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A Meditation Mass 1973

A Meditation Mass (Brain 1973)

Album Legnth: 40:03

Recorded: Windrose Studios - Hamburg

Genre: Rock/Meditative

Best Song: 'A Meditation Mass'

Release Info: 1995 CD Reissue SPALAX 14866

Tracks:

1. A Meditation Mass 1 17.45
2. A Meditation Mass 2 3.13
3. A Meditation Mass 3 12.00
4. A Meditation Mass 4 7.16

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Average Rating based on 22 votes: 4.5

Overview:

Yatha Sidhra is the only group I am aware of that released only one song in their entire recording career. This song, the forty-minute 'A Meditation Mass' is one of the more soothing tracks in the genre. For their CD release, Spalax divided the track into 4 sections; I am not sure why? 'A Meditation Mass' builds slowly and includes a hypnotically repetitive guitar and percussion background overtop of which flute solos and moog drones can be heard. Unintelligible droning vocals are introduced around the ten-minute mark further enhancing the meditative qualities. The track picks up musically near the eighteen-minute mark when the beat shifts towards a rock bass riff led by some jazzy electric piano work. This middle section extends throughout track 3 and gets heavier and more psychedelic until ultimately ending in an explosive fury twentyeight-minutes into the track. Slowly, the meditative qualities build, returning the track to its original hypnotic state for the final seven-minutes. The members of Yatha Sidhra were friends with Achim Reichel, whom many believe had a helping hand in procuring the bands recording contract. Sadly, they made just this one album; however, Rolf Fichter did record an album with the band Dreamworld in 1980. [4.5/5 Doug]

Musicians:

Rolf Fichter - Moog, Indian Flute, Electric Piano, Guitar, Vocals
Klaus Fichter - Drums, Percussion
Matthias Micolai - Guitar, Bass
Peter Elbracht - Flute