Annexus Quam

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Annexus Quam
General information
Genre (s) Krautrock , free jazz
founding 1967 as Ambition of Music
1970 as Annexus Quam
resolution 1970s
Last occupation
Drums
 Uwe Bick
singing
 Jürgen Jonuschies
singing
 Peter Werner
Clarinet, organ, vocals
 Werner Hostermann
Trombone, guitar, vocals, flute
 Hans Kämper
Saxophone, flute
 Ove Volquartz
Flute, vocals
 Harald Klemm
Electric bass
 Martin habenicht

Annexus Quam (Latin for connection like ) was a German music group from Kamp-Lintfort near Düsseldorf .

The group is assigned to Krautrock , but numerous influences from jazz and psychedelic rock have also flowed into the very idiosyncratic style of the band.

Band history

The band was founded in September 1967 under the name "Ambition of Music", renamed itself to "Annexus Quam" in 1970 and released two albums on the Ohr label . The band played at Expo 70 in Osaka in 1970 and then gave a few more concerts in Japan. Since then, they have been considered the first German rock band to perform in Japan.

The first release was the track "Kollodium", which appeared on the "Ohrenschmaus" sampler of the Ohr label and was created during the recording of the first album. The rather cosmic echoes of the first album then developed strongly in the direction of free jazz until the second album . The group was also mostly seen live at jazz festivals.

Discography

Albums

Osmose (1970 LP Ohr-Label ; 1995 CD Spalax ; 1999 CD ZYX Music ; 2005 CD Ohr-Label , 2008 LP Wah-Wah Records Sound )

  1. Osmosis I - 4:15
  2. Osmosis II - 3:11
  3. Osmosis III - 10:35
  4. Osmosis IV - 18:19

Uwe Bick (drums, vocals, percussion), Jürgen Jonuschies (bass, vocals, percussion), Werner Hostermann (clarinet, organ, vocals, percussion), Peter Werner (guitar, vocals, percussion), Hans Kämper (trombone, Spanish guitar, Vocals, percussion), Ove Volquartz (saxophone), Harald Klemm (flute, vocals, percussion, air pump)

The first album was packed in a specially designed fold, in which the cover consisted of four triangles, the front and back of which were painted differently, so that each opening in a triangle created a different overall picture.

Relationships (1972 LP Ear Label , 1981 LP Ear Label , 1993 CD Spalax , 1999 CD ZYX Music , 2008 LP Wah-Wah Records Sound )

  1. Trobluhs el e isch - 5:41
  2. Leyenburg 1 - 14:19
  3. Don't turn around - 16:35
  4. Leyenburg 2 - 3:34

Martin habenicht (bass), Hans Kämper (trombone, Spanish guitar, panpipe), Harald Klemm (electric zither, tabla, bendira, jew's harp, prepared echo guitar, tin cans, water), Peter Werner (electric guitar, percussion), Ove Volquartz (Tenor and soprano saxophone, flute)

Compilations

  • Collodion on ear feast (1970)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Annexus Quam is known as the first German rock band to play in Japan."