Saat (Mlps) [Import]

Emtidi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 13, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Disk Union Japan
• ASIN: B0000TCN3I
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,576,667 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Walking In The Park

2. Traume

3. Touch The Sun

4. Love Time Rain

5. Saat

6. Die Reise

Editorial Reviews

Recording in a good studio in 1972 with an accomplished engineer/musician such as Dieter Dierks (Ash Ra Tempel, Cosmic Jokers, Tangerine Dream, and yes, the Scorpions), certainly enabled Emtidi to expand their musical style on "Saat." The end result was a shimmering, lush cosmic folk trip, with multi-tracked and treated acoustic guitars plus electric piano, fragile angelic femme vocals, vibes, and mellotron, (punctuated by the occasional acid guitar solo). Yes, "Saat" is an elevated cosmic folk brew of a refined and most magical kind-a richly textured sound thick with treated guitars, phased keyboards and trippy electronics, rendering a cosmic atmosphere similar to vintage Klaus Schulze or Ash Ra Tempel, and creating an album which has been called "one of the most beautiful cosmic treks of all time." Pastoral imagery runs like a green silken thread throughout this beautiful record, starting with the front cover, a psychedelic airbrush painting of a pink stardust ear of wheat ("saat" means "seed"), and the inner gatefold, which depicts a luxurious golden field of corn. Bountiful and blissful. Our Lion Productions edition comes with a 16-page booklet which contains band info, a history of Rolf Ulrich Kaiser and his OHR/Pilz/Kosmischen Kuriere Records empire, and a Pilz label discography. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How do you say "PENTANGLE" in German?, February 11, 2009

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W. T. Hoffman "artist and musician" (Pennsylvania, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saat (Audio CD)

EMTIDI were one of the very best of West Germany's Krautrock/psychedelic folk acts, and this is their second album, from 1972. The album was produced by Dieter Dierk's studio, who also put quite a few of the spaced out effects on the music, like melotrone, and odds and ends of percussion. EMTIDI were part of that same freak folk scene, which gave us HOELDERLIN, BROSELMASCHINE, and WITTHUESER AND WESTRUPP. So, if you know those bands, especially their most psychedelic work, then you know what to expect from EMTIDI. Lyrics about sowing seeds of enlightenment (the name of the album, SAAT, means "SEED" in german.) Also, other pastorial lyrics, which one can discern from the song titles. Since they are not listed, here they are: 1. WALKING IN THE PARK 2. TRAEUME (dreams) 3. TOUCH THE SUN 4. LOVE TIME RAIN 5. SAAT 6. DIE REISE (german for THE TRIP...geez, do you think they might have dosed a bit?) For those of you who prefer your music in English, dont worry, the woman who sings these songs, with beautiful harmonies from the guy on guitar, sings in English. (Her singing style is very precise, and controlled.) The instrumentation is also typical for the psychedelic folk sound, which DONOVAN practically copyrighted with SUNSHINE SUPERMAN. Sitars, harpsicords, flutes, hand drums, acoustic guitars finger picked, or guitars played thru leslie speakers, mellotrone, slippery bass lines, and the like... it's all here.

There is not a song on this album, which I find boring, or too trite to take seriously. IF i have a criticism, it might be that after you hear the album for 15 or 20 times, you might grow tired of it, and want more from the band, and you wont find any more sadly. Of course, now that this music is over 35 years old, it is dated in ways, but not as much as you might think, especially for those of you who are fans of DEVENDRA BANHART, ESPERS, VETIVER, or even MAZZY STAR. IN fact, take any of the currently popular FREAKFOLK acts, and play one of the cuts that might have sitar on them, or recorder, and you'll hear the connection between these groups immediately, even tho the EMTIDI band members are central europeans. When I call them KRAUTROCK FREAK FOLK, it isnt due to motorik drumming, or tons of electronics, or minimalistic melodies. Rather, its Dierks' production, his subdued, understated mellotrone playing, and their overall connection to the other hippie/folk musicians from the hippie era. Anyone who wants to hear the acoustic side of the Krautrock music, or just what hippie freak folk sounded like in 1972, can not do better than this band. EMTIDI's SAAT is every bit as good as the first HOELDERLIN album, and that's saying a lot in my book. Sei keinen Dummkopf, und kaufe diese Scherbe, Mensch.