(Krautrock) Xhol Caravan / Xhol Mothefuckers Live 2CD, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Xhol (or Soul Caravan, or Xhol Caravan) disbanded and left into being forgotten starting 1972 or so, after the session and the tough-breathing recording of Mother[%*!#]ers G.M.B.H. (a tongue-sharp composition which still holds some of the most pointy and exuberant pieces made by the band, in their classic lust - thus the crossword reference chosen here isn't that commode). In 2001 this double recollection album + a cover "EP" is released, re-acting some old vibrations and classic moments. A change of perspective is barely made (at least getting to listen to the entire Soul/Xhol, to enjoy then a treasure chest such as this, is no more essential than an excellent collection item). For a fan's taste, the eloquent surround will have its moments of dust and shine, whilst the Xhol memory remains encapsulated into the casual details and observations, by which the band influenced a lot of the music scene's free performance, of psych's independent marks, of the first kraut-act acid inspirations or of the jazz-garde distant, distractive or drystone flow.

The first disc is called a rarity, despite that it won't be presented only here, but also right in the Altena 1969 performance release. It's a monumental 55 minutes rumble of class performance, going on a Freedom Opera concept, marking few instrumental corrosions and experimental outbreaks, but also singing aloud consistent and classic jazz, blues, conceptual (kind of) rock, voice-hoc, brick-a-brass psych and craft art, including "poems" after Vanilla Fudge or just playing, connectively, a Xhol high smoke of moody yet massive, mischiefed (sound quality is a drag, mostly) or mesmerized music.

The second disc is a bigger rarity, having another massive and ornamental piece of an entire hour, from WDR Radio Live recording, which resembles the much more experimental, dark and hard notched, jazz violent or tough psych "Xhol" transpirations (Hau-Ruck-like, but not entirely). No guitars, instead a lot of music matching a hairy free-jazz, noise, or tinge-rock orchestrations. The authentic feeling (cause the rest is purely...Xhol) goes between a slumber meditation and a passive crash of mind-phases, through an acid fluid content of style crashing into sound and improvisation crashing into classic disordering passion. The recording is interesting, but not monumental.

The "third disc" is not an authentic Xhol recording or expression, it's a small rotation, of 15 or so minutes, consistent of three covers made on three Xhol pieces, by Current Ninety Three, Nurse With Wound and Christoph Heemann. The disc is actually a "various" and a separate kind of album/EP in many places, the Mother[%*!#]ers Live sessions, whether on double album or doubly stereo vinyl, including only the two massive recordings. The sign is a good mood of Xhol ("Hot Buttered"), by a large similar craft and expression by the three cover artists. Heemann most especially recalls how he discovered and adored Xhol since '74, finding them "years ahead of their time" and even time itself.

Recollecting loads of music and old recordings upon a new decade that doesn't share anymore the classic time empathy and characteristic (nor can change the view into the band have burned like a flame, artistically and eclectically, only in that period) isn't of a major or essential impact. But that doesn't switch off the taste to listen to some more music by a band with potential beyond all thoughts. Therefore the collection album is pretty recommended, the sight of Xhol live, in the arranged (after all) flashes of psych, massive jazz, experiment rock and progressive new-stand, is close to incredibly worthy.

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Xhol Caravan / Motherfuckers Live (Disc 1)

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Xhol Caravan / Motherfuckers Live (Disc 2)

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