nedjelja, 04.01.2009.
Führs & Fröhling - Ammerland (1978)
When drummer Eduard Schicke left the legendary German trio Schicke, Führs und Fröhling, the two remaining members decided to carry on without him. "Ammerland" was their first release as a duo, and it's an exceptional beautiful work of instrumental symphonic progressive music at its most atmospheric and relaxed. The music is strongly dominated by Gerd Führs' various keyboards (mellotron, moog, organ, piano) underpinned by Heinz Fröhling's acoustic guitar-work.
All the 8 tracks on the album are great, and it opens with the mighty and majestic title-track. It almost makes me shiver when Führs' spacey synths imitates birds in the mid-part. "Gentle Breeze" is not far from sounding like Steve Howe's "Mood for a Day" with synths. And "Dance of the Leaves" shows the duo at their most wonderful, where the mellotron and synth are laid upon each other to make dreamy atmospheres while the moody guitar builds elegantly around it all. "Street Dance" is a lot more cheerful, with an excellent moog-solo in the middle. Then you have two rather medieval/baroque-influenced tracks with "Sarabande" and "Circles of Life".
The 14-minute "Every Land Tells a Story" starts with a pleasant theme that is repeated for some minutes before the track goes into something that sounds slightly like Yes in their most atmospheric and laid-back mood ("And You And I"). The closing-number "Ammernoon" is typical German, ambient progressive music with a whistling and beautiful synth upon a carpet of flowing keyboards in the background. Great stuff.
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size ca.: 92 MB
Genre : Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock, Krautrock
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Tracklist:
01. Ammerland (3:05)
02. Gentle Breeze (5:30)
03. Dance Of The Leaves (2:16)
04. Street Dance (2:29)
05. Sarabande (2:27)
06. Circles Of Live (4:04)
07. Every Land Tells A Story (13:49)
08. Ammernoon (5:05)
