ALL HIGH WAYS

KARABA is such an inventive band from Munich. In some way related to Marja Burchard's Embryo. This due to the fact that Jakob Thun (drums) and Maasl Maier (bass) actually are members of both the teams. Stylistically seen yet, at least on this occasion, there are not many transitions to notice. The new album 'All High Ways', their fourth production in the meanwhile, can't be pigeonholed right easy to the point. They already had released albums with more focus on psychedelic and space rock in the past. But this one particularly is developed in a jazz fusion vein, and canterbury prog so much the more. But just not exclusively on the other hand. Twelve tracks were collected for an event of round about sixty minutes playing time. Get ready! The instrumental flow is astoundingly virtuoso, yep, that's guaranteed.

The eminently canterburiesque Castros Spacecastle is featuring a guitar coming close to Gary Boyle, Al Di Meola, Alan Holdsworth. And this possibly is concerning Volker Kriegel too with his Mild Maniac Orchestra on the following Volkers Krieg. Apparently Maasl Maier has found respectively is still looking for his dreamland. There is some mysterious contribution to be found on the track. I initially rooted that in a somewhat Gregorian chant, but it seems to come from the synthesizer in reality, served by Andreas Kainz. Man, what a touching implementation! Then some Krautrock ambience is revealed on the repetitve and hypnotic Schattenmorellen. Great guitar impact again by Louis Bankvas on Atomkraft which delivers a wild ride. You won't find many bands regarding similarities in sound, only the US combo Harpo Jarvi is coming into my mind here. Very inspired and substantial. 4.5 stars on the PA scale.