SPHINCTER ENSEMBLE - A Collective Improvisation Recorded in London, 2 January 1972 "Harrodian Event # 1" (1972 / Rebrush)
Bastaron unas llamadas telefónicas en un frío día 2 de Enero de 1972. No tan fácil. Primero, la resaca de la Nochevieja, contemos con ella. Segundo, sólo teléfonos fijos. Había que contactar con la persona en el momento adecuado. Y eran siete. Yo no lo veo tan fácil...... Paul Buckmaster (cello eléctrico), Martyn Ford (french horn), John Gustafson (bajo eléctrico), Trevor Morais (batería), Ann Odel (órgano y piano eléctrico), Peter Robinson (teclados, producción y mezclaje) y Anthony Walmsley (guitarra). Un septeto de improvisación que no se conocían de haber tocado previamente. Y que se bautizaron como Sphincter Ensemble. Parece poco serio. Su resultado lo fue y mucho. Quedan en el Harrodian Club, montan una Studer Revox A77 de cinta. Un par de micrófonos Shure de primeros 70 y surge el milagro. A tocar. Durante horas. Aquí están plasmados los primeros 45 minutos de tirón, sin edición, ni trampa ni cartón. Cada uno con sus particulares influencias. Unos es...
I sometimes wonder what it was like to be a music lover in the seventies. So many bands with so many records and so many of them obscure…was it as big a treat as it is today to find something incredibly rare. Blackwater Park "Dirt Box" [Spalax]
ResponderEliminarTheir lone (only one album) with 1972 this German hard rock outfit with an English vocalist,combined elements from multiple extant and budding rock subgenres to construct their complex sound: hard rock, blues-rock, jazz-rock, acid rock, prog rock, and even proto-metal.
Blackwater Park is an obscure band that emerged from the Berlin underground scene. They released their unique album "Dirt Box" in 1971, published on BASF in 1972. The group delivers a captivating, effective bluesy-heavy rock "trip" with lot of incisive guitar riffs, progressive Hammond Organ's arrangements, melodic heavy vocals and psychedelic effects that are part of the mix. His British singer had a strong voice. Especially the third and heavy track "Indian Summer", which clearly shows us the quality, engaging and virtuosity among its members. Remember that the last song is beautiful version of "For No One", composed by Lennon and McCartney,with the album 'Revolver' issued in 1966.
(Accessible) kraut power band whose work is essential for collectors. "Dirt Box" has been recently reissued on CD by record labels Second Battle.
Excelente banda!!!. La conoci el año pasado. Tienen una mezcla de progresivo, toques de bules y hard. Las piezas Indian summer, rock song,mental block y Dirty face muy buenas!!!
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