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Silver Wings 4:13 ░▐ ▌░ 02. Mind Quake 7:43 ░▐ ▌░ 03. Backs 6:41 ░▐ ▌░ 04. Gut und Richtig 7:35 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Wintrup 5:24 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Jack Steam 5:56 ░▐ ▌░ 07. Fat Mr. Rich 5:43 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ This influential German band came together in the South ░▐ ▌░ German town of Ulm in 1967 with a meeting between teenagers ░▐ ▌░ Hellmut Hattler, Jan Wolbrandt, Jan Friede, and Johannes ░▐ ▌░ Pappert. All four had played in local jazz and rock bands, ░▐ ▌░ and they enjoyed jamming together on a casual basis. Though ░▐ ▌░ they originally played free jazz, they were influenced by ░▐ ▌░ Pharaoh Sanders and Frank Zappa and started working on ░▐ ▌░ tighter, more structured pieces. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ After playing on an amateur basis, they decided to get ░▐ ▌░ serious about music and moved to the small town of Wintrup, ░▐ ▌░ where they lived communally for almost five years. They ░▐ ▌░ managed to avoid any kind of steady work, preferring to ░▐ ▌░ devote their time to art and film projects and their ░▐ ▌░ increasingly tight and professional-sounding band. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ After considering the name Jack Steam, they named the band ░▐ ▌░ Kraan instead. (The name means faucet in Dutch, a fact they ░▐ ▌░ were apparently unaware of at the time. It means nothing in ░▐ ▌░ German but they liked it because it was easy to remember.) ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Their eponymous first album was hastily recorded in 1971, and ░▐ ▌░ in it the band fuses psychedelia and jazz. Arabic and Eastern ░▐ ▌░ European rhythms are integrated seamlessly with funk-rock, ░▐ ▌░ and the 18-minute improvisation that takes up half of the ░▐ ▌░ album does so without a wasted minute. The combination of ░▐ ▌░ soulful, complex instrumental pieces and excellent ░▐ ▌░ musicianship was successful, and the album received excellent ░▐ ▌░ reviews. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ 1972's Wintrup album showed some movement toward a jazz-funk ░▐ ▌░ sound, which accelerated on 1974's Andy Nogger. All featured ░▐ ▌░ exotic rhythms and complex interplay between Hattler's nimble ░▐ ▌░ bass and Wolbrandt's guitar, with Pappert's electronically ░▐ ▌░ altered alto sounding like almost anything but a saxophone on ░▐ ▌░ some cuts. Pappert's dynamic range was very wide and he was ░▐ ▌░ out in front on some tunes and nearly invisible on others. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Each album also had some of Wolbrandt's odd vocalizing, which ░▐ ▌░ features impressionistic lyrics that are as much sung as ░▐ ▌░ spoken, growled, and yelped. Luckily, the vocal pieces are ░▐ ▌░ few and comparatively brief, so those who never acquired the ░▐ ▌░ taste for Wolbrandt's voice didn't have to listen to it for ░▐ ▌░ long. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The band hit a high water mark in 1974 with the two-record ░▐ ▌░ Live album, which was recorded in Berlin by veteran engineer ░▐ ▌░ Conny Plank. Some of their early pieces were reinterpreted by ░▐ ▌░ the more confident and skilled band, and in all cases the ░▐ ▌░ result is an improvement. Hattler's bass was the lead ░▐ ▌░ instrument on many tracks, and his lightning runs and chord ░▐ ▌░ playing on this release are among the best of his career. The ░▐ ▌░ instrumental interplay was stellar and brought Kraan to the ░▐ ▌░ attention of a much larger audience. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ In 1975, the Sounds poll named Kraan the Best Live Act, ░▐ ▌░ Hellmut Hattler the Best Instrumentalist, and Kraan Live the ░▐ ▌░ Best Album. The band embarked on a heavy touring schedule to ░▐ ▌░ promote the record, taking with them new member Ingo Bischof ░▐ ▌░ on keyboards. Bischof was formerly of the symphonic rock band ░▐ ▌░ Karthago, and his keyboards weren't entirely integrated on ░▐ ▌░ their next release, the erratic Let It Out. While some cuts ░▐ ▌░ were excellent, others were marred by excessive electronic ░▐ ▌░ effects and one consists solely of almost five minutes of ░▐ ▌░ echoing chants over heavily processed keyboards. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ While this experimentalism was entirely in character with the ░▐ ▌░ band's earliest work, that was not what their current ░▐ ▌░ audience wanted to hear. Though some fans were inclined to ░▐ ▌░ give the new lineup a chance and the album sold well, the ░▐ ▌░ critics were devastating. The poor press demoralized the band ░▐ ▌░ and Bischof quit shortly after it was released. