Krautrock Album Database - Agitation Free

Albums

Malesch 1972
Second 1973
Last 1974
Fragments 1974
At Last...Agitation Free Is Alive 1974
At The Cliffs Of The River Rhine 1974
The Other Side Of Agitation Free 1974

Malesch (Vertigo 1972)

Album Legnth: 40.03

Genre: Ethnic Rock

Best Song: Khan El Khalili

Release Info: 1992 CD Reissue SPALAX 14250

Tracks:

1. You Play For Us Today 6.15
2. Sahara City 7.51
3. Ala Tul 4.57
4. Pulse 4.51
5. Khan El Khalili 5.34
6. Malesch 8.24
7. Rucksturz 2.11

Overview:

Album Rating: 5 out of 5 [Doug]

Musicians:

Lutz Ulbrich - Guitar
Michael Gunther - Bass
Jorg Schwenke - Guitar
Michael Hoenig - Keyboard
Burghard Rausch - Drums

Second (Vertigo 1973)

Recorded: July 1973 Studio 70 Munich, Germany

Album Legnth: 41.31

Genre: Kraut-Rock

Best Song: 'In The Silence Of The Morning Sunrise'

Release Info: 1996 CD Reissue Spalax 14228

Tracks:

1. First Communication 8.10
2. Dialogue and Random 1.51
3. Laila, Pt. 1 1.41
4. Laila, Pt. 2 6.47
5. In the Silence of the Morning Sunrise 6.33
6. Quiet Walk 9.15
7. Haunted Island 7.11

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Average Rating based on 19 votes: 3.7

Overview:

From beginning to end, this is an album of infinite beauty, soft and subtle; the music, at times, has a meditative quality. The ethnic flavor from the group's first outing is gone, replaced here by a mature rock sound of a higher order. Beginning with a wash of white noise, 'First Communication' builds up with a slow, melodic, somewhat psychedelic guitar sound quite similar to that of mid-period Popol Vuh. This track ends with odd electronic effects which lead into a Michael Hoenig electronic piece consisting of harsh 'academic' electronic sounds strung together to form a melody. The two-part 'Laila' uses the Vuhish guitar sound from track one, but this time the music, driven by a tight bass and drum rhythm, is much heavier. Slowing down again, 'In The Silence Of The Morning Sunrise' consists of a jazzy guitar and organ melody line overtop a steady guitar arpeggio sequence. 'A Quiet Walk' builds slowly as it relies on the resonant quality of various sounds before erupting into another pre-mid period Vuhish 'Brudder Des Schattens'-like meditative sound. Finally, 'Haunted Island' finishes the album in dramatic fashion utilizing an atmospheric mellotron and the Edgar Allen Poe poem 'Dreamland', before ending with a wash of white noise that creates a loop if the album is played in repeat mode. [4/5 Doug]

Musicians:

Lutz Ulbrich - Guitar, Bouzouki
Michael Gunther - Bass
Michael Hoenig - Synthesizer, Keyboard
Burghard Rausch - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Mellotron
Stefan Diez - Guitar
Frank Diez - Vocals
Jackie Diez - Vocals

Last ( 1974)

Album Legnth: ___

Genre: ___

Best Song: ___

Release Info: ___

Tracks:

1. Soundpool 5.47
2. Laila, Pt. 2 16.58
3. Looping IV 22.45

Overview:

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Album Rating: _ out of 5 [Doug]

Musicians:

- Bass
- Guitar, Vocals
- Flute, Guitar, Vocals