Disaster

by Amon Dueuel

Overview

Like the first two albums, Disaster comes from the same 1968 jam session, which if nothing else shows that the phrase "burst of creativity" can have a very real equivalent. As with the previous two releases, the emphasis is on open-ended, percussion-heavy, choppy-guitared songs with random, often wordless chanting, with rough sound being the general order of the day. Compared to the other two, Disaster has a slightly more "live" feeling, with less evidence of later studio additions or tweaks. It's a touch calmer as well, though nowhere near as sweet as Para Dieswaerts Dueuel turned out to be. Exactly how planned this release was is up to question -- it appeared after the band had broken up, and its two-LP original format speaks of a serious clearing out of the vaults. Regardless, there are some definite winners here; Disaster could even be considered the logical conclusion of the band's "try anything and see what works" ethic. Opening song "Drum Things (Erschalgzuegtes)" is very much a classic lengthy jam in the style of Psychedelic's "Ein Wunderhubsches," with what sound like fingerbells providing a notable percussion element along with the pounding drums, especially at the end. Numerous other longer tracks like "Somnium (Trauma)" (which ends with some great drum work) and "Chaoticolor (Entsext)" make up the bulk of the album's length, most settling on a key riff and grooving away on it just fine, with slight alterations appearing as each piece progresses. Some of the shorter numbers are as close as the group ever got to catchy pop; one sprightly number, a Beatles semi-revamp barely a minute long before petering out, has the perfect title "Yea Yea Yea (Zerbeatelt)." Unfairly trashed over the years, Disaster is just like the band that made it -- wonderful, weird, and wiggy. ~ Ned Raggett

Product Details

Release Date:	01/12/2024
Label:	Omm Records
UPC:	4059251606659
Rank:	42789

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Amon Dueuel   Primary Artist
Angelika Filanda   Percussion,Vocals
Ullrich Leopold   Bass
Helge Filanda   Percussion,Vocals
Uschi Obermeier   Percussion
Ella Bauer   Vocals,Percussion
Wolfgang Krischke   Percussion,Keyboards
Rainer Bauer   Vocals,Guitar
Peter Leopold   Drums

Technical Credits

Ullrich Leopold   Composer
Ella Bauer   Composer
Rainer Bauer   Composer
Helge Filanda   Composer
Peter Leopold   Composer
Amon Dueuel   Composer