Dschinn-Dschinn (1972)

Within the vast and diverse German Krautrock scene emerged Dschinn, an ephemeral hard rock and blues band preceded by another group called The Hurricanes, whose style was based on 1960s British beat music. Thanks to their widespread popularity throughout Germany, they caught the attention of a talent scout who offered to finance the recording of several singles, on the sole condition that they change their name. One of these singles even made it onto the charts; however, the era of British pop sounds was drawing to a close, and the band reconsidered their musical strategy, replacing their mod and pop style with the heavy, avant-garde rock that better suited the tastes of the time. It was in this context that their only album was released, featuring the band's unique lineup of two drummers; Uli Mund and Athamasios Paltoglou, plus guitarists and singers Bern Capito and Peter Lorenzo and bassist Silvio Verfürth, crafted a hard rock work with blues and progressive influences, where galloping psychedelic pieces such as "Freedom", "Fortune", "Train", "Let's Go Together", "I Wanna Know" and "For You Love", are the highlights of an excellent album with great instrumental intensity and enormous vocal personality.