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Electric Sandwich
12+ albums
krautrockProgressive rockPsychedelic Rockpsychedelicjazz
about
Electric Sandwich were a jazz rock/fusion band from the city of Bonn in Germany who formed in late 1969 out of a loose formation of session musicians. Instead of working out a standard repertoire, they agreed early on to just start playing whatever came to mind. Having fun was the motto of the hour. Out of these sessions, a steady line-up slowly evolved with a complete programme of arranged pieces that left lots of room for improvisation and showed a high degree of vitality, especially on stage. The band initially consisted of four musicians, all of whom had already played with other bands: bass player Klaus Lormann, a law student, had been playing with "Chaotic Trust"; lead guitarist Jorg Ohlert studied physics and used to be with "Slaves of Fire"; drummer Wolf Fabian, the founder of the band, had been touring with a band called "Muli and the Misfits", and singer Jochen "Archie" Carthaus sang with the "Flashbacks". Fabian confessed: "We were fed up with playing other people's songs so we immediately started to play our own material. Jochen and Jorg were responsible for texts and compositions, but our music is always constructed in such a way that we have to play together. If one of us is missing, we cannot go on stage." It was Brain's product manager Gunther Korber who discovered Electric Sandwich on a nation-wide talent festival organised by German TV guide magazine, "Hor Zu", which took place in the Niedersachsenhalle in Hannover. The band had applied to take part in
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Electric Sandwich
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Krautrock - Cosmic Sounds
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Kraut! Demons! Kraut! - German Psychedelic Underground 1968-1974
Krautrock-Music for your Brain CD1
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Krautrock
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60s Instrumental Hits
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Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2 - Experimental German Rock And Electronic Music 1972-83
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The Day After The Sabbath 22
Krautrock: Music for Your Brain Vol. 1 - CD1
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Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2 - Experimental German Rock And Electronic Musik 1971-83 [Disc 2]
Krautrock - Music for your Brain CD1