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Six months later, Pappert left the band for a solo career, a ░▐ ▌░ serious development that left the group's future in doubt. ░▐ ▌░ Though the band continued without him, the dynamic was ░▐ ▌░ altered and they never regained the same level of energy and ░▐ ▌░ interplay. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Bischof was back again by early 1977 for the recording of ░▐ ▌░ Wiederhoren, a low-key album that had moments of brilliance ░▐ ▌░ but marked a shift toward a sound that was softer and less ░▐ ▌░ intricately structured. He was also on board at the end of ░▐ ▌░ that year for the recording of Hattler's solo album, ░▐ ▌░ Bassball, as was the rest of the current lineup of Kraan. ░▐ ▌░ Though much of the material on that album was marred by ░▐ ▌░ Hattler's singing (he was an even worse vocalist than ░▐ ▌░ Wolbrandt), the instrumentals sound much more like the old ░▐ ▌░ Kraan, high energy, eccentric time signatures and all. This ░▐ ▌░ mystified fans as it proved that the band was still capable ░▐ ▌░ of sustained energy for side projects but apparently not on ░▐ ▌░ their own albums. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Drummer Jan Friede left the band shortly after recording ░▐ ▌░ Hattler's album, to be replaced by Udo Dahmen. The new lineup ░▐ ▌░ sounded very little like the old band, with Bischof's ░▐ ▌░ keyboards dominating an increasingly conventional jazz-rock ░▐ ▌░ sound. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ In 1979, Kraan released Flyday, an interesting album that ░▐ ▌░ alienated many fans despite being good when measured on its ░▐ ▌░ own merits. Once again the keyboards dominated the mix and ░▐ ▌░ though all members showed instrumental virtuosity, the sound ░▐ ▌░ was more mellow than exciting. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The band made a major mistake by following this with the live ░▐ ▌░ Tournee album, a competent but unexceptional affair that ░▐ ▌░ couldn't help but provoke comparisons to their previous, more ░▐ ▌░ exciting live work. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Kraan's next album, 1982's Nachtfahrt, did nothing to restore ░▐ ▌░ their popularity. The band experimented with combinations of ░▐ ▌░ their usual sound with reggae, dub, new wave, and pop, with ░▐ ▌░ results that could easily be imagined as everyone found ░▐ ▌░ something to dislike. The band broke up, though a version of ░▐ ▌░ the group that included only Hattler and Bischof from the ░▐ ▌░ previous lineup recorded an album of unchallenging jazz the ░▐ ▌░ next year. Wolbrandt, Hattler, and Friede reunited shortly ░▐ ▌░ afterwards, added trumpeter Joo Kraus, and recorded a live ░▐ ▌░ album called Kraan 88. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Competent but uninspired albums have followed since then, but ░▐ ▌░ none have recaptured the magic of the band's earlier work. ░▐ ▌░ Hattler released another solo album in 2000, No Eats Yes, and ░▐ ▌░ the whole band recorded another live album the same year that ░▐ ▌░ was released as Kraan 2001. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ marr │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ indie . pop . rock . shoegaze . dream . jangle . twee ░▐ ▌░ chamber . noise . c-86 . college . goth . post . kraut ░▐ ▌░ darkwave . alternative . lo-fi . country . americana ░▐ ▌░ folk . folk/rock . psychedelic . progressive . metal ░▐ ▌░ heavy . hair . math . grunge . classic . southern . aor ░▐ ▌░ west coast . punk . garage . avantgarde . classical ░▐ ▌░ electronic . ambient ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ░▌░ ░ █ █ ░ ░▐░ ▌░ ▓▓█ █▓▓ ░▐ ▌░ ░█ █░ ░▐ ▌░ █ ░ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ░ █ ░▐ ░ ▌░██ ░ ▒█████░ ░█████▒ ░ ██░▐ ░ ▒ ░ ▌░█ ░ ███▓ ▓██ ▒ ▒ ██▓ ▓███ ░ █░▐ ░ ▒ ░██ ▌█▓ ████ █▒ ▒█ ████ ▓░▐ ██░ ░██████░ ███ █ █ ███ ░██████░ ██████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████ ▒███ ███▒ ██ █ █ ██ ▒███ ███▒ ████ ████████ ▒ █ █ ▒ ████████ ████ ████░ ███████░ ░░ █ █ ░░ ░███████ ░████ █████░ ████▒ ▒ ▓█ █▒ ▒█ █▓ ▒ ▒████ ░█████ █████░ ██████████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████████ ░█████ ▒██████ ░ ███████▒ ████▒▒█ █▒▒████ ▒███████ ░ ██████▒ ░ ███░ ███ ░ * █▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓█ * ░ ███ ░███ ░ █░ ███ █░ *** * * █▒█▒▒██████▒▒█▒█ * * *** ░█ ███ ░█ ████ ██ * ████████ ████████ * ██ ████ ████████ * *** ░ ░██████ ██████░ ░ *** * ████████ █████ ** ░ ████ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ████ ░ ** █████ ▒█████████████▒▒ ░░ ░░ ▒▒█████████████▒ ░▓██████████▒ ░░ ░░ ▒██████████▓░ ▒█████ ░░ ░░ █████▒ ███ ███ ██ ██ ▒█ █▒ https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bqpni7ipepjap4y35huv6ruaofe