Rufus Zuphall
Phallobst

A band with significant influences from German folk and psychedelia, with some references to Jethro Tull, they were innovative in their homeland, and we're in 1970. Their first release, Weiss Der Teufel, was recorded in three days, practically a live session in the studio, and then privately pressed, naturally sought after by collectors. Phallobst came out the following year and was released by PILZ's little mushroom label. The group originated from Aachen and combines krautrock with blues, folk, and psychedelia, confirming the direction of their previous record but with greater maturity deserving a reevaluation, leaving aside the CD edition bonuses. The growth of this record compared to the previous one can be found in their being less instinctive, with bucolic moments and good interaction between guitars and flute; their being less rough makes them very pleasing to my ears. They had to go through several vicissitudes before the work was released, shuffled between the rooms of Dieters Dierk Studio during its renovation, not to mention the release, which was first supposed to be for Ohr then switched to BASF which passed the baton to the subsidiary PILZ. In any case, the record finally came out between July and August '71 with good sales, but the band had accumulated too many fractures, leading to their disbanding in 1972. A pity, because, in my opinion, they showed great promise.