Guru Guru - Tango Fango (1976/1997) [APE] torrent

Guru Guru - Tango Fango (1976)

Germany, Rock / Jazz / Latin/Fusion

Tracklist

01. Tomorrow
02. Tango Fango
03. Soba Soave Bossanova
04. Un, Deux, Trois
05. Nightbear
06. Banana Flip
07. L. Toro
08. Salto Mortadella
09. Das Lebendige Radio

a) 0 Uhr 69
b) Wir machen Musik
c) Der Kaiserjodler
d) Schnaderhupferl
e) Bye, Bye Johnny

Line-up / Musicians

- Ingo Bischof / keyboards
- Tommy Goldschmidt / percussion
- Sepp Jandrisits / guitar
- Jogi Karpentiel / bass
- Mani Neumeier / drums, keyboards, producer
- Roland Schaeffer / synthesizer, guitar

With their 8th studio album GURU GURU continued to explore Latin/Fusion sound that they started on the previous efforts. The music is ever more complex with increasing use of assorted percussions, keyboards, synths and saxophones, courtesy mainly of multi- instrumentalist Rolland Schaeffer. However, this album is not very strong. With its frequent take on light samba/bossa nova sound, at times it is close to easy-listening Muzak. What keeps it back on track is omnipresent Mani's humour and satire, which reminds us that we are not listening to some Brazilian "riviera-style" samba/jazz. "L Torro" takes us back to the best moments of "Dance of the Flames", while the experimental "Das Lebendige Radio" is sort of a filler on this album, although I (with my limited German language skills) assume the satiric view of "Madagascaran accordion players helping bring Deutsche Demokratische Republik and West Germany back together again" was really funny at those times of divided Germany... Progarchives.com