{"title":"OHR","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePioneering early Berlin rock, jazz, electronic and experimental music label. Ohr is well known as one of the key labels of the Krautrock scene. Established by producer Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser and Hansa founder \/ Metronome executive Peter Meisel, it also spawned the Die Kosmischen Kuriere and Kosmische Musik labels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first Ohr LP was released in April 1970. The final release was completed in December 1973 (released early 1974). In this time, they released 33 albums (four of which were double LPs) and twelve 7\" singles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOhr and its partner labels: Pilz and Pop Import ran into difficulties with litigation raised against the company by some of its signed artists, causing the seizure of all assets and shutting down of Ohr and related labels in 1975. The label archives were stored at Dieter Dierks' vaults, some rights were assigned to Metronome (with further re-releases on Ohr or Brain), and later on some releases (whose rights had not reverted to the original artists) were licensed out via partners of Dieter Dierks' own ZYX Music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"paradieswarts-duul","title":"Paradieswärts Düül","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1968 the Münchner Kommune, formed in 1967, had applied to Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, the organizer of the Essen Songtage, for a gig there. When the Düüls arrived in Essen, already two bands of this name in the meantime, since 3 members had split off and now called themselves Amon Düül II. \u003ci\u003eParadieswärts Düül \u003c\/i\u003ewas released in 1971, it's the third album of this outfit. Recorded in 1970, Amon Düül's only album for Ohr was a visionary slice of acid-folk which has gained cult status as years passed by. Ritualistic folk-rock, pastoral hippie songs, stoned jams, Eastern flavors, mystical passages and heavy hypnotic riffing. Transferred from the original analog tapes at Dierks Studios and carefully re-mastered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OHR","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP.","offer_id":50389383053643,"sku":"1156133","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50389383119179,"sku":"1156132","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a7448356-349f-42b8-b2a9-b6b2baf9aea8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726359058"},{"product_id":"beziehungen-2","title":"Beziehungen","description":"\u003cp\u003eRe-release of the second album by Annexus Quam, originally released in 1972. Transferred from the original master tapes and carefully remastered by HaGü Schmitz and Dieter Wegner. The timing was right: Five years earlier would have been too early, five years later would have been too late. But ANNEXUS QUAM from Kamp-Lintfort near Düsseldorf came along with the right music at the right moment. The seven-piece band formed in 1967 as Ambition Of Music; they were what was then called a \"beat group\". In 1970, working with a local trombone choir led to a dramatic change of direction. Trombone, clarinet, saxophone, scat-like vocals, various percussion, even a bicycle pump or a guitar played below the bridge found their way into the band. ANNEXUS QUAM, in a unique way, mixed two musical genres: rock and free jazz, but the group played both differently from what could be heard otherwise at that time. Elements of psychedelic rock with heavy organ sounds were combined with freely dabbed brass notes; at the same time the band was closer to Stockhausen's concept of \"Intuitive Music\" than to the expressive group improvisations of free jazz musicians. The genre names sound familiar, but ANNEXUS QUAM filled them with new meaning. There are hardly any formal structures in ANNEXUS QUAM's music, the musicians control the ensemble sound intuitively by concentrated listening to each other. But the free playing is not limitless. Not every musician always has to play at the same time, the breaks are also important here. Despite all the freedom, the pieces remain comprehensible. This is what makes them appealing still today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OHR","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50393466929483,"sku":"2048066","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50393467093323,"sku":"2048070","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/OMM5560286_a370c6ed_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726417874"},{"product_id":"osmose","title":"Osmose","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue of the 1970 Krautrock classic. The seven-piece band formed in 1967 as Ambition Of Music; they were what was then called a \"beat group\". 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Birth Control formed in 1966 in Berlin from two other bands, the Earls and the Gents. The band was founded with a lineup consisting of Bernd Koschmidder (bass), Reinhold Sobotta (organ), Rolf Gurra (saxophone, vocals), Fritz Gröger (vocals), Reiner Borchert (guitar), Hugo Egon Balder (drums), and Klaus Orso (guitar). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OHR","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50475835982155,"sku":"1142023","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/42726dec-502a-48e0-bdc0-7e3851926bba_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727451362"},{"product_id":"psychedelic-underground-2","title":"Psychedelic Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe band Amon Düül formed in 1967, with music being only one part of their artistic work. In 1969, the albums \u003ci\u003eParadieswärts Düül\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePsychedelic Underground\u003c\/i\u003e were produced. 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