Retrospection (Part 1) 12”

Emotional Rescue’s latest reissue project sees them collect three separate EPs of collected material from Dunkelziffer, one of Germany’s best – if most underrated – bands.

Arriving at the end of the Krautrock explosion of the 1970s, Dunkelziffer was formed out of the original sessions that created the classic Phantom Band, and was centred around Dominik von Senger (Golf Channel), Reiner Linke and Helmut Zerlett, but with a cast of floating members that included Jaki Liebezeit, Damo Suzuki, Olek Gelba, Wolfgang Schubert, Stefan Krachten and Matthias Keul.

Making four ground breaking albums over a 6 year period, the took their cue from the classic Krautrock triumverate of heavy repetitive drumming, intricate, overlapping melody and sonic intonation, Dunkelziffer added dub, soul and jazz elements to expand the sound into the new decade. The first part features four tracks all fully licensed and remastered; “This Is How You Came”, “Q”, “Klein Python” and “Network”, which all perfectly introduce the group’s expansive sound to the uninitiated.