LILIENTAL

Without question a disappointing album considering the musicians who are on it. A six piece band out of Germany with two members from KRAAN in Hattler(bass) and Pappert(sax, bass, flute) along with the band leader Dieter Moebius from bands like CLUSTER and HARMONIA. We get Okko Bekker from A.R. & MACHINES and Conny Plank a well known producer in the Krautrock realm. Lots of synths on this one but it just feels like there's very little that's memorable with this recording. Hattler is one of the best bass players on the planet but his skills aren't used here the way they should be. The one song that I do like is "Wattwurm" that brings HARMONIA to mind but the closer which is jazzy still fails in my opinion with those smooth horns. This just could have been so much more adventerous instead of being vanilla. Just my opinion.