- Embryo (band)
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Christian Burchard, Finkenbach Festival 2011
Embryo Origin Munich, Bavaria, Germany Genres Progressive rock
Krautrock
World musicYears active 1969 – present Labels Brain, Schneeball Rec. ,Materiale Sonori,Garden of Delight,Ohr,United Artists Associated acts Amon Düül 2, Can, Dissidenten, Franz Ferdinand Website http://www.embryo.de Embryo is a musical collective from Munich which has been active since 1969, although its story started in the mid-1950s in Hof where Christian Burchard and Dieter Serfas met for the first time at the age of 10. It was one of the most important German jazz-rock bands during the 1970s and has also been described as "the most eclectic of the Krautrock bands."[1][2]
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History
In 1969 the band was founded by multi instrumentalist Christian Burchard (drums, vibraphone, santur, keyboard) and Edgar Hoffmann (saxophone, flutes). To date more than 400 musicians have played with the collective, some, such as Charlie Mariano, Trilok Gurtu, Ramesh Shotham, Marty Cook, Yuri Parfenov, Allan Praskin, X.Nie, Nick McCarthy, Monty Waters and Mal Waldron, have played on multiple occasions. Longtime members are Edgar Hoffmann (sax,violin) ,Dieter Serfas (drums), Roman Bunka (guitar, oud), Uve Müllrich (bass), Michael Wehmeyer (keyboard), Chris Karrer (guitar, oud, violin, sax), Lothar Stahl (marimba, drums), and Jens Polheide (bass, flute).
With Ton Steine Scherben a. o. founder of the first German independent label Schneeball in 1976.
In 1979 the band started a nine month tour to India by bus, which was documented by the movie "Vagabunden Karawane".[3] Embryo developed from jazzy Krautrock to a world music band, which is able to merge different styles and trends. Many of their albums originated during collective journeys on 4 continents. The band played many festivals around the globe: in India (Mumbai Jazz 1979), England (Reading 1973), Nigeria (Port Harcourt Jazz 1987), Japan (Wakayama 1991) to name a few. In July 2008, Embryo was awarded the German World Music Award RUTH 2008 at the TFF.Rudolstadt Festival.
In 1981, Müllrich and Wehmeyer left Embryo to form "Embryo's Dissidenten" who soon became Dissidenten.[4]
Discography
- 1967: For Eva (released on CD, featuring Mal Waldron)
- 1970: Opal (released on LP and CD on Ohr (cat. 56003 and 556003))
- 1971: Embryos Rache (released on LP and CD)
- 1972: Father Sons & Holy Ghosts (released on LP and CD)
- 1973: Steig aus (released on LP and CD, featuring Mal Waldron)
- 1973: Rocksession (released on LP and CD featuring Mal Waldron)
- 1973: We keep on (released on LP and CD, featuring Charlie Mariano)
- 1975: Surfin (released on LP,featuring Charlie Mariano)
- 1976: Bad Heads & Bad Cats (released on LP, featuring Charlie Mariano)
- 1977: Live (live, released on LP, featuring Charlie Mariano)
- 1977: Apo Calypso (released on LP, featuring Trilok Gurtu)
- 1979: Embryo's Reise (released on double LP and CD)
- 1980: Embryo+KCP+Charlie Mariano (live, released on LP)
- 1980: Every Day is ok (compilation, released on LP and CD featuring Charlie Mariano)
- 1982: La Blama Sparozzi (released on double LP)
- 1984: Zack Glück (released on LP)
- 1985: Embryo & Yoruba Dun Dun Orchestra (released on LP, collaboration with the Yoruba Dun Dun Orchestra)
- 1987: Afrika (released on LP)
- 1989: Turn Peace (released on LP and CD, featuring Mal Waldron)
- 1994: Ibn Battuta (released on CD, featuring Marty Cook)
- 1996: Ni Hau (released on CD, featuring X. Nie)
- 1998: Live in Berlin (live, released on CD)
- 1999: Istanbul - Casablanca Tour 1998 (live, released on double CD, featuring Alan Praskin)
- 1999: Invisible Documents (released on double CD)
- 2000: One Night at the Joan Miró Foundation (released on double CD, featuring Yuri Parfenov)
- 2001: Live 2000 Vol.1 (live, released on CD)
- 2001: Live 2001 Vol.2 (live, released on CD)
- 2003: Bremen 1971 (live, released on CD)
- 2003: Hallo Mik (liverecordings 2002 & 2003)(live, released on CD)
- 2006: Embryonnck (collaboration with the No-Neck Blues Band, released on CD)
- 2007: Live im Wendland (live, released on CD)
- 2008: Freedom in Music (released on CD, featuring X. Nie)
- 2008: Live at Burg Herzberg Festival 2007 (live, released on CD)
- 2009: Wiesbaden 1972 (live, released on CD)
- 2010: Embryo 40 (compilation, released on double CD)
References
- ^ Asbjornsen, Dag Erik (1996). Cosmic Dreams At Play: Guide to German Progressive and Electronic Rock. Borderline Productions. ISBN 9781899855018.
- ^ Lavezzoli, Peter (2006). Bhairavi: The dawn of Indian music in the West. New York: Continuum International. p. 314. ISBN 9780826418159.
- ^ Vagabunden Karawane at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ http://www.charliemarianotribute.de/bands.html#d
External links
Categories:- German progressive rock groups
- World music groups
- Krautrock
- Experimental musical groups
- German experimental musical groups
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