Franz-Josef Degenhardt is a German poet, satirist, novelist, and – first and foremost – folksinger/songwriter (Liedermacher) with decidedly left-wing politics. He is also a lawyer, bearing the academic degree of Doctor of Law. From the early 1960s onward, in addition to practicing law, Degenhardt was also performing and releasing recordings. He is perhaps most famous for his song (and the album of the same name) Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern ("Don't Play With the Grubby Children," 1965), but has released close to 50 albums, starting with Zwischen Null Uhr Null und Mitternacht…
This digitally remastered reissue of Guru Guru's 1975 album also includes "From Another World," a live bonus track. The stylistically wide-ranging set features blues pianist Champion Jack Dupree, as well as Krautrock pioneers and Cluster members Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, and runs the gamut from blues to free-form, acid-influenced electronica that predates later artists' experiments with ambient music.