – Harald Konietzko (B1, B2)

La Düsseldorf – Viva (1978, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Viva 2:35
A2 White Overalls 2:07
A3 Rheinita 7:40
A4 Vögel 1:30
A5 Geld 6:23
B Cha Cha 2000 20:01

Musicians:

Bass – Harald Konietzko (A5, B)
Drums, Percussion – Hans Lampe
Keyboards, Synth – Nikolaus van Rhein
Piano – Andreas Schell (B)
Vocals, Percussion – Thomas Dinger
Vocals, Percussion, Guitars – Klaus Dinger

La Düsseldorf – Individuellos (1980, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Menschen 1 5:46
A2 Individuellos 3:07
A3 Menschen 2 2:56
A4 Sentimental 4:24
A5 Lieber Honig 1981 5:53
B1 Dampfriemen 3:33
B2 Tintarella Di… 4:40
B3 Flashback 3:52
B4 Das Yvönnchen 6:03

Musicians:

Klaus Dinger/ vocals, guitars, keyboards, synth, percussion composer

Thomas Dinger/ percussion, vocals

Hans Lampe/ drums, percussion

Trio Farfarello – Farfarello (1984, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Intro: Auf Punkt 2:45
A2 Weit Vorn 4:00
A3 Tanz! 3:37
A4 69 Saiten 5:55
A5 Humoreske 4:13
B1 Tango Zu Dritt 2:50
B2 11'N'Bein 2:16
B3 "Die Lerche" 3:03
B4 Jovano 4:15
B5 Farfarello 7:24

Musicians:
Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals – Uli Brand
Double Bass, Bass, Percussion, Vocals – Ecke
EPercussion – Dries (A4, B1, B5)
Violin, Piano, Percussion, Vocals – Mani Neumann

Lindwurm – Frühjahr '76 - Erinnerungen An Klaus (1976, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Greenmen 4:34
A2 Time 3:16
A3 Own Song 2:08
A4 You 2:48
A5 I Would Like This 4:20
B1 Fantastic Girl 4:06
B2 Lindy's Blues 5:24
B3 Session Mit Heinz & Gunter 2:19

Catfish – Transactor (1981, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Columbia 4:48
A2 Tube 3:52
A3 Sahara 4:20
A4 Dreamlines 4:22
B1 White 4:52
B2 Plus 5:02
B3 Peek & Poke 5:35

Musicians:
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, Guitar, Recorded By, Mixed By – L. Viragh
Keyboards, Vocoder, Drum Programming, Recorded By, Mixed By – H. Huppert

Dzyan – Electric Silence (1974, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Back To Where We Came From 8:57
A2 A Day In My Life 4:03
A3 The Road Not Taken 4:54
B1 Khali 4:55
B2 For Earthly Thinking 9:38
B3 Electric Silence 4:30

Musicians:
Drums, Percussion – Peter Giger
Electric Bass, Double Bass, Strings, Mellotron – Reinhard Karwatky
Guitar, Sitar, Baglama, Tambura, Mellotron, Voice – Eddy Marron

Embryo Featuring Charlie Mariano – We Keep On (1973, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 No Place To Go 12:32
A2 Flute And Saz 5:57
B1 Ehna, Ehna, Abu Lele 8:43
B2 Hackbrett-Dance 3:54
B3 Abdul Malek 3:15
B4 Don't Come Tomorrow 3:48

Musicians:
Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Marimba, Vibraphone, Dulcimer, Mellotron – Christian Burchard
Electric Piano, Piano, Clavinet – Dieter Miekautsch
Guitar, Baglama, Vocals, Percussion – Roman Bunka
Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute, Nadaswaram, Bamboo Flute – Charlie Mariano

Wolfgang Riechmann & Streetmark – Wolfgang Riechmann & Streetmark (1979, LP, Germany)

SIDE A

1 Passage 4:25
2 Dreams 12:17
3 Tomorrow 1:11
SIDE B

Crazy Notion (7:52)
1a Crazy Notion 2:25
1b I Like You 3:40
1c All Day Long 1:47
2 Eileen 5:33
3 Sea Of Melted Lead 5:45

