A.R. & Machines
Die Gruene Reise - The Green Journey (1971)
A.R. & Machines - Die Gruene Reise - The Green Journey [2007 Reissue] (1971)
Artist: A.R. & Machines
Album: Die Grüne Reise + "Grüne Reise - Der Film/Making Of" (Original Album Remastered + DVD)
Released: 1971 (2007)
Label: Tangram 903022
Genre: Krautrock
Achim Reichel (born on January 28, 1944) is a musician, producer and songwriter from Hamburg, Germany. He is known for his 1991 single "Aloha Heja He", and serving as the frontman for the 1960s beat group The Rattles, who, among other achievements, were selected to open for The Beatles on the Fabs' last-ever tour of Europe in 1966.
In 1968, he co-founded the psychedelic pop group Wonderland, which also included English ex-patriate Les Humphries who would soon start his own Les Humphries Singers. In 1971, Reichel left the group for his own progressive Krautrock solo project, A. R. & Machines, of which the first album Die grüne Reise (The green journey) was critically acclaimed and likened to bands such as Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream.
Since 1975, Reichel has taken a keen interest in recording traditional German songs and classic poetry as modern-style music, which includes such albums as Dat Shanty Alb'm (1975), Klabautermann (1977), Regenballade (1978), Fledermaus (1988), Melancholie & Sturmflut (1991, including the hit "Aloha Heja He"), Wilder Wassermann (2002), and Volxlieder (2006). ~ Wikipedia
Lineup:
Achim Reichel - guitar, vocals
Frank Dostal - lyrics
Tracklist:
1. Globus (Globe) (02:57)
2. In The Same Boat (Im selben Boot) (02:07)
3. Schönes Babylon (Beautiful Babylon) (05:01)
4. I'll Be Your Singer - You'll Be My Song (Ich bin dein Sänger, du bist mein Lied) (02:23)
5. Body (01:58)
6. A Book's Blues (01:39)
7. Als Hätt Ich Das Alles Schon Mal (As If I Have Seen All This Before) (05:32)
8. Cosmic Vibration (04:41)
9. Come On People (02:54)
10. Wahrheit und Wahrscheinlichkeit (Truth And Probality) (11:41)