Waniyetula – Iron City 1971-78 (Germany, Krautrock,Progressive Rock)br br While Waniyetula still remain a well-hidden secret of the 70's German Kraut-Rock scene with only one official album during their existence, their history is definitely long and worth-mentioning.They came from Frankfurt-am-Main and evolved from the Beat group The Empty C in 1969 originally as a trio of Heinz Kühne (guitar, vocals), Hermann Beckert (bass) and Thomas Goerdten (drums).As with Fashion PinkBrainstorm their full story of the early years were well documented by Garden of Delights in 2006 in a CD release entitled ''Iron City''.br In 1971 the trio had a good live activity and the track ''Lindis Farne'', which opens the album, is a good proof of their very early sound.This is typical but quite cliche instrumental HardPsychKraut Rock with jamming and improvisation elements, based on Kühne's long and repetitive guitar sections and a psychedelic rhythm section with little imagination.br br By 1974 the band featured two more members, singeracoustic guitarist Richard Kersten and keyboardist Norbert Abels.The addition of Kersten, which became also the band's main composer, resulted to a change of name, now Wanyietula were Galaxy, and musical direction.This period is represented with four long tracks, between 10 and 13 minutes, where keyboards and melody play also a significant role in Wanyietula's sound.Their style now was somewhere between ELOY, NEKTAR and MESSAGE, sounding more like an English than a German band.Nice psychedelic guitars are blended with expressive vocals and interesting moog solos to result an approach with elements from both Psychedelic Rock and 70's Classic Prog styles.Instrumental parts are still a great part of the band's music with a bit loose arrangements.br br As Galaxy they released only one album (shortly after which Kersten left the band) and then the crew switched the name back to the original Wanyietula.However the band never returned to the early Wanyietula style, on the opposite we are talking about 1978 here and the second Wanyietula formation had fully transmitted into a late-70's Symphonic Rock band.Tracks:br br 01. Lindis Farne — 0:00br br 02. Wish I Were Happy — 8:52br br 03. You’ve Really Got It Fixed — 21:31br br 04. Iron City — 32:04br br 05. Look At The People — 43:27br br 06. Alone — 55:46br br 07. Valley Of Unrest — 1:01:45br br br Personnel:br br Richard Kersten — acoustic guitar, vocalsbr Heinz Kühne — electric guitar, vocals, keyboardsbr Norbert Abels — keyboardsbr Hermann Beckert — bassbr Thomas Goerdten — drumsbr br br ⚠ If there are any copyright issues please contact me. I will remove the video.