Wednesday, March 19, 2008

JOACHIM KUHN-CINEMASCOPE, LP, 1974, GERMANY




Rare as hen's teeth and riddled with atmosphere to burn, the hard charging and often jaw-dropping krautrock fusion heard on Cinemascope was produced by Conny Plank, flanked by an Orchestra (conducted by Kuhn's brother Rolf) and features a stellar international cast comprised of guitarist Toto Blanke (who I've posted a raft of material by previously), Kuhn on piano, electric piano and sax and the legendary fusion rhythm section of John Lee and Gerry Brown plus a guest turn from Polish violinist Zbigniew Seifert. All reason enough for a pulse quickening to be sure, but credentials aside, the way fusion fire, snakily phantasmal orchestration and producerly atmospheric flourishes elide here is really something special, it's only possible parallel for the way it situates the spectral with the fluidly feverish being Ralf Nowy's Amon Duul 2-related Lucifer's Dream LP, which I'll post next week.

Get it Here

***NOTE: THERE'S A MIRRORED MEDIAFIRE LINK IN THE COMMENT FIELD***
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 20, 2008 at 7:18 AM

    Thanks fantastic LP!!!!!
    ALAN

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  2. Peter TronMarch 20, 2008 at 8:38 AM

    cheers man!

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  3. Gianni aka Cesare BarbettaMarch 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM

    great!

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  4. AnonymousMarch 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM

    Although I´m German and grew up with MPS-records I have never seen nor heard this one. Great! Thank you!

    Manfred

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  5. AnonymousMarch 20, 2008 at 2:16 PM

    Thank you. Mutantz
    MZ

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  6. KevinMarch 20, 2008 at 6:15 PM

    Thanks!

    This sounds like it's right up my alley.

    Best, Kevin

    http://eclectic-grooves.blogspot.com

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  7. PHSStudiosRJMarch 21, 2008 at 8:07 AM

    Thank you very much for that wonderful postage. I already served myself of great pearls in his blog. Thank you very much for friend to exist.

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  8. Chem DubmasterMarch 21, 2008 at 11:54 PM

    thanks for this upload, great album,
    good thing it's not on Rapidshare!
    Greetings from Mexico

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  9. AnonymousMarch 22, 2008 at 2:32 PM

    for all the mutant crowd, check this out : http://uneasy-listening.blogspot.com + http://theshapeofchaostocome.blogspot.com

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  10. Art SimonMarch 31, 2008 at 7:57 PM

    I didn't know this existed, Thanks!

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  11. il angeloApril 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM

    Very trippy, kinda mahavishnulike. Rare indeed. Loved it. Thanks

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  12. ishJune 21, 2008 at 1:01 PM

    really enjoyed this. thanks.

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  13. MichaelJuly 6, 2008 at 1:51 AM

    Thank you very much!

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  14. AnonymousAugust 23, 2008 at 7:41 AM

    Wonderful!Thank you!!!

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  15. boogiemanAugust 18, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Thanks mate. i'm quite familiar with the MPS catalogue and Kuhn's work but i had never heard this one. Pretty heavy fusion, i love it! And Toto Blanke is a badass electric player!

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  16. Turtle BirthDecember 12, 2011 at 5:51 AM

    I just bought it yesterday for 3 euro's :D The guy who was selling it bluntly told me that it was "Piano music, ohyeah and there's also guitar playing in it". Hahahaa. Because of this it almost made me not buy it. But i did anyway, even if it would only be for the awesome cover :D
    I'm so happy!

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  17. al66December 2, 2012 at 7:50 AM

    Mediafire link for this album:

    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?pa7oioqjt2m4lb4

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