Musicians:
Bass – Manfred Knauf
Drums, Percussion – Hans Schweiß
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Thomas Schreiber
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Dorothea Raukes
Synthesizer, Guitar, Vocals – Wolfgang Riechmann

Avec le Soleil sortant de sa bouche - Pas pire pop, I Love You so Much (2017, CD, Canada)

Tracklist:
1. Trans-pop express I
2. Trans-pop express II
3. Alizé et Margaret D. Midi moins le quart. Sur la plage, un palmier ensanglanté I
4. Alizé et Margaret D. Midi moins le quart. Sur la plage, un palmier ensanglanté II
5. Alizé et Margaret D. Midi moins le quart. Sur la plage, un palmier ensanglanté III
6. Tourner incessamment dans l’éclatement euphorique de soi – Road Painting Ahead I
7. Tourner incessamment dans l’éclatement euphorique de soi – Road Painting Ahead II
8. Tourner incessamment dans l’éclatement euphorique de soi – Road Painting Ahead III
9. Tourner incessamment dans l’éclatement euphorique de soi – Road Painting Ahead IV
10. Tourner incessamment dans l’éclatement euphorique de soi – Road Painting Ahead V

Musicians:

Sébastien Fournier: guitare, voix
Éric Gingras: guitare, voix
Samuel Bobony: drums
Jean-Sébastien Truchy: bass, electronics, synths, vocals
Bruno R. Julian: electronics / noise

Psychedelic rock, krautrock, desert rock, punk rock, noise rock, afrobeat, experimental pop, post-rock, electronic; all are touchstones for Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche. Their multi-movement durational music arguably combines trance rock and audio collage above all - a diced and spliced approach to longform multi-movement groove music played by a stripped down quartet of two guitars, bass and drums, synched to pre-recorded electronics and musique concrète. The band's unique restlessness and inventiveness seduces with shifts, turns and dovetails, consistently destabilizing its own inexorable musical logic in highly satisfying fashion. Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche deploys a panoply of buoyant musical ideas, subtly sumptuous sonic treatments, and joyous stylistic nods - while remaining fundamentally devoted to working the groove from a kaleidoscope of angles. Their sound always seems to be escaping overt homage or retro tendencies; neither freighted with reverence nor weightless with irreverence, the music of Avec le soleil routes and uproots itself along its own refreshingly untrodden path. Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much is post-modern psychedelic trance-pop that sounds like no other.

A La Ping Pong – Extrem Musik A La Ping Pong Phase I (1980, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1.a Fanfaren
A1.b Waidmannsheil?  9:02
A2 Nordlaut I  8:45
A3 Edelweiß Für....  2:57
B1 Nordlaut III  3:51
B2 Morgenstern-Abendstern  14:38
B3 Zartbitter  2:24

Musicians:
Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Flute, Bells, Gong, Electronics, Electronic Drums, Concept By, Producer, Written-By – Klaus Bloch
Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Gong – Matthias Romann
Electric Guitar, Gong – Thomas Wasiliszczak

El Secreto Metro – El Sigilo De La Sigilografia (1982, Cassette, Spain)

Sensations' Fix – Boxes Paradise (1977, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1. The Flu (4:20)
A2. Faux Batard (3:25)
A3. Boxes Paradise (Including Short Flights) (6:15)
A4. Voices (4:54)
B1. Mother's Day (7:24)
B2. Luna Slain (4:50)
B3. Vision Fugitives (6:44)

Musicians:
Bass – Matt Noble (A2, A3.b, A4), Richard Ursillo (A1, A3.a, B1 to B3)
Drums – Keith Edwards
Keyboards – Steve Head
Producer, Guitar, Vocals – Franco Falsini
Synthesizer – Cloud 9 (A3.b)

Listening today to the music produced by Sensations’ Fix, a project founded and directed by Franco Falsini in ‘70s, can’t just leave anyone indifferent. Already in the mid-‘60s, Falsini was full-time involved in musical activities: a tireless traveler and experimenter, an artist with uncommon curiosity and intuition, after having lived for some time in the United States and England, he finally established again in Italy where he gave shape to Sensations’ Fix and signed a contract with Polydor for the release of six records in five years. Often associated with the sound of Tangerine Dream and the so-called German ‘cosmic couriers’, Sensations’ Fix were much more than mere clones of something already existing.

