MANI UND SEINE FREUNDE

Already on the second Guru Guru album you can hear that Mani Neumeier is one of the more talented drummers of his generation. A beautiful sound, a great pinch and some great fusion chops. On this album Mani Neumeier takes the lead through a run of funky fusion tunes with some ethnic, some Zappaesque and minor progressive influences. The vocals are often silly, be don't be fooled, this is top notch funk jazz and the production quality of the album is impressive as well.

The first run of five tracks is really enjoyable. Funk, rock, jazz, crazy vocals. 'From Another World' has a psychedelic intro, an enthic middle section and a fusion/progressive ending section and is therefore interesting for listeners of progressive rock. The ten minute track 'Woodpecker's Dream' has a nice intro song with cute German vocals, but after the first few minutes the birdsounds, spoken words and small percussions are meaningless. The last short track also sounds as filler material to my ears. This is too bad, because otherwise this would have been a four star album for me.

Conclusion. If you cut out the last two tracks from your playlist you're left with a great funky psychedelic EP-lenght album with a ehtnic progressive finale. Three and halve stars for that. Recommended to listeners of fusion, people interested in drums taking the lead, krautrock and fans of Kraan.

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