Saat is one of those albums I've owned for over 30 years and never penned a word about it. Traditionally I've lumped this in with the Pilz cosmic folk trilogy along with Broselmaschine and Hoelderlin's Traum. As have many other listeners. On this revisit I couldn't get around the fact that this album represents the spirit of Krautrock more than psychedelic folk. There is a difference, subtle as it may be. Of course having Dieter Dirks at the controls may be the reason why. Perhaps Canadian resident Dolly Holmes and German born Maik Hirschfeldt were nothing more than a couple of free spirited folk buskers as demonstrated on their debut. But the sunshine filled trippiness Saat offers resides on planet Krautrock. You know it when you hear it. Also the album is not dominated by singing, and there's long stretches of instrumental improvisation. Personally I could have gone more for tracks like 'Traume' which highlights Holmes wonderful soprano wordless voice. +1 listen for me.
Ownership: LP: 1972 Pilz. Gatefold. Acquired online (2012). This replaced the first copy I purchased (1989), which was the Pop Import release.
CD: 2008 Lion Productions. Nice reissue with liner notes about the band and Rolf Ulrich Kaiser. This is the 3rd CD I've owned preceded by the Spalax and Arcangelo versions. As the liners state: "We'd love to tell you the story of Emtidi, but there isn't much of a story to tell". Which means they didn't find either to speak with. So they provide more of a review than a biography. Better than nothing. The Kaiser history was very interesting to me though. I wasn't aware of a few things they mentioned.
1989; 6/5/09; 8/24/23 (new entry)
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