Nurse With Wood list alert! I was talking to Ian the other day about the amazing Parson Sound reissue, and I told him that next on the list of CDs that need to be issued on vinyl should be this album, Ultrasonic Seraphim. He hadn’t heard of it! So, basically, this blog post is meant to educate him…and you as well, if you’ve never heard this one.
“Originating from lower Saxony originally, the musicians of Sand were like many Berlin bands, being people drawn there by the unique possibilities Berlin had to offer. An early incarnation, as a five piece band, were known as P.O.T. (Part Of Time) who toured extensively, and settled for a while in Cologne, but never released anything. So, as a trio (without the bassist or drummer) Sand were formed in 1972 when they moved base to Berlin. Inspired by the spirit of the scene in Berlin, they went out of their way to be as original as they could.
Sand only made the one album: Golem, which has remained a little-known obscurity, due to being issued as one of the special projects organised for the Kunstkopf demonstration series on Delta-Acustic. Notable for being produced by Klaus Schulze, and also the unique creation of combining cosmic synthesizer, folk and rock musics, sans drums or any conventional instrumental structures, Golem is a mystical album rich with the creative spirit of the era. A little hint of Pink Floyd here and there, and obvious Schulze influence, are the only references I could quote as pointers. A really trippy album, with swirling string-synthesizers, cosmic electronics, beyond the nether regions of cosmic Witthüser+Westrupp. Magic!
The Ultrasonic Seraphim release includes the Golem album, and also documents many other unreleased demo and rehearsal recordings by Sand, as well as solo recordings by Hannes Vester, and also by his later band Johannes Vester And His Vester Bester Tester Electric Folk Orchestra. It amounts to the definitive Sand history.” – The Crack In The Cosmic Egg
Sand
Ultrasonic Seraphim
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Tracklisting:
01. Helicopter
02. Old Loggerhead
03. May Rain
04. On The Corner
05. Sarah
06. Vulture I
07. Doncha Feel
08. Moonlightlove
09. Burning House
10. Vulture II
11. May Rain I
12. Desert Storm
13. Sarah
14. Power Station
15. Old Loggerhead
16. Helicopter
17. May Rain II
