Embryo (band)

Embryo

Christian Burchard, Finkenbach Festival 2011
Background information
Origin Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Genres Progressive rock
Krautrock
Jazz fusion
World music
Years active 1969–present
Labels Brain, Schneeball, Materiali Sonori, Garden of Delight, Ohr, United Artists
Associated acts Amon Düül 2, Can, Guru Guru, Dissidenten, Franz Ferdinand
Website http://www.embryo.de
Members Christian Burchard (drums, percussion, vibes, marimba, keyboards, clavinet, cimbalon, santur, vocals)
Marja Burchard (piano, marimba, trombone)
Valentin Altenberger (guitar, oud, bass, percussion)
Jens Polheide (bass, flute, nay)
Dieter Serfas (drums, percussion)
Mik Quantius (vocals)
Past members

Edgar Hofmann (soprano and alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, dilruba, shanai, violin, perc.)
Lothar Meid (bass)
Roberto Détrée (cello)
Ralph (“Butze”) Fischer (drums, percussion)
Hansi Fischer (saxophone, flute, percussion, vocals)
Jimmy Jackson (organ, mellotron, piano)
Hermann Breuer (el-piano, organ, trombone)
Roman Bunka (guitar, bass, saz, oud, veena, sitar, clavinet, ring modulator, perc., vocals)
Geoff Goodman (guitar)
Dave King (bass, flute, marimba, vocals)
Sigi Schwab (guitars, veena)
Jörg Evers (el-bass)
Uve Müllrich (bass, guitar, oud, bağlama, rubab, perc, vocals)
Maria Archer (percussion, vocals)
Klaus Götzner (percussion)
Dieter Miekautsch (keyboards, percussion)
Michael Wehmeyer (keyboards, percussion)
Friedemann Josch (flute)
Christoph Karrer (guitar, oud)
Freddy Setz (drums)
Gerald Hartwig Luciano (bass, percussion, vocals)
Ramesh Shotam (thavil, percussion)
Paramashivam Pilai (thavil)
Ulrich Bassenge (double bass)
Yulyus Golombeck (guitar)
Chuck Henderson (soprano saxophone, perc.)
Chris Lachotta (bass)
Lothar Stahl (drums, marimba)
Karsten Hochapfel (cello, oud, guitar)
Max Weissenfeldt (percussion, marimba)
Masaru Nishimoto (flute, Taisho koto)

Guest musicians
Mal Waldron (piano, el-piano)
Charlie Mariano (alto and soprano sax., nadaswaram, flute)
Holger Trülzsch (bongos)
Peter Michael Hamel (flute)
Salah Ragab (drums, percussion, piano)
El Houssaine Kili (guimbri)
Marque Löwenthal (piano)
Larry Porter (piano, keyboards)
Allan Praskin (saxophone)
Roland Schaeffer (nagasuram)
Monty Waters (alto saxophone)
Abdul Wahab (percussion)
Marty Cook (tabla)
Jamal Mohmand (harmonium, vocals)
Albert Kuvezin (throat singing, guitar)
Xizhi Nie (hulusi, erhu)
Norbert Dömling (bass)
Jurji Parfenov (trumpet, cornet, horn)
Dirk Engelhardt (tenor saxophone)

Embryo is a musical collective from Munich which has been active since 1969, although its story started in the mid-1950s in Hof where Christian Burchard and Dieter Serfas met for the first time at the age of 10. It was one of the most important German jazz-rock bands during the 1970s and has also been described as "the most eclectic of the Krautrock bands."[1][2]

History

In 1969 the band was founded by multi instrumentalist Christian Burchard (drums, vibraphone, santur, keyboard) and Edgar Hoffmann (saxophone, flutes). To date more than 400 musicians have played with the collective, some, such as Charlie Mariano, Trilok Gurtu, Ramesh Shotham, Marty Cook, Yuri Parfenov, Allan Praskin, X.Nie, Nick McCarthy, Monty Waters and Mal Waldron, have played on multiple occasions. Longtime members are Edgar Hoffmann (sax,violin), Dieter Serfas (drums), Roman Bunka (guitar, oud), Uve Müllrich (bass), Michael Wehmeyer (keyboard), Chris Karrer (guitar, oud, violin, sax), Lothar Stahl (marimba, drums), and Jens Polheide (bass, flute).

With Ton Steine Scherben a. o. founder of the first German independent label Schneeball in 1976.

In 1979 the band started a nine-month tour to India by bus, which was documented by the movie "Vagabunden Karawane".[3] Embryo developed from jazzy Krautrock to a world music band, which is able to merge different styles and trends. Many of their albums originated during collective journeys on 4 continents. The band played many festivals around the globe: in India (Mumbai Jazz 1979), England (Reading 1973), Nigeria (Port Harcourt Jazz 1987), Japan (Wakayama 1991) to name a few. In July 2008, Embryo was awarded the German World Music Award RUTH 2008 at the TFF Rudolstadt Festival.

In 1981, Müllrich and Wehmeyer left Embryo to form "Embryo's Dissidenten" who soon became Dissidenten.[4]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Asbjornsen, Dag Erik (1996). Cosmic Dreams At Play: Guide to German Progressive and Electronic Rock. Borderline Productions. ISBN 978-1-899855-01-8.
  2. ↑ Lavezzoli, Peter (2006). Bhairavi: The dawn of Indian music in the West. New York: Continuum International. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-8264-1815-9.
  3. ↑ Vagabunden Karawane on IMDb
  4. ↑ http://www.charliemarianotribute.de/bands.html#d
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