Sunday, January 6, 2008

Wild Havana-st,LP,1977.Netherlands

Great and unknown album from Netherlands.Released in 1977 it's a beautiful strange psych prog LP with abstract compositions ,experimental edges and somy funk(!) hints.No infos on the band were found.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2008 at 1:23 PM

    Johan Smit-Guitars, Bass, Mandolin, Autoharp, Percusion.

    Cor Smit-Flutes, Harmonica

    Keess Engelhart-Electric Piano

    Their privately released album (recorded on a 4-track deck and supplemented by a drum machine) contained instrumental music, mainly funky jazz-rock with a hint of psychedlia.

    Taken from Secented Gardens of the Mind

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2008 at 4:31 PM

    Wow!Wild Havana is really really cool. I'm listenig to it as I write this and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Yeah its beautifui and haunting and The Peacock.... the opening cut floored me. What ever they're ingesting in the Netherlands.....I gotta get me some..ahahaha. Thanx M S for another great post. You have turned me on to many fine LP's..regards, John the rookie.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2008 at 11:45 AM

    the malvasia record is wonderful
    anyone has it?

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  4. Electric VoodooMarch 5, 2008 at 1:55 PM

    Fantastic. I'm Catching up now, Jim. This is flipping me out.

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  5. fredheadsetJanuary 19, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    here is some information about the band, albeit in dutch

    http://www.koppop.nl/showArtist.php?bandId=214

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  6. Johan SmitFebruary 20, 2012 at 7:32 AM

    Hi I’m Johan Smit and surprised about popping up the Wild Havana album after so many years.
    There actually never was a band and I recorded the tracks on my 4 track tape recorder together with my brother. I played the string instruments and my brother the flutes.
    In these day’s there were not much effect devices as well and I developed some of them.
    The drum machine was subtracted from a Hammond Organ and I made some modifications to the electronic circuits. The guitar strings were surrounded by wool to damp the sound as you can hear in the fast solo’s. Great to read so much exciting reviews about the project.
    Regard, Johan Smit
    For more information please email to jcsmit52@gmail.com or call +31 615964093

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