- Krautrock
- Fusion
- Improvised music
- Funk rock
- Live session
- Ambient
- Psychedelic rock
- Jazz rock
- Experimental rock
- Space rock
Comment: the Klangstorm`s 32-minute gig at The Custard
Factory in Birmingham, United Kingdom almost 18 years ago (it was the heyday of
Britpop then over there) starts off with an vignette of ambient music which soon will
erupt into a bass, drums and guitar induced propulsive soundscape. Indeed, the
bass guitar used to thud properly and the drums add additional rhythm power to
it, the solo guitar used to lead the improvised parts throughout the course.
Indeed, there are up a lot of key changes and tempo changes which provide
volatile nature to the whole. Furthermore, at a 14 minute all the aforesaid
elements used to collapse into an airy, ambient interlude by synths which are
accompanied by mercurial guitar flows and more serious, monotone bass chords
beneath. All of that eventually results in the funky jam thereby reminding of a
mid-period of the Teutonic legends CAN. Indeed, Robbie Wood`s guitar playing
resembles Michael Karoli`s one conveying different patterns through frantic changes
in chords and chilled out incantations. In a nutshell, the whole is an
enjoyable jam being the first in a series of the quintet`s sessions at The
Custard Factory. It has a historical value for sure.