YETI

Two years ago I had a bit of a Krautrock fascination which resulted in me purchasing a few more albums than I should have had in retrospect. I began with Faust and Amon Düül II which then got me into Can and Ash Ra Tempel. I finished that circle by exploring Klaus Schulze's early recordings and eventually crossed over to the electronica genre from there.

I honestly have no clue why I chose Yeti as my introduction to the band considering that it's a rather lengthy record. Maybe it was the only widely available Amon Düül II album or that I became fascinated with the cover art? Either way this album gave a consistent look at this outfits early material so I guess that Yeti fulfilled its main purpose as an introduction record.

For me this album's highlights consist of the multi-sectioned Soap Shop Rock and all of the fine acoustic guitar compositions like She Came Through The Chimney and Cerberus. Unfortunately in order to truly enjoy this whole experience one also has to like the other side of Amon Düül II which consists of some really trippy material which builds around loose improvisation numbers. That second part really makes the album feel dated and in some cases unbearable for me.

This release is definitely a mixed bag to say the least, still if you liked everything that I mentioned above then Yeti is definitely a record worthy of your attention!

***** star songs: Soap Shop Rock (13:24)

**** star songs: She Came Through The Chimney (3:56) Cerberus (4:18) The Return Of Ruebezahl (1:35) Sandoz In The Rain (Improvisation) (8:55)

*** star songs: Archangels Thunderbird (3:30) Eye-Shaking King (6:37) Pale Gallery (2:11) Yeti (Improvisation) (18:00) Yeti Talks To Yogi (Improvisation) (6:06)