Saturday, December 24, 2011

ACHTUNG! GERMAN GROOVES - VARIOUS ARTISTS





 
Track 1 - Mabusso / Ambros Seelos
Track 2 - Guitar Shower / Don Kelly Band
Track 3 - UFO-Invasion / Gerhard Narholz
Track 4 - U Humbah / James Last
Track 5 - On The Way To Philadelphia / Kai Warner & His Orchestra
Track 6 - Hackepeter / Theo Schumann Combo
Track 7 - Mamy Blue / Henry Arland
Track 8 - Chariots Of The Gods / Peter Thomas Sound Orchester
Track 9 - Orbiter / Heinz Kiessling
Track 10 - Easter Afternoon / Ady Zehnpfennig
Track 11 - Soul Breeze / Max Greger & His Orchestra
Track 12 - Es Steht Ein Haus In New Orleans / Orchseter Gunther Gollasch
Track 13 - Hard Work / Pete Jacques
Track 14 - One For You, One For Me / Hans Ehrlinger And His Orchestra
Track 15 - Catch Up / Catch Up
Track 16 - The House That Jack Built / Helmut Zacharias
Track 17 - Mocoto / Roberto Delgado
Track 18 - BL Special / Berry Lipman
Track 19 - Sport Extra / Hans Haider
Track 20 - Tigerauge / Walter Kubiczek

German-grade rare groove is a unique creature. Sure there are elements of funk, jazz and go-go but many of the tracks found on this compilation have a really strong psychedelic flavour that makes them stand out. It's true that some French artists were on a similar trajectory during the same period but there is a certain manic sleaziness that pervades the likes of "Orbiter", "Mabusso", "Hackepeter" etc. that stamps this music as distinctly German. Outside of Berry Lipman, Pete Thomas and Gerhard Narholz I've never heard of any of these artists before which makes this collection all the more exciting. Clearly it is the tip of a very funky iceberg!

1 comment:

Budd said...

Thanks Craig for a great comp once again!
Merry christmas!!