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kamasutra - vollendung der liebe

Irmin Schmidt + Inner Space Production  (CAN)

Original Soundtrack

NEW DOUBLE GATEFOLD LP

KAMASUTRA – an unreleased soundtrack from 1968
by Irmin Schmidt and The Inner Space


Better late than never? A good four decades after its making, a rare gem is up for release: the soundtrack to Kobi Jaeger’s erotic and educational epic KAMASUTRA – consummation of love composed and recorded by Irmin Schmidt & The Inner Space.
A precursor to krautrock pioneers CAN, Schmidt’s 1968 recording assembles Can’s original line-up – Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit and Malcolm Mooney – who later went on to craft the band’s seminal debut, Monster Movie.

The film KAMASUTRA – consummation of love switches between India and Germany and stars Bruno Dietrich and Barbara Schöne. A prime example of late 1960s German erotica and the so-called sexual revolution, it liberated the subject of sex from dingy red light cinemas and whisked it away to the exotic Far East, to the realm that – more than a millennium earlier – had spawned the erotic teachings of the KAMASUTRA. Fast-forward to the present day and you will find the film’s well-intentioned, in parts pedagogical approach bristling with (un)intentional comedy.

Many bands and composers from the late 1960s were intrigued by eastern philosophy and influenced by oriental sounds. Besides several laid-back, percussive instrumentals laced with flutes and sitars, the soundtrack also features two vocal tracks: ‘I’m Hiding My Nightingale’ (sung by Margarete Juvan), ‘There Was A Man’ (sung by Malcolm Mooney).

KAMASUTRA – consummation of love is available as a CD digipack and limited gatefold vinyl (both by Crippled Dick Hot Wax) as well as a digital release (via Finetunes).

Schmidt, Irmin & The Inner Space / Kamasutra
Crippled Dick Hot Wax

An unreleased soundtrack from 1968 composed and recorded by IRMIN SCHMIDT & THE INNER SPACE. A precursor to Krautrock pioneers CAN, Schmidt's 1968 recording assembles Can's original line-up—MICHAEL KAROLI, JAKI LIEBEZEIT and MALCOLM MOONEY—who later went on to craft the band's seminal debut, Monster Movie. Besides several laid-back, percussive instrumentals laced with flutes and sitars, the soundtrack also features three vocal tracks: "I'm Hiding My Nightingale" (sung by MARGARETA JUVAN), "There Was A Man" (sung by Malcolm Mooney) and "I'm Around You Everyday" (sung by Michael Karoli). Kamasutra was mastered from the original analog tapes by Calyx and is available as a limited gatefold double vinyl.


Tracklist

Indisches Panorama I
I‘m Hiding My Nightingale
There Was A Man
Im Tempel
In Kalkutta III
Indisches Panorama II
In Kalkutta I
Im Orient
Indisches Panorama III
Mundharmonika Beat
Indisches Panorama IV
Indisches Panorama V
Indisches Panorama VI
Indische Liebesszene
In Kalkutta II
Im Orient II
Details
double vinyl in gatefold!