A. R. IV

by A.R. & Machines

A. R. IV cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1973
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 22:30
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Masterminded entirely by former beat-rocker Achim Reichel, this project utilized extensive tape delay techniques to construct dense, overlapping loops of electric guitar. The intensely rhythmic, psychedelic suite serves as a high-water mark for the German pioneer's hypnotic, heavily layered approach to cosmic improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, jamming, progressive, suite, complex

Tracklist

  1. Cave Explorers + Birdmen (H枚hlenforscher + Vogelmenschen)
  2. The Man In Kidleather (Der Mann In Nappa)
  3. Thin Is The Skin Of Ecstasy (D眉nn Ist Die Haut Der Ekstase)
  4. Every Raindrop Longs For The Sea (Jeder Tropfen Tr盲umt Vom Meer) H鈧侽

Credits

  • Hans Hartmann - double bass [big bass], Bass [Big Bass]
  • Hans Boche - drums
  • Helmuth Franke - electric guitar, Guitar
  • Claus-Robert Kruse - electric piano
  • Matti Klatt - percussion, Vocals
  • Olaf Casalich - percussion
  • Jochen Petersen - soprano saxophone [sopran sax], flute, Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
  • A.R. & Machines - Primary Artist
  • Peter Hecht - Arranged By [Orchestra]
  • Norbert Jacobsen - Clarinet, Vocals
  • Achim Reichel - Composed By, Effects [Machines], Lead Vocals, Instruments [All Other Instruments], Guitar [Echo Guitar], Mixed By
  • Churchill Jolobe - Drums
  • Dicky Tarrach - Drums
  • Lemmie Lembrecht - Drums, Percussion
  • Conny Plank - Engineer, Vocals
  • Wolfgang Klaus - Engineer, Mixed By
  • Arthur C. Carstens - Jew's Harp
  • Frank Dostal - Lyrics By, Sounds [Sirenes]
  • Carsten Bohn - Percussion
  • Hans Lampe - Percussion
  • Kalle Trapp - Percussion
  • Rolf K枚hler - Percussion
  • Gorilla Musik - Producer
  • Frank Wulff - Recorder, Recorder [Bass-Recorder], Sitar
  • Pete Becker - Sounds [Sirenes]
  • Klaus Schulz - Vocals

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