“Boxes Paradise” is the fifth Sensations’ Fix album, originally released in 1977 and never officially reissued on vinyl to date. Musically, it follows the same path inaugurated on the previous “Finest Finger”, with an even more refined and elegant production, more structured and longer tracks (three out of seven exceeding the 6-minute length), all sung by an increasingly confident Franco Falsini. There are also various instrumental sections, guitar solos and ‘spacey-sounding’ keyboards reminiscent of the band’s previous records. A real gem that sounds fresh and ripe even today!

Squadra Omega ‎– Altri Occhi Ci Guardano (2015, CD, Italy)

Tracklist:
1. Il Buio Dentro (4:12)
2. Sospesi Nell´ Oblio (8:17)
3. La Nube Di Oort (5:32)
4. Il Labirinto (12:42)
5. Sepolto Nelle Sabbie Del Tempo (4:39)
6. Hyoscyamus (3:47)
7. Il Grande Idolo (11:43)
8. Altri Occhi Ci Guardano (12:37)
9. Le Rovine Circolari (3:47)

Musicians:
Matteo Bordin / acoustic & electric guitars, synth, sax, percussion, xylophone, electronics, loops
Andrea Giotto / bass, acoustic guitar, synth, electronics, percussion
omegaDav / drums (1,2,4,5,7,8)
omegaFrank / drums (1,4,5,8)
omegaBu / drums (2,3)
omegaMac / drums (3)


SQUADRA OMEGA is a music collective from Veneto, Italy, formed around Matteo Bordin and Andrea Giotto plus various collaborators who predominantly are serving the percussion work.
While devoted to free style improvisation their experimental approach covers a great spectrum including ambient drone, cinematic, krautrock, psychedelic and space rock. Starting with the self-named debut in 2010 every further album differs in mood and realization.

Ex Ovo Pro ‎– European Spassvogel (1976, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 European Spaßvogel  4:00
A2 Mr. & Mrs. Scrooples Lament  3:15
A3 What's The Deal  4:42
A4 It's Rainin' In My House  4:22
B1 Don't Forget The Master  4:13
B2 In A Locrian Mood  9:50
B3 Happy Sounds  4:05

Musicians:
Bass – Max Köhler
Drums – Harald Pompl
Electric Piano, Synth – Hans Kraus-Hübner
Guitar – Roland Bankel
Saxophone, Bassoon – Mandi Riedelbauch


Yet another fine German fusion band from the late 1970s. Both albums play a typical Eurofusion with melodic wind lines (generally supplied by sax with some flute), some good deep grooves and acid-y guitar solos and some standard late 70's CTI fusion. I could see this being the 5th or 6th Secret Oyster album if that makes sense. At its best, similar to groups like Missus Beastly or the Canterbury scene. (ashratom)

Camizole ‎– Camizole 1975 (2015, LP, France)

Tracklist:
A1. Camizolemania (5:21)
A2. Juke-box Music (10:30)
A3. Zoll, Zolll, Zollll (4:58)
B1. Electronic Alarm!! (20:00)

Musicians:
Organ, Synthesizer [Syntorchestra Farfisa] – Bernard Filipetti
Synthesizer [Synthi AKS, Korg 700], Guitar [Guitare À Plat], Violin – Dominique Grimaud

Note
Recorded live during summer 1975.
This tape was send to some newspapers and Klaus Schulze who wants to produce the band.
The formation of the band is different on this tape, during this period Camizole is a duet who play only electronic music in the same way as Klaus Schulze, Ashra Temple or Tangerine Dream.

