Emtidi

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Träume 03:25 Tools
Love Time Rain 02:48 Tools
Saat 03:57 Tools
Die Reise 09:56 Tools
Touch The Sun 11:50 Tools
Walkin' In The Park 06:25 Tools
Lookin' for people 03:58 Tools
Shadow on your face 03:59 Tools
Space age 00:00 Tools
No turn back 02:01 Tools
Long long journey 02:31 Tools
Let The Joint Go 'Round 05:00 Tools
Flutepiece 07:19 Tools
Yvonne's dream 00:00 Tools
Birds on a Graveyard 03:30 Tools
Walking in the Park - Remastered 06:17 Tools
Träume - Remastered 06:31 Tools
Love Time Rain - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Saat - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Touch the Sun - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Walkin\' In The Park 06:31 Tools
Die Reise - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Trдume 03:26 Tools
Walkin´ in the Park 06:31 Tools
Saat (DJ Eco Bootleg) 06:17 Tools
Walkin in the Park 06:31 Tools
Looking for People 00:00 Tools
Walkin' In The Park (1972) 06:32 Tools
Walking in the Park (Remastered) 06:32 Tools
Love Time Rain (Remastered) 06:32 Tools
Long Long Jouney 06:32 Tools
Tr舫me 06:32 Tools
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Emtidi were a duo comprising the German Maik Hirschfeldt and the Canadian Dolly Holmes. Their first album was a low budget production, released in a very limited quantity on the minor Thorofon label. The music presented here was a somewhat ordinary kind of acoustic folk. Far more interesting and completely different was Emtidi's classic second album ‘Saat’, made with a solid involvement from Dieter Dierks (engineer, bass, mellotron, percussion) in the Dierks Studio, Stommeln in February 1972. Here is a complete run-down of this absolutely essential album: "Walkin' The Park" started side one - the first half of it was a quiet, lush folk song with treated acoustic guitars and electric piano, this running into a furious acid guitar solo. "Traume" was a nonsensical interlude with wordless vocals, floating keyboards, vibes and jew harp, while the long track "Touch The Sun" finished side one. For several minutes an electronically treated organ created a cosmic atmosphere similar to vintage Klaus Schulze or Ash Ra Tempel. Then the track developed into a beautiful folk ballad, which Holmes sang in her most angelic voice. "Love Time Rain", opening side two, was a short folk-rock song recalling British groups like Fairport Convention or Steeleye Span. Tile title piece "Saat" was another acoustic showcase, but far more cosmic sounding than the previous track. The concluding track "Die Reise" was the only one with German lyrics, sung by Hirschfeldt. It could be argued that the energetic sections of this track ruined the relaxed atmosphere elsewhere on the album, but otherwise it was a great track. Luckily, this album is now available on CD on the Galaxis label. An original Pilz copy in decent condition will set you back at least 100 DEM Personnel: Maik Hirschfeldt - Guitar, Bass, Synths, Flute, Vibes Dolly Holmes - Vocals, Keyboards, Mellotron Albums: LP: Emtidi (Thorofon ATH 109) 1971 LP: Saat (Pilz 20 29077-8) 1972 CD: Arcangelo, ARC-7043, Japan 2006; Spalax Germany 2003; OHR-ZYX:70008-2 Germany Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.