![]() ![]() ![]() Irishman John O'Brien-Docker had previously played on Die City Preachers and Marcel, and also recorded as Inga & John, the Inga Rumpf of Frumpy fame. This band too took its name from another Huxley novel that appeared in 1932.īRAVE NEW WORLD was created by Reinhart Firchow (recorders, flutes, ocarina, Stylophone, percussion, vocals), John O'Brien-Docker (guitars, organ, percussion, vocals, wind chimes) and Herb Geller (flutes, cor anglais, saxophones, organ) and along for the ride was Dicky Tarrach (drums, percussion), Lucas Lindholm (bass, bass fiddle, organ, piano) and Esther Daniels (voice). IMPRESSIONS ON READING ALDOUS HUXLEY was released in 1972 and as the title clearly states inspired by the English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly 50 books and illustrated the commonalities between Western and Eastern mysticism with "The Doors Of Perception" most famously having been the inspiration behind the moniker and subject matter of the US band The Doors. Coming from Hamburg, the kosmische BRAVE NEW WORLD released its one and only contribution to the greater Kraut scene but what a unique album it was. While many of the aforementioned bands are widely known, there were also many that existed for very short time, recorded a mere single album and then dissipated into the history books and swept aside from the tide of musical changes that have ensued over the following decades. Bands like Amon Duul II, Can, Cluster and countless others who focused more on transcendental dreamy atmospheres and mind-bending lysergic tones and timbres offered true escapism into hitherto unthinkable soundscapes that altered the very nature of the music industry itself and in the process crafted musical journeys that were more like a multi-dimensional awakening rather than a mere musical escapade. It is commonly referred to as an essential album in any krautrock album collection.Īlthough Germany's early Krautrock scene took on many forms from spoken word polito-rock and heavy guitar based progressive rock to jazz-fusion and a slightly more progressive version of what would become known simply as Deutschrock, the best and most authentic form of the Kraut scene came from the bands that pushed the boundaries of the world of unrestrained psychedelia. Sadly, after they released Impressions on Reading Aldous Huxley in 1972 and then dissolved. A possible sound-alike would be Annexus Quam (in the psychedelic rock approach) and Between (in the ethereal, atmospheric sound). Their use of wind instruments (woodwinds), peculiar percussion patterns, flute, saxophones and a stylopohone gives their music a special otherworldly sound. Being almost entirely an instrumental band (apart from some occasional voices) they created a most unique sound which combined together successfully different styles such as folk, psychedelic rock and electronics. As you can tell from the name of the band and one album title, their coming together was to make their instrumental interpretation of Aldous Huxley's novel - A Brave New World. The German musicians were Reinhart Firchow (recorders, flutes, ocarina, stylophone, percussion, vocals), Lucas Lindholm (bass, bass fiddle, organ, piano), Dicky Tarrach (drums, percussion), Herb Geller (flutes, cor anglais, alto/soprano/tenor saxes, organ), the Irishman John O'Brien-Docker (guitars, organ, percussion, vocals, wind chimes) and Esther Daniels (vocals). It included a mixture of local musicians and two "foreigners". This band emerged from Hamburg and lasted only a few years. ![]() Founded in Hamburg, Germany - Disbanded in 1972 ![]()
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