Alex - "Patella Black" (3:44)
Klauss Weiss - "Driving Sequences" (3:27)
Can - "I'm So Green" (3:05)
Agitation Free - "Laila" (part 2) (6:47)
Deutsche Wertarbeit - "Guten Abend, Leute" (5:38)
Amon Duul II - "Wolf City" (3:20)
Michael Rother - "Flammende Herzen" (7:03)
Klauss Weiss - "Pink Sails" (2:10)
Virus - "My Strand-Eyed Girl" (4:16)
Conrad Schnitzler - "Ballet Statique" (4:49)
Kalacakra - "Nearby Shiras" (9:14)
EMAK - "Tanz In Den Himmel" (2:50)
Et Cetera - "Mellodrama 2a" (5:12)
Gruppe Between - "Triumphzug Kaiser Maximillian I" (3:15)
Roedelius - "Halmharfe" (3:25)
Dzyan - "Dragonsong" (7:30)
Harmonia - "Deluxe (Immer Wieder)" (9:43)
Gunter Schickert - "Suleika" (6:19)
Witthuser & Westrupp - "Schopfung (1 Mose 1)" (8:26)
Review: Here's hoping you've got your super-weird hat on. As the title of this latest Soul Jazz compilation suggests, the tracks on here are anything but by numbers and cross so many genre lines it often becomes impossible to differentiate between the rock and electronic bits, simultaneously teaching us all something about the connectivity of everything, and how real creativity has never been siloed by style.
Of course the likes of 'Guten Abend, Leute' by Deutsche Wertarbeit are firmly in the synth end of things, a building track that uses phaser noises and accordions to create something that could definitely work on today's dancefloors. And next on the list, 'Wolf City' by Amon Duul II, is a strange rock brew of post punk and jazz. But elsewhere work such as 'Pink Sails' by Klauss Weiss, 'Ballet Statique' from Conrad Schnitzler and the heartbreakingly beautiful pianos of Roedelius' 'Halmharfe' make differences harder to identify.
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