HOELDERLIN
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Topic: HOELDERLIN
Posted By: philippe
Subject: HOELDERLIN
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 11:42
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HOELDERLIN: AN OTHER LOST CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND Hoelderlin emerged from the kraut-folk scene in the beginning of the seventies, delivering a fantastic approach of dreamy, angelic folk songs written by a rock formation. With the delicate "introspective" female voice of Nanny, Christian Grumcow (guitars) and his team have recorded "Traum"" in 1972. This is a stylistic, very accomplished prog-folk album which culminates the genre. The album includes guests: the folk artists Witthuser and Westrupp for percussive, exotic and "acid" musical sequences.
This psych-atmospheric folk masterpiece was recorded in the studio of Dieter Dierk (responsible of many krautrock important recordings). In 1975 with their self title album the band shows a new direction, from a rather "dreamy", "cosmic" folk "trip" they changed to a symphonic rock but with a certain success. For instance "Clowns and clouds" and "rare birds" feature impressive, grandiose "chamber" orchestrations and sonic melodies. The band breaks out in 1981 after the commercial success of "Fata Morgana"
Similar bands: Emtidi, Broselmaschine, Novalis Please share about your Hoelderlin´s musical experience
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 11:52
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Indeed, Holderlin's traum is a big classic of psyche folk and the traum's piece is the most accomplished. What about their first opus? |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 11:57
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"Traum" is their first album... the summit of their career with "Rare Birds" -------------
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:00
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:09
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It is pure symphonic rock with discreet acoustic parts...this one is less melodic that their previous "Clowns and clouds" but features some incredible "sonic" arrengements...however according to me, none of their later albums reach the same level of intensity provided by "Traum". from German symphonic- krautrock universe NOVALIS is just the cream of the cream -------------
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:14
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Their first album is simply awesome!!! Great band!!! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 05:39
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It was in my election from the blog section http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21576 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21576 Happy reading ------------- 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 |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 05:44
A big hand for the Hoelderlin live 2-LP Traumstadt delivering excellent violin play  !
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