Tracks Side 1:

1. Bird Mammut (4:03)

2. Classical Mammut (1:20)

3. Mammut Ecstasy (4.29)

4. Footmachine Mammut (3:09)

5. Short Mammut (1:45)

6. Shizoid Mammut (3:22)

7. Dä Du Dä (4:53) (Bonustrack)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Nähgarn Mammut (7:30)

2. Mammut Opera (13:40)

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Aficionados of Krautrock will agree that “Mammut”s unfortunately sole album is legendary cult, an absolute rarity. For a well preserved copy one has to fork out up to 1000 Euro, provided there is one to be had. This LP now makes the album (+ one bonus track) available for a larger fan circle.

Three factors have contributed to the album’s existence: a lively local music scene in the southern Black Forest region, a creative and dedicated sound engineer/producer, and the renowned record company MPS located in Villingen with their own recording studios. Villingen and Donaueschingen, both situated in the southwest of Germany, are famous for their Jazz festivals (Villingen) and the “Days of new music” (Donau-eschinger Musiktage), and are excellent examples for a high standard of musical and organisational commitment that isn’t confined to the big cities, but exists in the province, too. And of course there was a Jazzclub, which attracted the local musicians.

The Villingen based label MPS later was distributed by BASF, featuring top jazz musicians (such as Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, Dave Pike, Wolfgang Dauner, Volker Kriegel and many others), who did their recordings in the MPS studios without time pressure and in the relaxed environment of the Black Forest. Aki Kienzler, who also acted as sound engineer on the recording equipment, accompanied many of these productions. Influenced by the musical spirit of optimism that had arrived even in Germany by the end of the 1960’s, and the many various forms of expression of Pop- and Rock music it brought with it, Aki Kienzler no longer wanted to limit himself to the production of Jazz music, but wished to partake in the new musical movement. Unfortunately, his intention to publish German Rock music fell on deaf ears with MPS. Nevertheless, the people in charge agreed to let him use their recording studios for his work. Kienzler called his label “Mouse Trick Track Music”. Although the financial and economical responsibility rested exclusively with him, he was allowed to use MPS’s distribution channels. In 1969 and 1970 several local bands and musicians headed by Aki Kienzler began to develop contemporary rock music. In an atmosphere of enormous musical freedom, new music pieces and sounds were composed in endless party like night sessions, with each musician contributing his own ideas. Kienzler’s job as head of these undertakings was not just the recordings, but his musical and technical abilities formed an essential part of the music projects. Thanks to these recordings two LPs could be published. The first one, entitled “Under Party Ground”, combined the recordings of various local groups using their own and well-known music material. A decisive incident, which eventually triggered the formation of “Mammut”, was, that during the production of the title “Dä Du Dä” by “The Rope Sect”, both - guitarist Klaus Schnur and Aki Kienzler - recognized the title’s and the musicians’ potential and were inspired with the idea to record an album in the style of this song. “Dä Du Dä” then became the forerunner of the oncoming big “Mammutprojekt”, which is reason enough to include it as a bonus track on this LP.


At this point, the brothers Klaus and Peter Schnur, both guitarists, had to go looking for musicians willing and able to realize their musical concept. Influenced by the album “Deep Purple in Rock”, but also by oriental sounds and folk melodies, their intention was to combine several musical styles and turn them into a completely new one. Their songs were meant to describe the general situation of musicians, their difficulties and deficiencies, their world-weariness and fear of humiliation (“Hungerkünstler”), but they also contained a musical protest against the military mania and a call for peace. Driven by these ideas “Mammut” created a true “Mammutalbum” of Krautrock, melting fierce drum beats with distorted guitars, admitting slight influences of classical music, and combining these with gloomy and eruptive organ sounds, with acoustic guitar in the background. This resulted in an innovative and explosive mixture, which, even after 40 years, is still as fascinating and hypnotizing as back then.
Translation: Dr. Martina Häusler (longhairmusic.de)

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