 genre: kraut, folk
country: germany
audio: lossless (ape, cue, log, covers, 458 mb)
time: 1"17'51"
Obscure 1970's folkies.
Their debut SPIELMANNSKINDER is in many ways the better of their two releases, blending in more traditional folk elements into a darker concoction, occasionally akin to Ougenweide. On NO RAYS OF NOISE they as much as came across as a German Steeleye Span to me! Pleasant, it is arguably more progressive, yet also a bit poppy and lyrical. An acquired taste, I guess.
Vocalist Manuela Schmitz has one of those archetypal folk voices, not wide-ranging but rich in tone and one that fits this style of music quite well. She also contributes a number of reed and percussion sounds to the record.
The instrumentation is also pretty prototypical folk stuff: tin whistles, flute, kazoos, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo and acoustic guitar - but no drummer. Actually the band did add a drummer (and electric guitarist) late in their career, and both of them appear on the live bonus tracks. But the original twelve songs on the album are completely acoustic.
01. What A Day It Is 3:09
02. Libelle 3:28
03. Der Schwartenhals 3:43
04. John Barleycorn 6:25
05. Givers And Takers 2:51
06. Morning Song 3:59
07. Dublin 3:16
08. Deep Sleep 2:41
09. Different Ways 2:25
10. Mattelotte Kupferschmied 2:42
11. Die Auswanderer 3:07
bonus:
12. My Friend 2:54
13. Tra Na Rossan I 3:01
14. Tra Na Rossan Ii 3:14
15. Another Morning 3:54
16. Among The Rice Fields 5:16
17. Rain Song 2:14
18. Wanderer 4:17
19. November 2:25
20. November Tea 3:24
21. Vertrieben 4:26
22. How Much Love 5:00
Lukas W.Scheel / guitar, vocals, mandolins, banjo
Manuela Schmitz / vocals, tin-whisles, percussion, recorder, kazoo
Siegfried Bushuven / bass, kazoo
Wolfgang Riedel / guitar, backing vocals, percussion, harmonica, bouzouki, flute, kazoo
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