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Clijsters
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Posted: January 26 2010 at 18:37 | |
I Love guru guru, they ar so cool!
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Alberto Muñoz
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Posted: January 26 2010 at 13:25 | |
Great band, my favourites are the first four
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: January 26 2010 at 13:01 | |
The band that got me into freaky music. After Kanguru I never looked back. Didn't listen to the mainstream at all. Then came Grobschnitt, Amon Duul II, Jane, Kin Ping Meh, Pell Mell, Jane, Ash Ra Tempel,Geronimo, Birth Control, Frumpy etc. etc. I would buy anything from Germany that looked weird. But Guru Guru blew me away completely with UFO. I remember calling my friend over to listen to it with after it arrived from a second hand dealer who had conections in Europe. No internet back then! All my friend said was " That's f**ked up sh*t man!". Nothing will ever come close to UFO. Completely "out there".
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 25 2010 at 22:54 | |
I've enjoyed the two tracks available on last.fm from Känguru so far, I think I'll check it out first.
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Rivertree
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Posted: January 24 2010 at 15:49 | |
nice thread here two pics I took some weeks ago
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BaldFriede
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Posted: January 24 2010 at 15:34 | |
It isn't weak in my opinion, it is simply different. Mani likes to experiment. |
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whydontyoueatcarrots
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 28 2009 Status: Offline Points: 114 |
Posted: January 24 2010 at 15:27 | |
Super hit or miss for me, Kanguru and UFO are pretty much flawless, but a lot of the other stuff is a mixed bag. Frankly I thought "Moshi Moshi" was embarrassing, and recent footage of Guru Guru live was less than impressive, IMO. That's why I was so shocked when I heard Acid Mothers Guru, it's just like the old days with sort of a noise rock twist. Mani's still got it, that's for sure, that's why I'm shocked that recent output from Guru Guru is weak.
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Mom, I tore a big hole in the convertible
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 21:26 | |
If I lived in Germany not too far away from Cologne I would be too, but it'd be a bit of a trip from Pennsylvania to Germany just to hear a band play.
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BaldJean
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 21:10 | |
I just read that Guru Guru will play in Cologne on March 25th, at the Blue Shell. a very small venue; actually it is just a pub, though they have a small stage. of course Friede and I will be there
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 20:49 | |
Thanks for the link, I didn't realize they sold some releases from their site. |
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BaldJean
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 20:43 | |
Order it from their homepage: http://mani-neumeier.de/guruguru/index_lurch.htm |
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 20:05 | |
I'm going to have to find somewhere that sells that live album, it's not available on my usual shops.
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BaldJean
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 19:52 | |
definitely get their live album from 1978 too. mostly previously unreleased tracks, and you can hear that playing live is where Guru Guru really scores
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 19:44 | |
Alright, I'll add that one to my wishlist. Dance of the Flames is on the list already, so I'll probably go for those two at once.
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BaldJean
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 19:25 | |
it is pretty difficult with Guru Guru because almost every album is in a differnt style. "Känguru" is an excellent starting point into them though |
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 18:52 | |
I've been wanting to get some Guru Guru for a while. What would you consider to be the best starting point?
Also, I've watched a couple videos on Youtube of the sort of material on Manitatsu (Mani and Tatsuya Yoshida of Ruins/Koenjihyakkei) and they were pretty interesting. |
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BaldJean
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 18:41 | |
we don't have them ourselves, but I heard one of them once. from what I recall it was a mix of world music and experimental sounds. some weird stuff, even for Mani. he played dozens of percussion instruments from all around the world on it |
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Syzygy
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 17:42 | |
Are you familiar with his Terra Amphibia albums? I've recently heard a few samples and they sound interesting, but more like world music than I was expecting. I realise that this is meant to be the Guru Guru thread, but it's more or less on topic...
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
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BaldJean
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 17:17 | |
yes, we have that "Zero Set" album with the African vocals. "a-hup dala" or whatever she sings |
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 17:16 | |
Only heard one album - Psy from 2008 but I loved it (gave it 4 stars)
Unfortunately I suspect I would probably loathe their earlier 'kosmisch hippy ding' as a live version of Elektrolurch Mutation is the bonus track on Psy. (and frankly, I've heard better from air conditioning units - but it's my loss) |
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