Hans Reichel and Eroc – Kino (1986)
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Hans Reichel and Eroc – Kino (1986)
This review is for the original KINO album from 1987 on 180 grams pressing (DMM Mastering). My copy is also signed by Eroc. The Eroc remastered CD is also very good, but if you can find an original LP get it, there is something special about the sound on it.
KINO is an amazing album. It combines krautrock and experimental jazz into unusual yet very accessible album. The mood of the albums is at times spooky, playful, tranquil and exiting, and often within the same song.
When I spoke with Eroc, several times, this is what he said about this album and about Hans:
“KINO is absolutely unique, not to be comparable with my own solo works. I worked with my friend Hans Reichel four (!) consecutive years for it, spending hundreds of hours in the studio. Each single tone was composed, written and played with natural instruments and devices step by step and track by track, reaching from normal guitars and keybords up to tuned tobacco-cans and dish brushes.”
“HANS Reichel from Wuppertal originated 1970 in the free-jazz-scene and did a lot of work with big names in this field. He has a name as inventor of strange guitars and other instruments (e.g. the daxophone which we both first used during the production of our “Kino” in the 80s). I recorded and mastered a lot of his albums. He’s also a good friend of mine.”
“HANS Reichel never got this big acceptance in Germany. He mainly toured the U.S. and Japan. He even did projects together with the famous Chronos Quartet. But less than nothing was to be read or heard about it over here. In Germany he’s known only to a minor Audience and mostly played in small clubs. Nevertheless he’s a genius and absolutely unique worldwide.”
…out
