Don't Call Us We Call You

Performer: Guru Guru
Engineer: Dave Siddle; Eroc
Producer: Mani Neumeier
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Guru Guru: Ax Genrich (vocals, guitars, banjo); Hans Hartmann (electric bass); Mani Neumeier. Personnel: Mani Neumeier (vocals, keyboards, drums, congas, cymbals, gong); Ax Genrich (guitar); Hans Hartmann (piano, acoustic bass). Audio Mixer: Dave Siddle. Audio Remasterer: EROC. Liner Note Author: Matthias Mineur. Recording information: German Rock Festival (08/??/1973-09/15/1973); Studio 70, Munich, Germany (08/??/1973-09/15/1973). Photographer: Tai M. L�dicke. Translators: Markus Schurr; Matt Goodluck. Over four phenomenal extended tracks this 1973 major label debut for the German Krautrock group is an essential ride through space rock territory for fans of early Kraftwerk, Can, and Faust. "Africa Steals the Show," "Round Dance," "200 Clinches," and "Das Zwickmashinchen" are mind-boggling forays into avant-rock territory -- recorded by the stripped-back Guru Guru incarnation. At this point in 1973, Guru Guru was a trio of Ax Genrich on guitar, Hans Hartmann replacing Uli Trepte on bass, and leader Mani Neumeier on drums and keyboards. Essential primitive guitar overload meets avant-rock experimentation results in a powerful album, to say the least. ~ Skip Jansen

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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