Achim Reichel's Rattles, Wonderland and Machines

You missed the Getatchew Mekurya / Ex concert yesterday? For shame! For my part, I was reminded what an honor it is that I can participate even in a small way with an organization that can pull together such a beautiful event for such a beautiful crowd. And it was also a distinct pleasure after the music was finished to see 200 police cars in a row with lights flashing, followed by 200 yellow taxi cabs. Who but WFMU could orchestrate such a brilliant conceptual work? Anyway, here's my small submission to the common good for this week: Wonderland's very bizarre video for 'Love's A Murder'. Wonderland was a lesser known project of Achim Reichel, known primarily as the guitarist of the Rattles. Here's an earlier video from The Rattles and a later, much krauttier clip from Achim Reichel and The Machines. That's right, after Wonderland broke up, Achim Reichel continued on to make psychedelic prog, very heavy on guitar loops and slowly evolving kraut grooves. Especially recommended is Reichel's very out-there kraut trip, 1971's Die Grune Reise.

Comments

[JIMBO]

Naze tellement naze que c'est genial

[Nash Roads]

Il me semble que vous commentaire est contradictoire...naze et genial? Je ne comprende...

[Bonny Bridge]

I watched this again a week after I first saw it. It's that compelling.