Gila - nightworks

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Gila - nightworks (1972)

second (semi-official) album by Gila. Recorded live, the poor sound quality doesn’t blows away the high musical quality offered by the musicians. Recently published by "garden of delights", this album features massive inspired psych rock jammings really closed to the first effort provided. The comparison with Pink Floyd in their most spacey years seems to come to mind, but Gila has something else to say: their music is not a simple illustration of "Teutonic pink Floyd" but a gorgeous exploration in different "cosmic" tones and atmospheres. The rhythmical session is a kind of bluesy rock and the arrangements kind of "trippy" thanks to guitar effects, electronic manipulations and eastern harmonies . Nightworks represents German "acid" / "stoned" rock at its best. After this intense and powerful effort, the band will turn to something more folk, acoustic and exotic with the presence of Florian Fricke (from Popol Vuh) and a female singer. 

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philippe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 14 2004 Location: noosphere Status: Offline Points: 3597	Topic: Gila - nightworks Posted: July 14 2006 at 04:51
	Gila - nightworks (1972) second (semi-official) album by Gila. Recorded live, the poor sound quality doesn’t blows away the high musical quality offered by the musicians. Recently published by "garden of delights", this album features massive inspired psych rock jammings really closed to the first effort provided. The comparison with Pink Floyd in their most spacey years seems to come to mind, but Gila has something else to say: their music is not a simple illustration of "Teutonic pink Floyd" but a gorgeous exploration in different "cosmic" tones and atmospheres. The rhythmical session is a kind of bluesy rock and the arrangements kind of "trippy" thanks to guitar effects, electronic manipulations and eastern harmonies . Nightworks represents German "acid" / "stoned" rock at its best. After this intense and powerful effort, the band will turn to something more folk, acoustic and exotic with the presence of Florian Fricke (from Popol Vuh) and a female singer. for musical extracts please PM


Aaron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 08 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 395	Posted: July 14 2006 at 15:19
	i really like their first album, but didn't think it was outstanding, it kind of put me off, not sure when i will pick up another album by them, their 3rd album sounds more interesting Aaron

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19614	Posted: July 15 2006 at 16:03
	All three Gila albums are essential Krautrock although Wounded Knee is vastly different with the space rock more prevalent in the debut and Nightworks.
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword

philippe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 14 2004 Location: noosphere Status: Offline Points: 3597	Posted: July 17 2006 at 04:27
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