Embryo - Live at Burg Herzberg Festival 2007
SKU
05/WIS 2504
Not only are Embryo one of the longest-lived rock bands ever, starting in 1969 and never stopping, but they are one with the enviable track record. There are utterly fantastic albums and pretty good albums by them, but, to the best of my knowledge, in their vast discography, there are no bad records; and this is another good one featuring three long, jammy tracks.
"Are you ready to bring the authentic roots of free-flowing Krautrock jams and true festival feeling to your home? Embryo and the Burg Herzberg Festival (Europe's biggest hippie event) is a long story. Forty years ago, when the first one happened in the old castle, Embryo was there. After that performance they even got robbed, a blue painted violin and a good amp were gone forever. In all the years following, the festival got bigger and changed to a different place to find room for the growing audience and stages. Embryo played there many times in different line-ups. This performance was a sort of chill-out act for the whole festival. The nucleus of this band (Jens, Lothar, Mik. Marja, Christian) had grown through all the many years on tour to a steady line-up, supported by five other friends: on trumpet is Werner, who was introduced by Mik, one of the few good oboe-players around. On guitar Valentin Altenberger, whose father is a modern jazz drummer and mother a jazz singer who grew up in the family of Bobbie Jones, known for his work with Charles Mingus. On oud and guitar is Andy Rust who knows much about Indian culture and has been with Embryo for many years. The third electric guitar is played by Björn Eric Münz from Ensemble Orient-Express, also good friends of Embryo. On percussion is Norbert Keck who had been playing with the band almost on almost all of the Herzberg gigs in the last years. This CD presents a rawer electric set by Embryo (because the wet and cold wind at the festival weekend made it too hard to tune the acoustic instruments!) So, this CD will satisfy the early '70s Kraut-jam-improvisation-rock fans a lot, but also features jazzy vibes and structures. Comes with an 8-page booklet with nice liner notes by bandleader C. Burchard (German & English, great sound quality, three extended pieces, 75 minutes, analogously mixed and mastered). Highly recommended for jam and improv freaks!"
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