Embryo
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Topic: Embryo
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Subject: Embryo
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 10:59
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Fantastic band, fantastic musicians! This jazzy krautband were true pioneers of world music. Check them out if you don't already know them. I've only listed the ones I got/know. Six first are classics. Surfin' and Apo-Calypso aren't all that great but not as bad as its reputation either. Bad Heads & Bad Cats. La Blama Sparozzi and Zack Glück are seriously underappreciated and Embryo's Reise is a genuine masterpiece imo.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 12:06
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I went with Steig Aus over We Keep On although Rocksession is great too. Amazing band by the way. I just recently got Zack Gluck and Ni Hau but haven't spent any time with them yet. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 12:25
| We Keep On-a really professional, together kind of album. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 12:34
That's where my own vote went. If I were to make a top five it would look something like this: We Keep On Rocksession Embryo's Reise Opal Steig Aus
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presdoug wrote:Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 12:46
We Keep On would be a close 2nd for me. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 12:47
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I really enjoy "Surfin" too. It has a similar smooth jazz vibe to those late 70s Kraan albums I love.
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 12:51
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I have only one, I can't say ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 12:57
Me too, I go with Steig Aus, Embryo's Reise and Surfin. Three faces of that incredible band.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 13:10
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I went with Rocksession but instantly regret not voting for Father, Son & Holy Ghosts. That album has got my alltime fave Embryo tune in 'King Insano'.
Oh well I could've gone for Steig Aus or We Keep On just as easily. One thing: any of you guys ever heard their live albums? Just like some other Krautrock bands, they too have had a few shows from the 70s released. There is one from Bremen I am most interested in. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 13:14
 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 13:18
On my phone Pierre, but thanks buddy. I'll be sure to check that out  ------------- “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 |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 13:25
 http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=20478" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=20478 ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 14:36
I only know the one included in the poll that was released in 1977. Its alright. I can't say its particulary interesting. The same kinda fusion mode as their late 70's releases but not as good as the best stuff on those studioalbums.That Bremen Live album looks more like your thing.
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 14:58
If you haven't heard La Blama Sparozzy= Embryo's Reise II ... more or less. Great fun and highly reccomended.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 15:15
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 16:21
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Don't know that many, but of the ones I've heard I like Rocksession and Opal the best. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 16:31
Uhhh I love that Ni Hau album John! It's a different beast though, but yeah I really dig that one. I guess I am just trying to tell you that it may be a slow burner, especially if one is approaching it from the more psychedelic Embryo ways of yore ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 18:12
Thanks David, is it more like Embryo's Reise from 1979 which is very much a middle eastern sounding album throughout? Oh, actually I paused my post here to check Ni Hau out on the site here and saw a very informative review of it by you mister. Heck it sounds like something I couldn't not like(Chinese fusion?). It will be interesting if nothing else. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 23:01
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Steig Aus ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 01 2014 at 11:49
| One vote each for Surfin' & Apo-Calypso? I probably shouldn't be so surprised as I quite like them both myself, but reputationwise its as if The Missing Piece and Giant For a Day got votes for best GG-album while a couple of their classics still had none. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 02 2014 at 11:13
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Embryo's Rache is one of my very favourite albums. ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 02 2014 at 11:59
| I gave my vote to Surfin. Very underrated album, in my opinion. |