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I know we´ve been talking a lot about Amon Düül ll, but do any of you guys have their newest "Bee as Such"? I downloaded it a month ago - I still think it´s the only way to get the album btw, - and there is still no front cover, but who really cares? Ahem, part of me misses an artwork - call me old fashioned...

Anyways, this album rocks!!!! Damn, I would never had thought in a million years - they still were able to jam like this! On their homepage, they state something about this not being 70s sounding and Kraut, but to tell you the truth, I don´t think they´ve sounded this Kraut since Vive Le Trance, and I happen to like Nada Moonshine very much. This is really a return to form, and Renate sounds just as powerful and witchey as she´s always done! If anything, I think this record exudes the same kind of awe for music they seemed to have during the start of the 70s - that sense of everything goes, as long as we keep ourselves deeply emotionally involved with the magic universe of music, or something like that. There is a new found urge to freak out, which you´ll hear frequently on the album - especially on the last track, but in fact spread out on most of the album. If you like Amon Düül ll of the good ol´ days, you should definitely check out this record! Just look at the line-up:

Line-up:
- Chris Karrer / guitar, violin, vocals
- John Weinzierl / guitars, synth, vocals
- Renate Knaup-Krotenschwanz / vocals
- Lother Meid / bass, vocals
- Danny Fichelscher / drums
- Jan Kahlert / percussion, vocals

Track List:
01. Mambo La Libertad – 8:34
02. Du Kommst Ins Heim – 9:23
03. Stil Standing – 8:15
04. Psychedelic Suite – 26:01

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

All Hail Faust! indeed. Out of my favorite Krautrock music, Faust's wacky Krautrock was fun, and crazy! They sound like madmen. I'm recently enjoying my Faust, So Far, and the Wuume years. So epic and weird.

Still need to get into ADII's, Tanz. After Faust though Tongue

ALL HAIL FAUST!

Seriously, no band in the kraut field fills me with such joy as Faust. Although, I must say I have been exploring The Duul II lately and enjoying them much more than I have in the past, especially Yeti, which I must say is more or less brilliant.

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

^Well, it´s my fave ADll album together with Yeti. Can´t really choose between those, although Tanz has been playing a lot lately...

About TD, I certainly believe they, alongside many other fantastic artists at the time like, Crimson, Floyd and from their own home-turf Can and Popol Vuh, - crossed into many "genres", inter-webbing some very interesting sounds. I think TD´s first two, like Kraftwerk´s first two (three if you include Tone Float) are pure Krautrock. Scorpion´s first from 1972 is also very close to that "spirit" - especially the long track on it.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

The Truth wrote:

Mellotron Storm wrote:

Been listening to AMON DUUL II's Tanzer Der Lemminge today.How good is this ! Love that Marilyn Munroe suite but the whole of this double album is incredible, these guys really offer up some variety on this one and it's all so good.

I should put that on tonight! Absolute brilliance.

You two are on to something. I´ve deliberately listened to Carnival in Babylon, Vive le Trance and Wolf City the past week, trying not to play my favorite album all of the time. Anyway - enough about celibacy! Tanz!

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

Been listening to AMON DUUL II's Tanzer Der Lemminge today.How good is this ! Love that Marilyn Munroe suite but the whole of this double album is incredible, these guys really offer up some variety on this one and it's all so good.

"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN

Bonnek wrote:

Just posted this an Amon Duul thread but it's such a fine read.You might put Yeti or Tanz on while reading, it's a boggling 7 pages long Smile

http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/60/?pageno=1

And what a massive -- absolutely massive -- bunch of information and explanation of the time and place. When you combine this with Edgar Froese saying that it was people finding out who they were, a group that had no past, no family and no parents ... it all combined nicely ... and it wasn't chaos ... it's only chaos for those formulistic commercial folks.

Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Can goes jazz!

^Hey there Wrinkler! Glad to hear you like that album - one of those early kraut gems that keeps on giving. Had it for a couple of years now, and even though I like its two younger siblings even more( Yeti and Tanz), this really helped blaze the trail for the whole scene.

Let´s keep this thread going! Krautrock is one of my faves alongside RPI and electronic at the moment Sax man

Edited by Guldbamsen - July 05 2011 at 13:10

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

What about some good ol´ Krautrock Headbanger

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams