(Progressive Rock/Krautrock) Baba Yaga - Collage (LP 1974, Phonola 7014) (2005), MP3, 256 kbps

Baba Yaga
Not to be confused with the much later neo-progressive band Baba Jaga, this obscure mid-70's duo were quite aptly named after the fabled fictional magician, being multi-instrumentalists of great invention. Ingo Werner is also known for his earlier work with My Solid Ground and nowadays as a session musician/synthesist. In Baba Yaga, the mixture of ethnic instruments, percussives and multi-keyboards, makes for a music that steps beyond early Between or Deuter, steering clear of any pretty or melodic noodling, moving to darker more abstract realms like the most mysterious Third Ear Band. Largely, this also adds up to a sound close to the later Brainticket albums ADVENTURE and VOYAGE. This one album seems to be the only document of Baba Yaga, and nothing historical is known. An excellent unknown obscurity.
Nemat Darman (santur, sitar, tablas, congas, cymbals, gongs, kettledrums, drums, vibes), Ingo Werner (synthesizers, string ensemble, clavinet, pianos)
COLLAGE
LP Phonola LP 7014 (1974)

Album credits:
all composition by Ingo Werner & Nemat Darman
produced by Ingo Werner
recorded at Dierk's studio
engineered by Toby Robinson & Heiner Idesz
special thanks to Reinhardt Karwatsky
cover painting by Otmar Hoert
cover photographed and designed by Achim Bilon

Line-up:
Nemat Darman: santur, sitar, tables, congas, cymbals, gongs, kettledrums, drums, vibes
Ingo Werner: EMS-synthesizer, davoli-synthesizer, solina string ensemble, clavinet, electric piano, grand piano