Moshi Moshi

Guru Guru | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 7, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Efa Imports
• ASIN: B000006OXB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #787,304 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Moshi Moshi

2. Jet Lag

3. Tamil Nadu

4. Il Maestroso

5. Inkarnation-Stomp

6. XL Generation

7. Jonny Filter

8. Skylab

9. Don't Worry About The Koto

10. Bonusdreck

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Guru Guru was founded 1968 by Mani Neumeier and Uli Trepte, whom had previously played together in the free jazz influenced Irene Schweizer Trio. Mani Neumeier had played from 1966 to 1968 with well known musicians like Peter Broetzmann, Peter Kowald, Champion Jack Dupree, Philly Jo Jones, Alex V. Schlippenbach, Manfred Schoof Quintett, Globe Unity Orchestra, plus other bands at the Berlin Jazz Festival and other European fests and clubs around the world. German Rock Music’s first presence was felt in 1968 and was a movement that later became a worldwide influence on music with acts such as Kraftwerk, Cluster, Amon Düül II, Can, Guru Guru, Faust and Tangerine Dream, to name just a few. Krautrock, as it has become known the world over, became a new way of expression in music and lifestyle. These musicians created a German underground scene that was not influenced by Anglo-American idols and other countries soon took an interest in this new phenomenon. Extensive touring in Europe and the U.S. in early seventies showed that the Krautrock bands possessed enough self-confidence potential to make it on an international level and directly started influencing diverse musicians like Brian Eno and David Bowie, whom claimed that they were fascinated by this new wave of German bands. The will to experiment, producing sound collages, non-song structured music and noise, is seen nowadays as the birth of industrial electronic music. Guru Guru was one of the most popular Krautrock bands in the seventies as well as being one of the most experimental. Mani Neumeier and his ever changing line up of Guru Guru produced some of the most innovative albums in the German music history. Their first four albums UFO, Hinten, Kaenguru and Guru Guru were as experimental as it gets and their music was often referred to as acid-space music - music that follows no rules and is free and inspirational. Guru Guru presently continue to create original sounding albums, completely detached from the mainstream and on stage they are one of the most colourful and energetic bands ever. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

Originally released 1997, Moshi Moshi differs from the older Guru Guru material and is more or less straight ahead rock fusion. But still there are a few late Guru Guru live classics on Moshi Moshi, like Tamil Nadu and the somewhat spacey-like Sky Lab, as well as the classic Don’t Worry About The Koto and the radio-friendly Jet Lag. Moshi Moshi will be released as deluxe edition digipak with enhanced booklet and features the bonus live track Elektrolurch-Mutation, recorded July 1998 at the Immeldorf Open Air in Germany.

Guru Guru are/were one of the wildest and most imaginative bands to emerge from the 1970`s Krautrock scene and gave definition to the term. Fuelled by a combination of LSD and loud raunchy experimental music, which may seem to be unstructured, it indeed incorporated many styles, from jazz to pop. These influences became more and more evident as the band’s career progressed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Guru Guru - 'Moshi Moshi' (Think Progressive), March 5, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moshi Moshi (Audio CD)

Later day Guru Guru effort that you need to keep in mind this CD is nothing like their earlier albums,such as 'UFO','Don't Call Us...' or 'Kan Guru'.More or less straight ahead rock fusion.I know...some people stop reading the minute they see the word,'fusion',assuming that implies the disc is too jazzy.Best two cuts here would be "Tamil Nadu" and the somewhat spacey-like "Sky Lab".Also,"Don't Worry About The Koto" and the radio-friendly "Jet Lag" showed some promise,at least I thought so.Line-up:Mani Neumeier-drums&vocals,Roland Schaeffer(of Brainstorm)-sax,guitar&vocals,Peter Kuhmstedt-bass and Luigi Archetti-drums.They should've perhaps called this CD,The Mani Neumeier Experience.Overall,a decent rock/fusion title.