Talix "Spuren" 1970 Kraut Rock Private
...a highly-priced collector's item! Talix had the typical vintage progressive sound of guitar
versus sax battles...
...some parts of the album are good, i.e. where the guitarist turned up the distortion to the
maximum...
...they are comparable to their label mates Nosferatu...
...Talix later became PINGUIN, who released a much more keyboard-based album, called
“Der große rote Vogel” for Zebra in 1972...
[Dag Erik Asbjørnsen, ‘Cosmic Dreams At Play’, 1996]
Talix is that rare breed, a German psych album. Not only that, but what was considered commercial suicide back in the day – they sung in German. Released just ahead of the more known experimental Krautrock movement, and right before the hard rock invasion. Apparently Talix are pre-Pinguin, but there’s little reference of that here except for the lingua franca (and the moody closing track which is a killer). The music is somewhere between thoughtful, almost progressive, songwriting and fun saxophone lead exploito dance numbers. The guitar is a constant highlight, fuzzed out to the maximum, reminding me of the guy from The Plastic Cloud. Overall for the style, better than the more known Bokaj Retsiem. Something a bit different from the norm..
Volker Plitz - Keyboards
Klaus Gebauer - Vocals
Markus Schaub - Guitar
Joe Voggenthales - Guitar
Elmar Kart - Saxophone, Flute
Tom Wohlert - Bass
K.D. Blahak - Drums
