Monday, June 17, 2024

Didier, Germany


Cptn. Coffee. 1981 KladielasMusik 

Didier's sole album is an incredibly obscure jazz rock release. Similar to Moira's Reise Nacht Ixtlan*, Cptn. Coffee sounds like something from another era - primarily 1973-74. Psychedelic fuzz guitar, driving bass, echoed German narration, atmospheric piano, and tricky meters with sax breaks ala Soft Machine. This is an exceptional album for its vintage.

* - I've recently learned that both albums were both recorded in the same studio in the same year!

Priority: 1

7/14/10

2 comments:

dripdrip said...

Hi Tom,

The Didier album is also intresting historically because it features very young Michael Stoll who currently plays in Faust and has been doing that for quite a few years already. Kinda like the sole Key album (also a great one BTW, and a good fit for your blog), that was Markus Stockhausen's very early recording.

Cheers,
Lev

Purple Peak Records said...

Thanks Lev for the comment! I think I mentioned Key in my main list, but haven't featured them separately. I didn't take a shine to them on my initial listen, though it sounds like I should give it another try!

- Tom

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