Tracks Side 1:

1. at my home (5:02)

2. autumn (9:05)

3. butter King (7:20)

Tracks Side 2:

1. reflections on my future (15:47)

2. How would you feel (3:22)

Tracks Side 3:

1. winter (demo, 1970) (7:17) (Bonus Track)

2. I saw the world (demo, 1970) (4:30) (Bonus Track)

3. The way I feel today (Studio - live version) (11:15) (Bonus Track)

Tracks Side 4:

1. spring (Duet for two Hammond) (13:02) (Bonus Track)

2. I wanna stay (the Munich sessions) (3:59) (Bonus Track)

3. time can't take it away (the Munich sessions) (4:40) (Bonus Track)

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Such you child of dig those early hard-rocking so-called "proto-prog" bands but don't think they musically explore enough, or you love the early works of the classic Symphonic prog bands but wish they had a bit more hair on their chest and weren't ' t afraid to make a bit more noise? Twenty sixty six and then band then German and their English language debut album 'Reflections on the Future' from 1972 might be just what you're after, a Mellotron and Hammond-dominated rocker that incorporates traces of early genesis and van der Graaf Generator to their crossover of late sixties/early seventies rock sounds, plus a touch of beggars' Opera and nectar with traces of psychedelic and space so worked into their punchy fuzzy tunes rock exploration.
' At my home' is a fairly typical 'proto-prog' up - tempo and relentless rocker, all Gagey Mrozeck's snarling wild electric guitar, Veit Marvos and Steve Robinson's Hammond organ (both are credited to keyboards throughout), Dieter Bauer of mud-thick bass, Konstantin Baloch's thrashing drums and a confident, raucous vocal from Geff Harrison (who is actually English, and would later be involved with other German prog-related groups such as tritone and King Ping Meh). It's a reliable and addictive opener that Atomic Rooster and deep purple fans are sure to love, but the best is yet to come!

'Autumn' holds a dreamy introduction of electric piano tiptoes and Mellotron wisps that rise into grand symphonic veils over humming Hammond organ. It kicks to life with chugging guitars full of bite and reveals a a heavy symphonic piece full of frantic little bursts, and listen to the way Harrison emulates Peter Gabriel's raspy croon in the final minutes. Retaining a trace of flighty hippie-rock to its fantastical lyric, 'Butter King' constantly bombards the listener with booming Mellotron blasts, instantly reminding of the heavier moments of van der Graaf Generator, and there's plenty of lengthy passages of runaway piano soloing, sillier vocal spots that again invoke Peter Gabriel and frantic organ pomp and whimsy backed by boisterous rumbles of drums to remind of ' trespass Riviera Genesis.

The flip-side's almost seventeen minute title track 'Reflections on the Future' is mostly a free wheeling beggars Opera-like fancy and prancing vocal/organ tune that gets attacked with a throat shredding lead vocal and long bouts of histrionic wailing guitar, but it eventually drifts into ambling deep-space free form sonic exploration ala early Pink Floyd or nectar's 'Journey to the Center of the eye' debut. Finally, drenched in scratchy Mellotron and glorious piano, short closer ' How do you feel 'both vocally and musically reminds of the lustrous van der Graaf Generator and Genesis moments with its murky regal dignity.1, instantly calling to mind both Peter Hammill's overwrought drama and Peter Gabriel's wounded melancholic wail, and the chorus could have easily fit on the first few Genesis album.

Despite additional recordings to what ended up on the LP (some of the bonus tracks here hint at a strong E.L.P/The nice/triumvirate-like bombastic dexterity), the band would sadly split up mere months after its release, leaving behind only this first-it is in desperate need of some guess work that belated extra attention! If the above described mix of sixties/seventies sounds and proto/symphonic styles sounds enticing, then there's no higher recommendation than 'Reflections on the Future', something of a lost classic from the vintage prog period. Five stars. (Aussie-Byrd-brother/progarchives.com)


Geff Harrison - vocals
Gerhard Mrozeck - guitar
Steve Robinson - keyboards
Veit Marvos - keyboards
Dieter Bauer - bass
Konstantin Baloch - drums

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