RARE 1972 Krautrock ACID PSYCH "CRAWLING TO LHASA" KALACAKRA EASTERN PROG
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Apr 7, 2024
Sold Date
Mar 31, 2024
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Scarce LONG GONE 2nd press (see below, you'll not find the 1972 first press)- ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- Kalacakra
- "Crawling to Lhasa"
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- Germany - Private Press (#2 issue) - LHA 128
- Quite scarce many years later, the 2nd press with violet front cover.
- Most likely one will never find the 1972 first press being so limited and only locally distributed, wherever "they" came from in Germany
- This is perhaps one of the strangest and most underrated records to have emerged from the first wave of krautrock. 1972’s "Crawling To Lhasa" was the first and, ultimately, only set of recordings ever released by Kalacakra, the short-lived duo of Claus Rauschenbach and Heinz Martin, but where the band lacked in staying-power they more than made up for themselves in pure imagination. You would be hard-pressed to find much in the way of comparable material from this era in time.
Resting somewhere between the surreal communality of Amon Duul and the spooky grooves of Can, "Crawling To Lhasa" is a largely passage-way affair (even when vocals are featured, they are generally whispered, cackled or chanted to the point that they serve more as instruments than as any real vehicles of communication) exploring a sort of mysterious, stoned spiritualism hinted at by the record’s many allusions to Tibetan Buddhism. Songs meander, drift, or press on at indistinguishable points, and while this may seem to point to the record as simply being a collection of directionless jamming, the modus operandi serves the mood here in a way more elaborately crafted songs would fail to do.
All this talk about religion and mystery is not to say that this record lacks a sense of humor, however. Our German is not very good, but judging by the amount of (admittedly eerie) laughter going on in the background to some of these songs, Martin and Rauschenbach definitely made it a point to enjoy these sessions “ even when discussing such topics as the Black Plague in opener Nearby Shiras. Tempos are generally slow, though the electric Indian/medieval music hybrid Raga Eleven does up the energy a little with cymbal crashes and an alarmingly insistent tambourine. Though the record maintains an extremely constant atmosphere, the band is not afraid to explore several different facets of sound, from the rather beautiful, nine-minute acoustic guitar and flute meditation September’s Full Moon to the creeping blues pastiche Tante Olga, which keeps reminding me of some sort of cosmic, acoustic Endless Boogie jam session. Rauschenbach’s deranged vocal mantra and Martin’s nauseous electric guitar riff just keeping their cyclical choogling from driving me up the wall.
This is a real gem from the krautrock underground that anyone interested in the music deserves to hear. - - Claus Rauschenbach / Guitar, Congas, Percussion, Vocals, Harmonica, Slentem
- Heinz Martin / Guitar, Flute, Piano, Vibraphone, Schalmei, Cello, Violin, Synthesizer
- Naerby shiras (9:16)
Jaceline (6:15)
Raga No 11 (5:34)
September fullmoon (9:35)
Arapaho's circle dance (2:28)
Tante Olga (7:31)
CONDITION: - The cover: rated: "M-" top copy (see photos) ...very fragile, delicate and well cared for ...this is a masters recording (rarity!) and better, only very lightly played...There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
- The vinyl: Rated: "M-" both sides are smooth and clear... very difficult to locate this limited pressing from years ago! Both private labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))
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