Niagara - Complete Recordings (1971-1972) [3 Full Albums]
Niagara is Klauss Weiss (1942-2008) studio project, a remarkable german rhythmic master with total feel and groove that many of his teutonic peers lacked at the time. He recruited up to 7 other percussionists from all over the world to record the unique self titled album in 1970. The 2 other albums have more of a psychedelic jazz fusion vibe, rhythm is the bread and butter of this music but theres more instrumentation as well as several psych/krautrock/funk and world music influences. This band never performed live so this basically encapsulates their whole sound. A shame, they would have been a killer avant garde dance band, its hard not to move after the first few seconds of Sangandongo.
I hope this reaches out and influences percussionists everywhere, even today this is an extremely modern and creative way of approaching the instrument and rhythm in general. Sadly I feel im just going to attract a bunch of samplers that need to take beats from somewhere. (Which is alright!)
Niagara - (1970) (0:00)
1. Sangandongo
2. Malanga
S.U.B. - (1972) (39:54)
1. S.U.B.
2. Bones
3. Niagara
4. Kattarht
5. Kikiriti
6. Gibli
7. Terra Incognita
Afire - (1972) (1:19:53)
1. What for
2. City Walk
3. Terpsichore
4. Rhythm Go
5. Carnival
6. Malanga Two
7. Rolling
8. Dane in Sweden
9. Bangu
10. The Third One
11. Afire
I do not own any copyright so if it needs to be removed, I will remove it, its all in the purpose of educational rediscovery.
