Tømrerclaus — Tømrerclaus 1978 (Denmark, Psychedelic-Progressive Rock)
Claus Clement Pedersen, better known in the hippie world as Tømrerclaus (Carpenter Claus), is a Danish guitarist, cellist, double bassist, clarinetist, vocalist, producer, sound engineer, and part-time owner of a small music label. He was born on November 21, 1945, in Aarhus. In his youth, Klaus worked as a carpenter, and from the early 1970s, he wandered through European hippie communes. From 1975 to 1978, he and his girlfriend Birgit Boline Erfurt lived in the commune "Christiania," where he formed the group "Boline Band." His solo album, presented here, simply titled "Tømrerclaus," was also recorded there.Danish project TÖMRERCLAUS is the still ongoing creative vehicle of composer and musician Claus Clement Pedersen, an ongoing venture for him for some 40 years at this point, with a handful of albums released under this moniker. The self-titled production “Tömrerclaus” dates back to 1978, and was reissued on vinyl by Swedish label Transubstans Records in the fall of 2014.
What we’re presented with here is music made by someone that, at least when this album was made, appears to have been rather deeply fascinated with the music of the hippie movement, both the more innocent music made at it’s onset as well as the darker material that appeared after the movement lost it’s relative innocence. It also appears that he is rather fond of the blues.
One might say that this album is more or less evenly divided between more hippie laced material and more blues oriented escapades, but what both aspects of the material have in common is the use of psychedelic oriented instrument details, and then mainly by way of psychedelic dripping guitar solo runs. For the blues oriented material Tömrerclaus mainly hones in on a more twisted guitar sound for those escapades, while the folkier, more innocent material are treated to guitar solo escapades of a more ethereal general nature.
01. Sorte Mand - 4:44
02. Når Spindelvaevene Blomstrer - 4:01
03. Forvalterdrengen - 3:19
04. Prisen For At Ryge Cigar - 3:25
05. Cellokarma - 4:13
06. Kanibalerne Kommer - 2:53
07. En Dag Da Jeg Lå I Luften - 3:17
08.Mr. Fantastic - 2:00
09. Dauu - 2:03
10. Sådan Er Den Altid - 3:48
11. Koda Er Nedtur - 2:11
12. Jeg Vil Gerne Standses - 3:01
Bonuses:
13. Hepar-Hepar Durdenum - 2:22
14. Grønbenet Rørhøne – 2:36
15. Hønserock – 2:54
16. En Lille Stue - 1:45
17. Løvesang - 3:53
18. Supersound - 2:19
19. Gamle Skygger - 1:36
20. Guitarstorm - 2:16
Tracks 13-18 were recorded between 1976-1978, some of them are previously unreleased and some others were previously released on two rare tapes.
Personnel:
Claus Clement Pedersen “Tømrerclaus” – electric & acoustic guitars, bowed fuzz cello, bass, vocals
Boline - vocals
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