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1986年のオーストリアに残された中東×ジャズロックの人気作がついに初ヴァイナル復刻!トルコやバルカン半島のジプシー音楽に影響を受けた6人のクルド系移民が1986年にオーストリアのウィーンにてレコーディングしたという本作。ジャズ、プログレッシブ・ロックをベースに、地中海や中東の楽曲を演奏。抜群のスウィングと圧巻の即興能力、オリエンタルなメロディにダルブッカ、シンセサイザー、ヴィオラなどを交えた多彩な音色。辺境グルーヴ・ファンからアレアなどの地中海系プログレ・ファンにまで推薦したい超名盤です!限定500枚、ドナ・リークによるライナー、秘蔵フォトを収めたインサート付き。



In the summer of 1986, inspired by gypsies from Turkey and the Balkan region, a Kurdish immigrant and six Austrians locked themselves in a small rehearsal room in Vienna's 5th district. What came out of these sessions sounded rather unusual for the local music scene.
Using songs from the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East as a vehicle for improvisations based on odd scales and rhythms, and looking for ways to adapt them to their instruments and European feel, the band gave birth to its own sound signature. Delivering some of the tightest oriental jazz fusion recorded that decade.
Submitted by soundman Michael Fitsch as his end of the year project at audio engineering school, the album was ultimately released on his teacher Hans Hartel's Ha Ha Soundwave label. Mostly sold in venues during legendary performances, Oriental Groove fatally faded from memory since the group disbanded a few months after its release.
To conclude a year of investigation and continuous efforts to put the band members back in touch 30 years later, Hot Mule Records is proud to bring this groundbreaking record back to life with an official reissue, carefully remastered from the original source.
Limited Deluxe Edition of 500 copies in tip-on sleeve, including extensive liner notes by Donna Leake, with exclusive photos handpicked in the band's archives.