Verto - Krig Volubilis (1976) France

A Roddus Album Review.

01 - Krig (4:50)
02 - Et Terre (3:32)
03 - Ether (1:09)
04 - Oka (3:59)
05 - Locomo (6:36)
06 - Strato (Volubilis) (18:35)
07 - Tk 240 S 52 (5:38)

A French take on Krautrock is the style we find on this obscure album from 76. I have been enjoying this for several days now when the mood takes me. Mostly instrumental tracks with occasional vocal sound effects and electronic sounds. Track one is a proggy slow burner with some nice guitar in the uptempo section of the piece and a King Crimson feel to it. Et Terre is a little weirder and has those vocal effects I mentioned. A sort of avant-garde psych number. Ether follows in the same sounds as the previous track but done with keyboards instead. Oka begins quietly with a low bass and acoustic guitar in a floydian manner before the vocals are added as another instrument. Locomo is a more Jazzy styled instrumental in that Euro Avant- Jazz style that never seems to flow or really swing, as the jazz people would say, a good track though with nice guitar noodling. Strato again delves into Avant-garde territory over its extended 18 minutes but also paints a nice ambient soundscape in places and takes me along on its late night weirdness, great on the headphones and keeps me engaged throughout it's entirety.The last track stays in the vein of it's predecessor, starting off  with a quiet drone and building into something quite industrial. 

A wonderfully weird album for those who like a bit of that and most enjoyable, worth a Roddus rating of 4/5.

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