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Yatha Sidhra

A Meditation Mass

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Ultra-rare first 1974 edition on Brain/Metronome with wallet type die-cut sleeve on the enchanting sole album by Yatha Sidhra in great condition.

"Yatha Sidhra's sole album was entitled perfectly as 'A Meditation Mass' because that's what this album offers: a fascinating meditation suite full-filled with psych and indo encounters which is splitted in four parts which all flow flawlessly one to the other.
The first part of the suite is undoubtedly the best part of the album or at least the one that makes the title of the album highly suitable, with a psych-driven wah-wah guitar playing all through the tune and a gentle but effective percussive feedback. Yatha Sidhra adds to that tranquil and psych base an indian mediative feel with the flute which is purely mesmerizing plus some ocassional moog and electric keyboards which are reminiscent of Rick Wright's playing on A Saucerful of Secrets, which fits the music perfectly. The second part features Yatha Sidhra moving to a cooled down jazzy style with the electric keyboards being the responsible of that. Mind you that the gentle and mediative mood is still present and works flawlessly with the jazz incorporation. The third part shows Yatha Sidhra playing in the vein of Ash Ra Tempel's debut with the presence of a guitar solo, yet it's never way too heavy or loud so as to not break the mediative feel throughout. The fourth and last part of the Meditation Mass suite is a reprise of the first part with the echoey wah-wah guitar and indian-esque flute."


Details
File under: Krautrock
Cat. number: BRAIN 1045, BRAIN 1045, 1045
Year: 1974

This edition

condition: EX-/NM

Format

1st pressing with wallet type die-cut cover.

Unipak gatefold

Produced and Published by Gorilla Musik Hamburg.

Recorded at Windrose Dumont Time Hamburg Studios.

Engineer for Remix - Dieter Dierks, Studio Stommeln.

Special thanks to Peter Elbracht (our special guest on flute), Winfried Schmidt, Achim Reichel and Frank Dostal for helping us so well.

Composition credits:

On sleeve: (rolf fichter/klaus fichter)

On labels: (rolf fichter/rolf fichter)

"made in germany by metronome records gmbh"

Release notes

1st pressing with wallet type die-cut cover. Unipak gatefold Produced and Published by Gorilla Musik Hamburg. Recorded at Windrose Dumont Time Hamburg Studios. Engineer for Remix - Dieter Dierks, Studio Stommeln. Special thanks to Peter Elbracht (our special guest on flute), Winfried Schmidt, Achim Reichel and Frank Dostal for helping us so well. Composition credits: On sleeve: (rolf fichter/klaus fichter) On labels: (rolf fichter/rolf fichter) "made in germany by metronome records gmbh"

Tracklist
A1Part 117:45
A2Part 23:13
B1Part 312:00
B2Part 47:16
Credits
Yatha Sidhra
Arranged By
Klaus Fichter
Drums, Percussion
Matthias Nicolai
Electric Guitar [Electric 12-string Guitar], Electric Bass
Wolfgang Klaus
Engineer
Dieter Dierks
Engineer [Engineer For Remix]
Winfried Schmidt
Executive-Producer
Peter Elbracht
Guest, Flute
Achim Reichel
Liner Notes
Bernd Lipka
Management [Roadmanagement]
Wilfried Müller
Management [Roadmanagement]
Matti Klatt
Photography By [Photos]
Gorilla Musik
Producer [Produced, Produced By]
Rolf Fichter
Synthesizer [Moog Synthesizer], Flute [Indian Flute], Vibraphone [Vibes], Electric Piano, Electric Guitar, Vocals [Vocal], Written-By