Friday, November 1, 2024

Amon Duul - Hawk Meets Penguin (1981)

The debut album from this band from Great Britain.

The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, electronics and vocals.

This band was a splinter group of both Amon Duul and Amon Duul II. For some (stupid) reason, they still chose to use the Amon Duul name although they strictly speaking did not have the right to do that. Hence the many confusions in the many record collections since the 1980s.....

This, the Great Britain (Wales, I have heard) version of this band, released four albums and I have them up for reviews this autumn.

This, their debut album, gives us thirty-six minutes of improvisations. The music is a mix of both the German bands called Amon Duul and Amon Duul II. 

The music here is also a return to the very first krautrock albums, which was all about improvisations with guitars and the first ever pieces of electronics on the scene. 

The music is pretty decent throughout this half an hour or so. There is some interesting details here and there is a surprising amount of organic guitars and voices here.

Check out this album if you like improvised music.... krautrock.

2 points





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