Embryo
40 (2CD)
LabelTrikont-Our Own VoiceGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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Released in 2009 to mark forty years of Embryo, this double CD draws twenty-eight rare and unreleased tracks straight from Christian Burchard's archive, sketching one of the most extraordinary travelogues in the music: a band that played the Fehmarn festival directly after Hendrix in 1970, helped found Germany's first musician-owned label, and spent decades collaborating with everyone from Charlie Mariano and Mal Waldron to players met in Bombay, Lagos, and Morocco.
The booklet, dense with photographs and history, is half the pleasure. Less an album than a map of a forty-year journey. On Trikont.
Release notes
Double-Digipak.with 28 page CD booklet in German + 28 page CD booklet in English, both with liner notes and track by track credits, and images in black & white. From the booklet: "40 Years Of Embryo. Founded in 1969, Embryo was one of the first bands in Europe to combine rock with jazz. Later they emerged as pioneers of world music, embarking on long trips to the East and Africa, playing with local musicians. All of these experiences have influenced their free-floating, colourful, glowing…
| 1-1 | What's Happening | 4:51 | |
| 1-2 | For Eva | 7:56 | |
| 1-3 | Marokko | 6:45 | |
| 1-4 | 1000 Feet | 2:06 | |
| 1-5 | Dirgos | 6:16 | |
| 1-6 | Make It, Breake It | 2:41 | |
| 1-7 | Ticket To India | 11:07 | |
| 1-8 | Sadja | 2:52 | |
| 1-9 | 9 & Govinda | 9:20 | |
| 1-10 | 6 Beat | 3:09 | |
| 1-11 | Calcutta Raga | 5:39 | |
| 1-12 | Cello Cello | 3:13 | |
| 1-13 | Egypt Street | 3:58 | |
| 2-1 | Cimbalero | 2:53 | |
| 2-2 | Melodie Andalous | 6:54 | |
| 2-3 | Eva's Zimmer | 0:49 | |
| 2-4 | El Moro | 6:25 | |
| 2-5 | Mix Of Dun Dun | 5:49 | |
| 2-6 | Madras 7 | 4:57 | |
| 2-7 | Reportage | 5:00 | |
| 2-8 | Imelaku 1 | 2:30 | |
| 2-9 | Oje's Song | 3:58 | |
| 2-10 | 3-2-3 | 5:49 | |
| 2-11 | Embryo In Between | 3:52 | |
| 2-12 | Osch | 5:21 | |
| 2-13 | Gnawa Taxi | 4:46 | |
| 2-14 | Dritter Sommer | 3:45 | |
| 2-15 | Hannibal's Nai | 1:49 |
- Christoph Wagner
- Liner Notes
