Flute & Voice

• FIRST EVER VINYL RELEASE

• LIMITED TO 500 COPIES

Formed by multi-instrumentalists Hans Reffert (‘Flute’) and Hans Brandeis (‘Voice’) in Mannheim in 1969, the Flute & Voice duo discographic debut was issued on Pilz that same year. Their second album was originally recorded in 1973, but it remained unreleased for 22 years until Jack Wieber Records issued it on CD in 1995 as part of a 2 album CD (along with Imaginations Of Light) and now available on vinyl LP format through Wah Wah.

But some more material was composed in 1974/1975 and recorded, albeit never going further than the demo stage. Those old tapes showed a further evolution from the previous recordings. They had, of course, the same basic concept, but more intrincate structures and technical challenges were taken.

When Brandeis and Reffert met in 1995 to prepare the reissue of Flute & Voice plus Hallo Rabbit on CD they rescued these tapes and thought of chosing the best tracks to re-record them in a proffessional studio. This was done between February and June of 1996 and the results conform Drachenlieder, an album that does not pale in comparison with its predecessors, and one that you wouldn’t have thought it was recorded in the nineties if we haven’t told you as it keeps the excitement, feeling and sound of their 70’s recordings.

PERSONNEL:

• Hans 'Flute' Reffert - (acoustic & electric guitars, dobro, transverse flute)
• Hans 'Voice' Brandeis - (acoustic & electric guitars, sitar, bass, vocals)

• With:
• Julia Gallwitz - (violin)
• Dorle Ferber - (violin)
• Clemens Schuster - (cello)
• Mani Neumeier - (tar, percussion)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Zwölf Monde (Twelve Moons)
• A2. Wie lange? (How long?)
• A3. Saskia
• A4. Ruth's Blues
• A5. Drachenlied (Dragon Song)

• SIDE B
• B1. Das Bier und wir (The Beer and Us)
• B2. Bajazzo
• B3. Vor uns - der Weg - hinter uns (Ahead of Us - the Way - Behind Us)
• B4. Dear Presidents
• B5. Tinchen Teen
• B6. Solitude