LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Originally released in 1971, Hau-RUK captures Xhol performing at the Center in Göttingen during July 1970. Reduced to a quartet after their earlier period as Xhol Caravan, the group developed an open-ended style in which psychedelic rock, free jazz and blues were shaped through long collective improvisations.

“Breit” unfolds slowly around electric organ, tenor saxophone and a deeply hypnotic rhythm section, while “Schaukel” moves into heavier blues-based territory without abandoning the band’s spontaneous approach. The CD adds “Süden Twi Westen,” a substantial studio performance recorded during a brief 1974 reunion, bringing the programme to more than an hour of exploratory German underground music.

1. Breit – 24:13
2. Schaukel – 20:20

3. Süden Twi Westen – 21:55

Official CD reissue with one bonus track and 32-page German and English booklet

Tracks 1–2 recorded: Live at the Center, Göttingen, Germany, 1–2 July 1970

Bonus track recorded: Studio Dierks, 1974

Original release: 1971