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Web Web – Plexus Plexus (2025)
Review:
Back in late sixties/ early seventies the German take on prog rock was a true novelty, including so many elements from other modern or not so modern musical genres so much so, that some rock critics outside of Germany gave it a seemingly derogatory title of krautrock. Of course, what turned into a legitimate sub-genre or genre in itself was no joke, as it was utterly innovative, constantly changing and evolving, and bringing in artists new and old within its fold. This is where a Munich, Germany conglomerate that calls itself Web Web comes in with their latest offering Plexus Plexus (its sixth in seven years) with its take on krautrock that includes elements both new and old. It turns out that this was a two day, mostly improvised set of two 10-hour sessions with a core players of Roberto Di Gioia (Rhodes, Fender precision bass, moog, mellotron, percussion), Christian von Kaphengst (Fender precision bass, Rhodes), Peter Gall (drums, percussion, Fender Rhodes), Tony Lakatos (tenor saxophone, flute) and a special guest, guitarist JJ Whitefield, an artist who has credits listed with the likes of Embryo and The Poets of Rhythm among others. With a flowing synergy and players at time switching instruments it turned out into something that only live in studio improvised sessions can bring, and not so often – a continuous, complex but utterly listenable music that has a solid substance and no unnecessary flexing of instrumental capabilities. It is all clear listening to Web Web’s take of Moondog’s ‘Bird’s Lament’, which the players took a single listen, and played through twice to give the classic a true krautrock take. — echoesanddust.com
Track List:
01 - Apotheosis
02 - The Madness Of Ajax
03 - Sacred Tree
04 - Mysia
05 - Sun-Hero
06 - Bird´s Lament
07 - Royal Princess
08 - Morning Ritual
09 - Nyx
10 - Garden Of Hesperides
11 - Cheiron
12 - Sha-Sa-Vish-Nu-Ka-Di
13 - The Argonauts Assemble
14 - Infant At The Time
Media Report:
Genre: jazz, psychedelic rock
Origin: Munich, Germany 
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.3.0 (UTC 2013-05-26)
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