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Gomorrha – Trauma (1970 Ger. Heavy Progressive – 320 kbps)

Formed at the end of the 60’s, Gomorrha rised from the German progressive rock scene thanks to the help of the producer and sound engineer Conny Plank. The band original line up includes Helmut Pohl (drums) and Eberhard Krietsch (ogan, bass) with Ad Oschel and Ali Claudi at the guitars. They released their first album in 1970. The second recording “trauma” (1971) really marks a new step in the development of Gomorrha’s original song. They distinguish with a dense heavy psych rock experience punctuated by organ dominated sequences. It now includes lyrics in English and a lead singer in the name of Peter Otten. In 1972 they release what will be considered as their summit “I Turned To See Whose Voice It Was”; An adventurous album featuring catchy instrumental jams, krautrock’s original psych / spacey mood, pastoral flute parts and heavy guitar riffs. The concept of this release is focused on the apocalypse theme and the book of revelation. They suddenly split up in 1973 after the publication of two memorable documents of German independent rock. Progarchives.com


A group that gradually have acquired legendary status over the last twenty years, at least among the dedicated progressive connoisseurs. The group formed as a quartet in the late sixties. They were brave enough to write German lyrics for their early material, as found on their debut on the Cornet label in 1970. This album is a prime example of vintage progressive music in that it still had a lot of beat influence (it sounds as it was recorded in 1969). Even if produced by Konrad Plank (present on all three albums), the sound is a bit thin and weary. Nevertheless, it is a charming historical document of the development in German rock, containing eight short tracks and the 8 minute "Trauma", all characterised by heavy psych guitar work and layered with sound effects. Trauma (1971) was actually a re-recording of the same material, now with English lyrics and more progressive arrangements. A fifth member had been added: Peter Otten. The title track had grown to 13 minutes long and been completely changed into a heavy psychedelic space rock experience! Buy both and compare, you'll hear the tremendous development. The album is recommendable on the musical strength of the title track alone. The rest of the material was still quite average. If Trauma at least in part was a great album, I Turned To See Whose Voice It Was (1972), drew from its best moments, resulting in a full blown heavy guitar freak out verging on space rock. It contained six tracks of a distinctly German character. Sadly it is one of the rarest Brain albums, never re-issued after the initial release in 1972, resulting in a purchase price of 150 to 200 DEM in mint condition nowadays. The two first albums fetch equally large amounts. -increatum.com/~stue/gprog/G1.htm#Gomm

Size: 179 MB
Bitrate: 320 kbps

Tracklist:

1. Journey (3:12)
2. Trauma (13:12)
3. Yesterday (3:45)
4. Lola (4:26)
5. Dead Land (3:28)
6. Summer (2:45)
7. Rainbowlight (2:42)
8. Dance of Circles (3:07)
9. Firehands (3:13)
Bonus tracks:
10. Lola (4:03)
11. Totes Land (3:26)
12. Flammenhände (3:12)
13. Reise (2:38)
14. Regenbogenschein ( 3:02)
15. Gestern (3:22)
16. Kreiseltanz (4:11)
17. Sommer (3:48)
18. Trauma (9:11)