AR IV

The album is a complex, eclectic, progressively psychedelic abstraction, consisting of two lengthy jams with a large share of magnificent improvisation . The first track “Vita” is built around Achim Reichel's blues - jazz guitar with numerous sound effects and overlays supported by exotic percussion, as well as solo flute and saxophone. The psychedelic blues jam of the second track “Aqua” is colored with light and clear folk tones. The sound of the album also has a slight oriental aftertaste and euphony of pop music , which brings it closer to the work of such krat-rock artists like Agitation Free , Embryo and Manuel Gettshing .

The album takes 19 place in the ranking of the best albums of Kraut-Rock portal Progarchives (as of April 2013) ^[1] .

Party Vita - 22:30

1. Cave Explorers And Birdmen - 5:30
2. The Man In Kidleather - 10:46
3. Thin Is The Skin Of Ecstasy - 6:14

Aqua Party - 23:23

1. Every Raindrop Longs For The Sea - 23:23

Achim Raichel - guitar, vocals

Helmut Franke - Guitar

Hans Hartmann - Bass

Klaus-Robert Kuze - electric piano

Jochen Petersen - saxophone, flute

Hans Bohe - drums

Olaf Qazalih - percussion

Matti Klatt - percussion

Frank Wolfe - recorders, sitar

Churchill Jolobe - drums

Carsten Bon - percussion

Frank Got - Texts

• http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=12311
• http://www.discogs.com/Achim-Reichel-AR-IV/release/888659