Arktis On The Rocks

The German psych/prog label called Garden of Delights made a campaign to reissue a bunch of lost krautrock classics, Arktis is at the top of these 70s obscurities. Formed in 1973, the band released their first album the same year. This self title album revisits a conventional heavy rock style mixed with freak out improvisations largely made of fuzzy guitars. The second album from 1975 comprised mainly improvisations without firm aims or limitations in structure. This difference is already indicated by the album’s title "Arktis tapes". Although in perfect condition after 19 years, the master tapes were additionally remastered. The third album, "On the rocks", is totally different again: by now "klausless", that is without Mr Blachut and Mr Göllner, but featuring an organ instead, they have become more straight-forward and slamming and are less playful than before…

Arktis Tapes. While the first album by Arktis, originally released in 1974 and reissued on CD in 1993 in this series, predominantly contained clearly structured studio songs, the second album from 1975 comprised mainly improvisations without firm aims or limitations in structure. This difference is already indicated by the album?s title "Arktis tapes". Although in perfect condition after 19 years, the master tapes were additionally remastered. The third Arktis album called "1976 - On the rocks", which was recorded with a different line-up and had only recently appeared in collectors? circles, was officially released on CD in 1997 (Garden of Delights CD 022). There are also unreleased tapes recorded with the original Arktis line-up and also with the later line-up due to be released. RockaDrome