Embryo – Live 2000 Vol. 1 (@256)

(Review from gnosis2000.net) The double album Istanbul Casablanca – Tour 98 is another document of the band’s live performances. Sound is of varying quality but the performances are lovely. As always a wide variety of influences can be heard, but as the title suggests, the music from Turkey and Morocco stands in the spotlight. On

(Review from gnosis2000.net) In the second half of the 80s, the band focused on African (percussive) music as can be heard on this live album. The “Talking-Drum”-Ensemble Yoruba Dun Dun Orchestra stands in the spotlight for about half of the album. Also featured is the Morrocan singer and gembri player El Hussaine Kili. The highlight

(Review from amazon) This recording is like a carnaval…many exotic sounds and unusual instrumentation even by Embryos’ standards. There are a lot of musicians in different studios in dates ranging from 1979 to 1982… a number of composers and several live recordings. Disc 1 is more cohesive, Roman Bunka writes and sings the 1st song

(Review from amazon) With “Life” Embryo takes their adventurous nature with world music to the extreme. Much of this album sounds like it was recorded by Indian musicians, rather than jazz-fusion Germans. Although the famous jazz sax player Charlie Mariano is sitting in on this set, you also have the “Karnataka College of Percussion” providing

(Review from gnosis2000.net) Apo-Calypso continues in the same vein as Embryo’s previous albums, the first half of the album features refined fusion with funk influences, although “Endless Feeling” ends rather surprisingly with electronic impressionistic soundscapes. The second half of the album consists of two long tracks: “Amnesty Total” is a beautiful nine-minute jazz rock track