Band: A.R. & Machines (Achim Reichel)

Album: Die Grune Reise (The Green Journey) / Erholung

Year: 2006

Label: Melting Pot, Ireland, MPMC 06001

Country: Germany

Genre: Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental, Fusion

Audio codec: Mp3 @320 kbps



Tracklist:

Die grüne Reise:

01. Globus 02:57

02. In the Same Boat 02:05

03. Beautiful Babylon 05:02

04. I'll Be Your Singer - You'll Be My Song 02:24

05. Body 01:59

06. A Book's Blues 01:35

07. As If I Have Seen All This Before 05:33

08. Cosmic Vibration - An Afternoon Concert 04:43

09. Come On, People 02:52

10. Truth and Probability (A Lexicon for Self-Knowledge) 11:40



Erholung:

11. Gute Reise 12:10

12. Atmosphäre 07:03

13. Alles Inclusive 10:30

14. Erholung 06:56



Total time: 77:25



Die grüne Reise:

Achim Reichel: All instruments (1 to 10),



Erholung:

Achim Reichel: Guitar, Tape (11 to 14)

Peter Franken: Drums (11 to 14)

Olaf Casalich: Percussion (11 to 14)

Jochen Petersen: Soprano Saxophone (11 to 14)



Biography by Jason Birchmeier from Allmusic:

German singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Achim Reichel enjoyed a long and varied career that began during the beat boom of the '60s, when he founded the Rattles, and carried on well into the next millennium, by which time he was still recording albums and performing large-scale rock concerts. Born on January 28, 1944, in Wentorf near Hamburg, Reichel began his music career in 1960, when he, as a singer/guitarist, formed the Rattles with bassist Herbert Hildebrandt in Hamburg. The band, along with the Lords, proved one of Germany's leading beat bands of the day, for instance touring England with the Rolling Stones in 1963 and touring Germany with the Beatles in 1966. Reichel left the band in 1966 after several albums, including Twist im Star-Club Hamburg (1964), Liverpool Beat (1965), and Hurra! Die Rattles kommen (1966), and subsequently served at the Bundeswehr (i.e., the German armed forces). Upon Reichel's departure from the military, he formed another band, Wonderland, whose debut single, "Moscow" (1968), was a Top 15 hit. Next he formed the experimental solo project A.R. & Machines, which debuted with Die grüne Reise (1971) and followed with a succession of Krautrock-fashioned albums: Echo (1972), 3 (1972), 4 (1973), and Autovision (1974).