Agitation Free are back! The Krautrock legend has been resurrected 50 years after their impressive 1972 debut album "Malesch". The four original members Lutz "Lüül "Graf-Ulbrich (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo), Michael Hoenig (keyboards, synthesizer, electronic percussion), Gustl Lütjens, †2017 (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals) and Burghard Rausch (drums, electronic percussion) and newcomer Daniel Cordes (bass, synthesizer) are back. Other guests include Peter Michael Hamel (santoor) and Benjamin Schwenen (lead guitar).
With "Momentum", the pioneers of experimental German rock music present their first studio album since 1999. Agitation Free takes the listener on an extraordinary musical journey. Otherworldly sounds, pulsating rhythms, grandiose guitar riffs, hypnotic sequencers and driving basslines create an amazing, cinematic soundscape - almost like a time machine that connects the past and the future. "Momentum" is an exciting album and demonstrates shows that Agitation Free are still one of the most innovative bands on the German music scene.
Between 1967 and 1974, Agitation Free was one of Germany's most innovative Krautrock bands with an international reputation. They combined improvised instrumental rock, classical avant-garde and elements of "world music" before the word even became a term. In 1972 they were the first rock band to tour Egypt, Lebanon, Cyprus and Greece and were part of the cultural programme for the Olympic Games in Munich.
They originally released two albums: the classic "Malesch" (1972), inspired by their oriental travels, and "2nd" (1973), which was a more jazzy, rock-electronic fusion.
After the band stopped touring and some members started their solo careers, the years that followed led to several CD releases with material that at the time seemed too adventurous or too "off" for a commercial release. Four more CDs with restored live and studio recordings appeared over the following years. These include energetic live recordings from France and Cologne, the very experimental Looping IV on "Last" (1976) and the more relaxed "River Of Return" (1999).
2011 saw the release of "Shibuya Nights", a spectacular live recording of three concerts in Tokyo in 2007 that perfectly captures the spirit of the band's early years.
