TRIKOLON - 1970 - Cluster
Personnel:
HENDRIK SCHAPES kb, tpt, v
ROLF RETTBERG b
RALF SCHMIEDLING d
A trio led by Hendrik Schapes. The sleeve of their 1970 album Cluster listed Brian Auger and Keith Emerson as inspiration sources. This was a very primitive live recording of four extended tracks: two Schaper originals, one blues number composed by Ambrose and an adaptation of a rondo by Mozart. These references will give you a good idea of what the music was like. Essentially very long keyboard improvisations interrupted only by a trumpet blow-out, as on "Trumpet For Example". Much the same musical concept (minus bass and trumpet) was adapted by the group Sixty-Nine. Trikolon meanwhile changed name to Tetragon and recorded another album in 1971.
Trikolon was the first German band, which did release in 1969 a so-called private press, even before the famous Can released their first LP Monster-Movie privately.
The original release was 125 copies only, so incredibly rare.
The band was a trio (keyboards, bass and drums and also trumpet on one track ) with the great talent Hendrik Schaper at the keys.
The LP consists of four long tracks, recorded live in a good recording- quality.
The first long track 'In Search Of The Sun' is worth its money just alone: phantastic Hammond, a bassplay which is outstanding and very fine drums.
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