ULI

Yesterday I fell into a kind of "nostalgic" mood and watched a bunch of vids from the german band "Kraan", which was founded in 1970. Iīve seen 'em live in concert a few times when I was younger--first time  when I was 16.
Kraan -with the exceptional bassplayer Hellmut Hattler- is a typical example of a "natural born live band".
They -and especially H.Hattler- have always been ahead of the times with their music. Itīs a melange of rock, jazz, arabic, asian influences.
While watching I noticed that the gitplayer Peter Wolbrandt has had a big influence on my own gitplaying. Also Hellmut Hattler and the keyboarder Ingo Bischof : When I started to learn bassplaying the first thing I practiced the legendary bass solo from "nam nam". (Listen to the original version)
Iīd like to introduce you the track "nam nam" here from a concert in 2005. Itīs more than 40 yrs old, but  hasnīt lost its fascination .
"Nam nam" is splitted up to two vids because of its length. (Over 15 min). Absolutely fascinating how they act together, how they communucate and interact with the crowd.
If you ever have the chance to watch "Kraan" or "Hellmut Hattler" (SIYOUīnīHELL) in concert, just visit.  You wonīt regret.Thatīs how rock was played in the 70s.

German television proudly presents in "Rockpalast" : KRAAN

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Part 2

Happy birthday, fishi. May you have many more to celebrate.

Letīs dance

Itīs a few months ago since I worked on a new piece. Thisone I started working last summer, but after a while of listlessnes and a lack of motivation I continued the work and finished it the past couple of days.
Intenionally I had some vox / chant in my mind but then I decided to leave it as an instrumental (as usual) .
Hope you enjoy.

U.L.I.

Now that SOPA/PIPA is temporarily "off the stove" I found out that the EU-parliament is about to pass a similar law like SOPA in May 2012. Itīs called ACTA .
I hope the european, japanese and american members will start a discussion about this issue and will vote against the bill since theyīre also involved and affected by this law.
SAY NO AGAIN against internet censorship, user monitoring and denunciation!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/How_to_act_against_ACTA




U.L.I.

BandAmp is an american website as far as I know and there are many american members on here.
But Iīm missing a discussion on bandAmp about SOPA which is gonna pass the US congress soon.
If SOPA may pass the congress successfully this wonīt  affect only the rights for free speech & prosperity in USA, assort it will affect everyone all over the world.
If you are an US amper and wanna say "NO!!!" to suchlike rigid censorship here you can do . http://americancensorship.org/

U.L.I.

KILLthe BILL...............................................................30 yrs. belated Orwellīs vision seems to come true.....