RARE '70s OKKO SITAR & ELECTRONICS TRIPPY EXOTIC KRAUTROCK PROG ACID PSYCH

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EXOTIC GERMAN UNDERGROUND PROG PSYCH                 

                                        OKKO

                 Solo

                           GERMAN - ACANTA - BD 21.177

FINAL COLLECTION COPY!

Very hard to find...this is a seldom seen mid '70s 2nd release with totally different cover of the legendary BASF label Kraut-prog-psych collectible "Sitar & Electronics" Lp.

Freaked-out kitschy exotic musical project formed by German krautrockers (AR & machines, Liliental, Brave New World...) recorded in 1971, this album is a gorgeous buzzing trip based on fuzzed out guitars, ritual handed percussions, trippy Moog synth sequences and indian melodic-epiphanic sitar grooves.

Sitar and Electronics the feature here - and what might be our most obscure and unvisited genre: Indo-Prog/Raga Rock. What you get here is more like psychedelic Krautrock n´ Roll which just so happens to feature sitar, flute and tablas... The Krautrock feel is here, much credited to A. R. & Machines (without the Achim Reichel mind you...), but rather than improvising and jamming like many German acts of the time, - the music here seems more controlled and arranged, apart from the small Indian breaks that are sprinkled throughout the album. Okko Bekker plays sitar like he´s received training from the insides of his mom´s belly by Indian gurus and frantic snakecharmers. As well, he plays like a guy who´s been playing a guitar for years trying to emulate Eastern phrasings and such. Suddenly he starts playing the real deal, and there you go. He starts playing rock n´ roll guitar licks on the sitar - and thereby creating his own sound. You could actually state, that Okko Bekker plays lead guitar on this record, it´s just not a guitar...His surroundings here include wonderfully muddy drums, -and not like: I can´t hear the bloody things, but more like that wobbly, warm and slightly messy style you´d find towards the end of the 60s. Yeah wonderful mud, that´s the stuff. You´ll also pick up a modest and at times bluesy guitar that sticks its head out of the bushes once in a while, but every time it does so it sounds so brilliantly. -Mostly functioning like a continuation of the melody laid down by the sitar, but when the sitar runs out of grunt - in need of more lingering and persuasive notes - that´s when the guitar shows itself like a gentle blues wail from the shadows.

In the shadows lies another thing, that like the guitar, also works very sparsely, and that´s the moog. That thing clings on to the sitar playing here like a magnet to a fridge. You ´ll first hear the simple and plucking melody of the sitar, and then like a magical echo, the moog gently reverberates and mimics the notes - like an a capella group without the voices.
This record is first and foremost quite charming while not the most groundbreaking album, both The Beatles and The Stones were doing stuff with Indian instrumentations a few years before this came out, and bands like Quintessence had also featured exotic instrumentation in '69, - BUT, there is a certain charm to Okko Bekker and his A.R. & Machines backing band as well. If you dig psychedelic music, or if you´re interested in Indian instruments used in a non traditional way - then this obscure gem just might be your next best friend.

- Simon Alcott / moog synthesizer
- Okko Bekker / sitar, tabla, moog synthesizer
- Herb Geller / flute
- Peter Hesslein / guitar

A Day In The Life (4:44)
Ganges Delta (3:15)
Himalaya Highway (4:28)
 East Indian Traffic (4:10)
If I Needed Someone (3:07)
 Shivas Lullaby (3:28)
 Pointed Sails on Ganges (6:30)
 Santana (4:02)

CONDITION: The cover: The fragile cover is M- great shape, no problems here -- Fresh original colors, no delete marks, no bends, no writing and no split seams ... collection worthy rarity ...

The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated M- TOP COPY  with very enjoyable audio, NO distracting surface problems ... both German ACANTA labels are clean

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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