supersempfft - be a man you frog (mp3)

after three months of sun, sand, booze and record shopping, now i'm back in the UK, i thought id share with you some of my record purchases whilst on european soil....

first up is 'be a man you frog' from the 1979 supersempfft album, roboterwerke...supersempfft's dieter kolb, incidentally, was one of the first to experiment with electronic synthesisers and drum machines, influencing kraftwerk, herbie hancock and tangerine dream to name a few..........picked this up from a flea market in vienna, after much haggling with a very friendly bavarian looking chap, i managed to get him down to 20 euro's...danke

anyway's, the album sleeve comes with some very fun cartoon esque artwork, which tells the heart wrenching tale of a cartoon frog charachter who gets given magical powers only for them to be tragically taken away again...its a right tear jerker...the album itself is almost a concept album based around this frog and his magical powers...other highlights on the album include the excellent 'lets beam him up', 'roboterewerke' and 'out of time'....

'be a man you frog' was recently unofficially re-released on an electunes ep, which included other electronic/kraut/synth rarities...maybe still available from here...otherwise re-mortgage your house and then try here for the album.......enjoy