Siddhartha – Weltschmerz(1975 Germany Prog Rock, Krautrock)Full Album

Siddhartha biography SIDDHARTHA from Korntal in the neighbourhood of Stuttgart existed for nearly four years. Formed in 1973 and named after a novel by Hermann Hesse the band was a five-piece line-up consisting of Martin Mörike (organ, piano, vocals), Klaus Hermann (drums), Gerhard Kraus (violin, vocals), Eberhard Müller (guitar) and Klaus Scharff (bass). The band's trademark is a special obscure blend of styles like jazz and art rock, folk, psychedelia with unique vocals in german and english. The debut and single album was produced with three additional musicans which delivered further colours due to female voice, flute and tuba. 'Weltschmerz' (literally translated 'World's Pain') was released in 1975 and limited to 400 copies what makes it a rare collectors' item today. It's an impressive work, approximately hard to digest and therefore needs time to come in. The songs are experimental, full of surprising variations, often with an orchestral mood. Total time is not more than 38 minutes. No recordings from live performances were known and unfortunately another tape with 30 minutes got lost and has not been found yet. SIDDHARTHA is recommended to collectors of weird kraut albums of the early german prog phase. Rivertree (Uwe Zickel) Studio Album, released in 1975 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Looking In The Past 00:00 2. Tanz Im Schnee 06:21 3. Times Of Delight 11:35 4. Weit Weg 18:42 5. Gift Of The Fool 31:00 Line-up / Musicians - Martin Mörike / organ, piano, vocals - Klaus Hermann / drums - Gerhard Kraus / violin, vocals - Eberhard Müller / guitar - Klaus Scharff / bass additional musicians: - Gabi Rossmanith / vocals (1) - Iris Rothermel / flute - Lothar Mattlinger / tuba (4)