A decent addition to the small and aesthetic psychedelic-folk schematic of Germany, Broselmaschine flirts with other analogous acts such as Holderlin, Emtidi, Witthusser und Westrupp and the later Ougenweide. Broselmaschine’s first and self-titled record follows in this tradition, featuring German guitarist Peter Bursch’s folk song with a psychedelic rock overtone: an overdriven guitar amalgamates with the sitar, acoustic guitar and metric, Krautrockian bass to render a Nouveau-folk sound that is more progressive than, well, progressive-folk itself. One thing easily overlooked, yet peculiar about this record is the lack of a drummer. Broselmaschine features tabla and bongos a few times, but the remainder of the compositions remain-in this case unscathed-by percussion. Broselmaschine indulges the then progressive ideology reciting poetry as melody, repetition, and droning strings-a sort of homage to the quality of 13th century folk music and troubadour songs that in structure had since been dismissed until the 1960’s, and when European youth, in backlash to the aftermath of the war, began to look to their ancestral culture and pay homage to the antiquated folk tunes. Broselmaschine creates a sort of mysticism-a vast space, an environment, a physical construct of vivid imagery. It’s the kind of record that almost stimulates synesthesia, and you find yourself thinking of their music as a definite place that you can peer into, to voyeurize completely.
Track Listing:
1. Gedanken - 5:10
2. Lassie - 5:12
3. Gitarrenstück - 2:09
4. The old man's song - 5:29
5. Schmetterling - 9:35
6. Nossa bova - 8:06
Personnel:
Lothar Franke-artwork
Lutz Ringer - Bass, Vibraphone [Metallophon] Lutz Ringer
Mike Hellbach -Congas, Tabla, Mellotron, Spoons
Peter Bursch -Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Sitar, Flute
Willi Kismer-Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Zither [Waldzither]
Jenni Schücker -Vocals, Flute, Bells
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