POWER ON!

4.5 stars. This is a killer album out of Germany 1971 from a band called FROM. A five piece, they released two studio albums in the early seventies this being the second one. No guitar but a variety of keyboards including some of the best sounding electric piano you'll ever hear. Tenor sax, soprano sax, drums, bass and a percussionist who adds a lot including steel drums, congas, percussion and vocals. We get three tracks only with a side long opener and two on side two of course.

The long opener is my favourite for the electric piano mostly but man there's just so much that I like about this track. The drumming is top notch along with all the musicians here. Just a pleasure to listen to this album. NUCLEUS comes to mind every time I spin the opener. Early NUCLEUS actually. Miles Davis comes to mind as well for the often trippy jamming that goes on. So many odd sounds come and go too like timpani, bells and more. The sax player is prominent along with the keyboardist who plays a fair amount of organ on that second track which is my least favourite but still really good. It's called "Catalyst". Steel drums in this one too, not exactly a favourite sound of mine. Vocals along with an ethnic vibe. The closer "Fog In Rossert" opens with organ and sax but they give way to the amazing sounding rhythm section rather quickly. The sax and organ will return. There's that electric piano. Bass only before 4 minutes as electric piano joins in and it starts to rebuild. Sax will help out the rest of the way.

This isn't about complex compositions or arrangements as they tend to jam a lot but for me it's about the "sound" and that electric piano, bass, drums and sax all sound incredible. Jam away boys!