Oktober ‎– Uhrsprung (1976, LP, Germany)

Side A
1. Familie (5:42)
2. Schule (6:00)
3. Betrieb (8:31)
Side B
1. Staat und Solidaritätslied (8:46)
2. Der Traum des Schmieds (7:57)

Musicians
Kalla Wefel / bass, guitars, vocals
Peter Robert / organ, synthesizer, string ensemble, spinet
Carl-F. Dörwald / vocals, flute, percussion
Klaus-Peter Harbort / drums, percussion
Hans-Werner Schwarz / guitar, percussion
Birger Holm / choir
Axel Ratsch / percussion, choir
Philippe Ressing / choir

Oktober ‎– Himmel Auf Erden! (1979, LP, Germany)

Tracklist::
1. Oma Meier (6:00)
2. Himmel auf Erden (6:45)
3. Mädchenballade (7:29)
4. Straßenkämpfer (4:01)
5. Geniestreich (4:10)
6. Broksdorfer Liebeslied (4:00)
7. Singe Du (5:43)
8. Der Bauer und die Oma (2:25)
9. Hierher gehört Leben (3:58)

Musicians:
Jürgen Hansen/ drums
Pierre Meyn/ guitar, vocals
Peter Robert-Mandl/ keyboards
Brita Segebrecht/ vocals
Kalla Wefel/ vocals, bass pedals, 12-string & acoustic guitar

Breidablik/Jordsjø ‎– Songs From The Northern Wasteland (2016, Cassette, Norway)

Tracklist:
A1. The Sunreturn (by Breidablik) (8:08)
A2. The Gate to Eternity (by Breidablik) (3:38)
A3. Pillars of Dawn (by Breidablik) (3:39)
A4. Outro - Shapeshifter (by Breidablik) (2:49)
B1. Betula Obscura (by Jordsjø) (1:36)
B2. Se Valinors lamper (by Jordsjø) (7:10)
B3. Fugløykallen (by Jordsjø) (3:46)
B4. Solina, min dronning (by Jordsjø) (7:06)
bonus track

I Momos trädgård (by Jordsjø) (2:39)

Musicians:
Drums – Martin Nordrum Kneppen (B4)

Drums, Percussion – Kristian Frøland (B1 to B3)

Guitar, Flute, Vocals, Bass, Mellotron, Recorded By – Håkon Oftung (B1 to B4)

Synth, Effects, Keyboards, Written-By – Morten Birkeland Nielsen (A1 to A4)

Written-By – Jordsjø (B1 to B4)

Peter Frohmader/Nekropolis ‎– Musik Aus Dem Schattenreich (1981, LP, Germany)

This is Peter Frohmader's first LP and is a self produced and released record, and as such bears some of the qualities of immediacy and rawness you would expect from a German experimentalist's debut.All the tracks have a ghostly synthesizer droning of various intensity to provide a heavily atmospheric backdrop, sometimes hostile, stormy howlings of alien and drifting and even cosmic, paint your own visuals. Having said this, the LP is not at all unvaried, the first three tracks are swamped by powerful bass, guitar and drums to give a demonic early Can feel. The last track on this side (the hell side) is a synthesizer piece, which leaves behind the rock 'n' roll and begins the tendency for the whole LP to quieten down and demand more attention and volume. This track is the longest at 8:54 and reminds you of the benefits to be had from draught exclusion.Side two (the night cycle) opens similarly, then the Frohmader trademark, intense bass bashing creeps in and takes over the synthesizer swirl, the restrained electric percussion and what sounds like the crows cawing with lots of echo. The next track is a build up of synthesizer twitters, drones, and notes plus the unobtrusive electric percussion giving an overall Schnitzler sound. After this the LP quietens right down with deep slow echoed layers of what sounds like electric cello and synthesizer. In the final track the synthesizer drones make little more noise than the average fridge, or maybe that is the fridge, whilst all manners of gong and tam tam are mallet struck and left to reverberate and finish of the side. by Alan & Steve Freeman, first published in Audion 1 (1986)