Vive La Trance [Bonus Tracks]

Performer: Amon Düül
Engineer: Peter Kramper; Peter Kramper
Producer: Olaf Kubler; Amon Duul II; Olaf Kubler; Amon Duul II
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: This is also available on CD on Captain Trip (36). Amon D��l: Chris Karrer, John Weinzierl, Renate Knaup-Kroetenschwanz, Peter Leopold, Robby Heibl, Falk U. Rogner. Additional personnel: Lothar Meid, Peter Kramper, Keith Forsey. Recording information: Bavaria Studios. Photographer: Jenner Zimmermann. Arranger: Amon D��l. Amon D��l ll's extraordinary 1973 album finds the influential German art rock band working surprisingly well in a short song format while still stamping the music with their unique sound. "Fly United," "Trap," and "Ladies Mimikry" show diverse styles of pop and rock running happily into each other with memorably quirky results. The instrumentation here is as quirky as ever,too -- perhaps even more so than usual, with Chris Karrer's violin and sax playing now in the fore. The melodies are often shimmering. Unfortunately, the band never again sustained the excellence displayed on Viva la Trance again. ~ Nick Burton Amon D��l ll's extraordinary 1973 album finds the influential German art rock band working surprisingly well in a short song format while still stamping the music with their unique sound. "Fly United," "Trap," and "Ladies Mimikry" show diverse styles of pop and rock running happily into each other with memorably quirky results. The instrumentation here is as quirky as ever,too -- perhaps even more so than usual, with Chris Karrer's violin and sax playing now in the fore. The melodies are often shimmering. Unfortunately, the band never again sustained the excellence displayed on Viva la Trance again. ~ Nick Burton

Best understood as a single concept split into two actual ensembles--Amon Duul I and Amon Duul II--with a shared origin and vision, Amon Duul is arguably the quintessential example of the style of music known as Krautrock. Born out of Germany's hippie art scene of the late 1960s, the Amon Duul name had divided into two separate entities by 1969, with the original band choosing a more free-form, improvisational approach to music making, while its sequel (and often contemporary) chose a more rigorous, technically adept progressive sound. Both acts went through various line-up changes over the subsequent decades, continuing to perform into the new millennium and benefiting greatly from the resurgent interest in German avant-garde music that took place in the late 1990s.

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