LIVE IN NEW YORK

When I discovered the German Progressive Rock (aka Krautrock) in the late Seventies, I kept on buying albums from Grobschnitt, Novalis, Jane and Triumvirat for weeks until I had a huge collection. I was totally hooked on the powerful, often vintage keyboard drenched sound and the flowing, often fiery guitar work. The sound of Nektar was different, on the 2-LP Live In New York ( I bought in those days) you can hear more raw and improvisional compositions, very dynamic and powerful featuring good vocals, strong interplay and lots of interesting soli on guitar and keyboards. If you want to see this band on DVD I recommend the Krautrock Meeting (the songs Just Before The Sun Will Rise, Back From Hell and the crowd pleaser Gamma Ray, recorded in late 2004) and Best Of Krautrock Vol. 1 (the track The Work Is Done, recorded in Beatclub 1971). Interesting band!