1972 OHR Orig ANNEXUS QUAM LP 2 ACID SPACE PROG PSYCH COSMIC KRAUTROCK Jazz

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• ORIGINAL 1972 OHR RECORDS FIRST PRESS
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• COSMIC PROG PSYCH ADVENTURES
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• ANNEXUS QUAM
• "Bezeihungen"
  
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• Germany - OHR RECORDS - OMM 556.028
  

1. Original ...1972 first press on highly collected OHR records, pioneer KRAUTROCK label
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3. Annexus Quam ... beyond the UMMAGUMMA Pink Floyd trip
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5. managed two albums in their brief but appreciated career. The spacecrew were avant-garde cosmic jazz & psych moods with very little vocals if only in the sense of using in background as instrument styled injections. Interesting band that had a unique sound not found elsewhere.
   
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7. Annexus Quam underwent a radical change of experimental rock style between the splendid debut album "Osmose" and their sophomore effort "Beziehungen". For this album, the band got rid of a permanent percussive section and focused more decidedly on the free-spirited elaboration of cosmic winds and flutes and the enhancement of the avant-garde potential (already present in "Osmose" but handled within a more explicit frame). In this line of work, the band had it clear that they better highlight their talent to create and develop atmospheres as a conjunction of individuals instead of going for a compact collective sound. The album kicks off with 'Trobluhs el E Isch', a track softly relying on partially defined textures that feature vivid dialogues between the winds, with the dual guitar strumming and controlled bass lines preparing a pertinent harmonic foundation, pretty much in the cosmic vein. In fact, this track is related to the quieter aspects of the band's OSMOSE album (not the first one to notice this). The grayish atmosphere delivered in this opener is succeeded by the inscrutable 'Leyenburg 1', a mysterious yet delicious exercise on free jazz-meets-contemporary chamber. Once again, the winds indulge in dialogues that set relevant moods for the track's development, but this time the structure is less solid: it is something that goes on deconstructing and reshaping as the interactions go on. Ambiences vary from deceitfully relaxing to exhilarating and back again. The guitar phrases and percussive tricks stand somewhere between the chaotic side of late 70s psychedelia and the musique concrete-friendly trends that were at the time followed by Faust and Cluster. Meanwhile, the contrabass stands on the jazzier side of things, delivering discrete cadences in calculated places. The 16+ minute long 'Dreh Dich Nicht Um' is set on a languid, hypnotic structure of rhythm guitars (one of them Spanish) and bass subtle ornaments that states a tricky hint to jazz atmospheres: the jazz factor is first capitalized by the flute, and then by the sax. Volquartz shines here like he had never done it before on any Annexus Quam piece: when his sax is left alone, he knows how to feature even in those instants in which the void is utilized. At one point, chimes and hand percussions emerge to prepare the road for the reappearance of the Spanish guitar, which now plays a series of stylish arpeggios in a contemporary chamber mode. The flute lines are created with a sense of encapsulated energy, while the soft pulsations displayed on the two guitars bring an exotic mood similar to Amon Düül II's ethnic moments or Agitation Free (without the drums, of course). 'Leyenburg 2' retakes the avant-garde determination of 'Leyenburg 2', until we get to the 2'20" mark, which is when the marriage of winds and bowed contrabass set the foundation for the controlled coda, whose fade-out comes too soon. This is a weird album, indeed, yet its musical excellence in terms of prog krautrock-style is perfectly patent (at least, to these ears). Many Annexus Quam connoisseurs reasonably prefer the debut album, but "Beziehungen" is the album that should reveal us the floating side of their music.
   
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1.                  CONDITION:
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3. The cover: rated: "EX" (excellent) and better, only very lightly used over the past near 50 years...it's fragile and laminated and full of exact colors as in 1972. There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...

1. The vinyl: Rated: "EX" (excellent) to near M- visible: about only 1 noticable light scuff line on side 2, so expect the LP to perform totally enjoyable. Ohr Records were not durable, sonic wise yes, but tended to show cosmetic wear very easily, this copy is well preserved as such.   Both OHR labels are clean

• ANNEXUS QUAM
• "Bezeihungen"


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