EMBRYO
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Topic: EMBRYO
Posted By: DallasBryan
Subject: EMBRYO
Date Posted: May 01 2005 at 00:34
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anyone familiar? EMBRYO - Rocksession Embryo was only on Brain records for a short time. They were originally on the legendary Ohr label (mentioned before), but then moved onto United Artists (the same label that released all the Can and Amon Duul II albums during their peak period). But United Artists did not like the fusion sound of the album they had recorded, so the band sold the rights to Brain instead. Let's just say that Brain was using their brain when they bought these tapes, because the music is fantastic. The album opens with Christian Burchard's jazz rock drum beat, then eastern sounding melodies start to come in from the other instruments. It reminds me alot of the Miles Davis album Big Fun that combines jazz rock rhythms with tablas and sitar. The music then begins to get very dense with many sounds and instruments, including two keyboard players; Mal Waldron and Jimmy Jackson (also like early 70's Miles when he had both Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea). The only problem with this opening song "A Place To Go" is that it's too short, it's only four minutes long! But the next song makes up for it with fifteen and half minutes of psychedelic jazz fusion. The keyboards are clearly featured and the rhythm expands and contracts freely. Both Miles and Mahavishnu come to mind. At times the band also reminds me of Agitation Free (see my previous Krautrock article), who also experimented with a blend of jazz, rock, and middle eastern sounds. The only bad thing about this album is the name; "Rocksession," "progressive middle eastern krautrock session" would be a better description-cut and paste. |
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Posted By: terramystic
Date Posted: May 01 2005 at 03:00
I like it a lot!  Also other German bands with eastern flavour are good: Agitation Free, Popol Vuh, Between, Yatha Sidhra. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 02 2005 at 07:19
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Most Embryo are getting a new release on the Disconforme label! I hope to investigate Rocksession soon! ------------- 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: DallasBryan
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 23:14
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Rocksession and Steig Aus are top notch for fusionheads! |
Posted By: SQUARE CD
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 11:57
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yep but this one is nearly out of print regards J.R |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:17
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I have Father son and holy ghost, Opal, Rache and Steig Aus. I have to thank BaldFriede & BaldJean for letting me know of them. I still need to get into them, but Opal and Steig sound very good so far. ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:25
| they just put out a collaberation album with the No Neck Blues Band called "EmbryoNNCK", I ordered it the day it came out, heard the samples and it sounded nice, cant wait to get it, |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 17:07
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the early Embryo albums were an interesting mix of fusion and
Krautrock. it was fusion, yes, but their meandering improvisations were
definitely as spacy as Krautrock too
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 17:10
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Hmmm, I like all phases of the band. I might be one of the only ones on
the site who actually likes the latter, more world music (fusion)
albums, like Embryo and the Yoruba Dun Dun Orchestra.
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 17:11
That's good to hear. Indeed, "Rock session" is my fav. |
terramystic wrote:Posted By: Forkface
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 17:42
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Sure, Embryo is great stuff. Rocksession, and Steig Aus are my faves. Stieg Aus has a great album cover, too. Quite odd indeed. I made a 5 or 6 C.D. Krautrock collection for a friend of mine about a year ago, and he still tells me that Embryo is his favorite Krautrock band after hearing "Entrances" from Rocksession. |