Label: Esoteric Recordings (UK), ECLEC2345
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock
Country: Denmark
Time: 39:50
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 272 Mb
Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1968 - Disbanded in 1980 - Reunited briefly in 1985 and reformed in 2003
The
seeds for ACHE were sown in the early 60's via the Danish beat group
THE HARLOWS. When HARLOWS Torsten Olafsson (bass), Peter Mellin (organ)
and Glenn Fischer (drums) were joined by former MCKENZIE SET guitarist
Finn Olafsson in 1968, ACHE was born.
They spent the next two years
working on an extended piece called "De Homine Urbano", which was
released as programme music to an experimental "rock ballet" in 1970.
Released on the Philips label the same year with an accompanying single
of non-album tracks, it netted positive reviews in the Danish press.
ACHE's "rock theater" created something of a sensation in the rock
underground, and "Green Man" followed in 1971. The next major ACHE
project, by a revised six-piece version of the band, was a conceptual
work called "Pictures From Cyclus 7", written in collaboration with
lyricist Bo Lillesoe in 1975 and released one year later.
Ache have
remained active on and off, albeit sporadically, ever since. Their only
other major work (i.e.: not counting singles and compilations) has been
"Bla som altid", a folk-oriented album released in 1978.
This
Danish band was founded in '68 and featured Torsten Olafsson (bass and
vocals), Finn Olafsson (guitar and vocals), Peter Mellin (organ and
keyboards) and Glen Fisher (drums and pecussion). They made two albums:
"De hombre urbano ('70) and "Green man" ('71). The music is similar to
the Early British Progressive Rock Movement (JULIAN'S TREATMENT, RARE
BIRD, BEGGAR'S OPERA, ATOMIC ROOSTER), the German Krautrock (early JANE,
ELOY, RAMSES, TRIUMVIRAT) and Dutch masters EARTH & FIRE (their
early, con-commercial era). In 2000 both albums were released on 1 CD
entitled "Ache: De hombre urbano + Green man". The music is based upon
splendid keyboardplay (many floods of Hammond organ) and some fiery
electric guitar. The first album contains two 'side-long tracks', the
atmosphere is typically end Sixties and early Seventies with lots of
solos and long, exciting interplay between guitar and keyoards, like
jams. The second album includes shorter songs but the climates are in
the vein of the first LP. If you listen to this CD, it's incredible that
the magnificent keyboardplay is delivered by an unknown Danish
musician!
This is very inspired and powerful Hammond organ driven early progrock.
(progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1753) Review by Erik Neuteboom
01. Equatorial Rainfall (07:03)
02. Sweet Jolly Joyce (03:50)
03. The Invasion (06:01)
04. Shadow Of A Gypsy (04:40)
05. Green Man (04:41)
06. Acheron (04:49)
07. We Can Work It Out - Working (08:44)
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