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For fans of Guru Guru, Agitation Free, Kraan, Cluster, Can, Hawkwind
Krautrock supergroup with members of Guru Guru, Kraan, Cluster, Harmonia and Faust
produced and recorded by Conny Plank (Kraftwerk, Scorpions, Ultravox and Eurythmics, among others)
Kraut-inspired psychedelic rock that still sounds fresh and fun today!
Guitarist Ax Genrich began his career in 1970 with a brief stint with German prog-kraut rockers Agitation Free. There he was able to develop his improvisational style, but was soon poached by Mani Neumeier to join Guru Guru.
Together with bassist Uli Trepte, Genrich and Neumeier enjoyed their first major successes and were soon regarded as the new figureheads of Krautrock, releasing "Kanguru" in 1972, a milestone in the genre.
After four years and four albums, Ax Genrich left Guru Guru because the string wizard had new plans. The first of these was called "Highdelberg" and became a kind of Krautrock supergroup project: Guru Guru's Mani Neumeier sat at the drums, supported by Kraan bassist Helmuth Hattler, guitarist Peter Wollbrandt and drummer Jan Friede, as well as the two keyboardists and electronic specialists Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (both also of Cluster and Harmonia). Conny Plank was on the mixing desk.
Tracklist
1 Der Platzhirsch
2 Odenwaldpolka
3 Wapitis Ruckkehr
4 Kosmische Phyrze
5 Super Normal Rider
6 A National Affair
7 No Matter No. 769
8 Saure Drops & suber Wein