Open Music from Germany: Relaxing Waves (78), Timeless (79) and Blow Hole (81)

This German fusion quintet very similar to the much better known Bando Heidelbergensis Katamaran made three albums in the late seventies.  They were a little bit more discursive and open-ended, less tight than the others, but had some gorgeous moments, sometimes lofty and heart-breaking.

On Relaxing Waves' title track note the resemblance to classic Katamaran, or, more distantly, like cousins hundreds removed, to Soft Machine:





From their last album, more hydrological music called Deep Sea:





Members: Hans Jürgen von der Buchard, Helmut Schramm, Joe Koinzer, Thomas Jehle, Wilfried Kirner.