Wah Wah [Remaster]

Performer: Guru Guru
Producer: Guru Guru
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Guru Guru: Roland Schaeffer (guitar); Dieter Bornschlegel, Heinz Gembus, Peter Kuhmstedt (bass instrument); Mani Neumeier (drums). Wah Wah is a 1995 recording that follows this band's stretch and includes the replacement of guitarist Razem R�bel with Dieter Bornschlegel, who is another rock classicist and a solid role player in a larger team setting. Wah Wah is less predictable, spacier, and a little more unsettling than its predecessor. It also rocks considerably harder. Drummer, vocalist and leader Mani Neumeier sounds less like Geddy Lee here in his phrasing, and is more out and out weird (and yes, that is a good thing). There are some bad funk indulgences such as "Iddi Killer (West)," with its horns and faux-rap vocal, but it's not a detriment. Check out the Hendrix lift from "Foxy Lady," in "Radstafari In Bayuaari," and the hyper drumming and percussion in "Wunder." The completely rockist title track with flipped-out guitar heaviness is the album's touchstone track, and is almost worth the price of purchase alone. All in all, though Guru Guru were no longer the Krautrock unit of old, they certainly rocked. ~ Thom Jurek

One of the original groups of the now famed Krautrock movement of 1970s Germany, Guru Guru positioned themselves quite clearly on the psychedelic rock end of the musical spectrum, considerably more so than their more proto-techno and ambient oriented colleagues. A predominantly instrumental act, Guru Guru mixed elements of free jazz, world music, and heavy American acid rock to create their sound. The band called it quits at the dawn of the 1980s, but have proven to be a quietly influential act on a host of contemporary psych bands.

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