FROB

FROB were a GERMAN band who in my opinion played a straight-up Jazz / Fusion style with nothing in their music that I can hear that would be considered Krautrock.This is highly energetic, uptempo music with no Psychedelic flavour at all.The Spanish band ICEBERG came to mind quite often while listening to this. It''s an all instrumental affair as well. It really all came together for the band when Philippe Caillat moved to their town from France to be a music teacher. Philippe was a classically trained musician who played lead guitar and his addition can't be over-estimated. In fact because of his connections the band was able to record this album in France at a studio owned by a friend of his. We get organ and electric piano, prominant bass and some wicked guitar lines. My favourite though is the drummer.This guy is relentless and holds everything together. He's a fantastic player.

"Wassertropfen" kicks in fairly quickly to an uptempo mode. It sounds like a jazzier CAMEL right here for a minute. Check out the drumming before 2 minutes then the organ floats in.The guitar and electric piano follow as the drums continue.The guitar is ripping it up before 3 minutes then the electric piano comes to the fore. "Spaces" has this killer drum / bass intro then a full sound comes in before a minute. Love the drumming before 3 minutes and the organ is ripping it up a minute later. Some nice bass here too.

"Calypso" is organ and drum led early then the electric piano joins in before 2 minutes. It's the guitar's turn a minute later. "Spheres" opens with some brief atmosphere then the drums and organ take over as the guitar starts to play over top. "Flash" is uptempo and the drums are relentless.The guitar is putting on a show as the electric piano and organ come and go.

"Locomotive" has some aggressive guitar as the drums and organ also standout. It settles back around 3 1/2 minutes with the organ leading. "Hektik" is uptempo with drums and organ out front.The guitar lights it up after 1 1/2 minutes right to the end. Nice. "La Sieste" is such a nice change as it's more mid-tempo and it sounds great with the electric piano, drums, organ and guitar. I wish they had done more of these tracks to mix it up a bit.

An excellent Jazz / Fusion album that would appeal to anyone who's a fan of that style.