Embryo
Embryo's Rache

There is already a review but I couldn't make the connection. Germans from Munich born in '69 and this is their 2nd album with sounds oriented towards jazz rock sprinkled with prog from keyboards and flute. The lineup from their first Opal has been heavily rearranged with, among others, Hansi Fischer on flute and saxophone, formerly of Xol Caravan, Roman Bunka on guitar, and a great James "Jimmy" Jackson on keyboards appearing under the name "Tabarin Man," whom we remember having participated in Tanz Der Lemminge and Wolf City of Amon Düül II. With this release, you start to hear a greater richness of sound that veers towards jazz rock with an ethnic component amplified by Roman Bunka, who plays exotic instruments and percussion in the second part of the album. A group that begins to explore the musical territories of Mediterranean sounds, performing the task with deep respect for the cultures of the places they explore, letting themselves be shipwrecked in their sounds. In Change, they remind me a lot of the more tribal Can while I enjoy listening to You Can’t Wait with a violin between rock and Eastern Europe associated with a very tullian flute. The political component is also present in Spain Yes, Franco Finished, which needs no explanation given that we are in '71 and the Spanish dictatorship will last until 1975. A rich album that did not bring the band much commercial success but is highly appreciated by critics in the field, a superb band that deserves further exploration.